Healthcare Purchasing News: Ascent honored by MedAssets for improving financial health of hospitals Ascent received the MedAssets Supply Chain Savings Award for its commitment to making healthcare more affordable. The prestigious award is given annually

ABC15 Arizona: Gilbert Hospital Recognized for "Green" Operating Rooms (04/21/10): In 2009, the hospital reduced its supply costs by $251,386 and reduced medical waste by 9,164 pounds through medical device remanufacturing and reprocessing, according to

AZCentral.com: Businesses take eco-friendly practices seriously (04/20/10): Banner Health The health-care provider is Mesa's second-largest employer. It is saving tons of land waste by recycling more of its day-to-day equipment and supplies. Last year, Banner, which

Hospital Management.net: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Reprocessing Medical Devices (03/31/10): Reprocessing medical devices has always been a part of the medical-device life cycle, in both the developed and the developing economies of the world. While it

EVLiving: Scottsdale Healthcare Celebrates Earth Day with Recycle Art Show (04/13/10): Among other green and other sustainable accomplishments for 2009, Scottsdale Healthcare highlights: Receiving the 2009 Gold Healthy Hospital System Award for medical device remanufacturing and

HealthLeaders: New CMS Dashboard the Start of More Health Cost, Quality Transparency: A public Web site introduced this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has a dashboard that will permit tracking