Health Care Without Harm: Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management
The way forward HCWH Europe strongly believes that employing a circular economy model supported by the strategies and action plans developed within the Green Deal provides the opportunity to achieve significant EU wide healthcare waste
Scotus: Case preview: Justices to consider breadth of federal computer fraud statute
Several strong amicus filings in support of Van Buren spell out some of the startling practical implications of the government’s reading. At the same time, it seems clear that the government has a legitimate need
NCSH: Watch Online: Webinar with Yale & NCSH
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in the global healthcare supply chain. Supply chain shocks stem from both interruptions in manufacturing and transport, and surges in demand for drugs and materials greatly exceeding supply capacity.
Medicin and Teknik: Medical device remanufacturing New markets for medical device remanufacturing across Europe
The company Vanguard specializes in the reprocessing of single-use medical devices, the medical remanufacturing. In an interview, CEO Marcus Bracklo reports that the topic of sustainability is now very popular with customers and why his
Yale Climate Connections: Reliance on single-use supplies can leave hospitals vulnerable to shortages
During the coronavirus pandemic, many hospitals have struggled with dangerous shortages of personal protective equipment. But Jodi Sherman of the Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health says a pandemic is not the only reason
Healthcare in Europe: Time to “Green Up” for EU Ministries of Health
The World Health Organization points to the burning and incineration of health care waste as a source of dioxins, furans, and particulate matter emissions that pollute our air.1 Additionally, health care’s contribution to Greenhouse gas