STAT: ‘Right to repair’ movement gains momentum in the tightly controlled world of medical devices
The Covid-19 pandemic crystallized a problem that has long plagued hospitals and biomedical engineers: many can’t maintain or repair their machines without the green light from medical device makers. In a survey of 222 medical repair professionals
The Lancet: HealthcareLCA: an open-access living database of health-care environmental impact assessments
Anthropogenic environmental change negatively effects human health and is increasing health-care system demand. Paradoxically, the provision of health care, which itself is a substantial contributor to environmental degradation, is compounding this problem. There is increasing
The Journal of Healthcare Contracting: Building Resiliency – A new nonprofit healthcare supply chain association aims to champion standards and best practices.
From Jesse Schafer’s vantage point as a senior manager of business continuity at the Mayo Clinic, supply chain resiliency is keenly needed in healthcare. “It’s a complex issue too difficult to solve individually,” he said.
Medical Design & Outsourcing: Cardinal Health expands single-use device reprocessing facility
“Sustainable Technologies is a unique growth business within Cardinal Health,” Global Planning SVP Pete Bennett said in a news release. “Our investment in this expansion highlights Cardinal Health’s commitment to helping reduce healthcare’s environmental impact
Modern Healthcare: 5 things HHS says hospitals can do to reduce emissions
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has tips for how healthcare organizations can cut emissions and achieve net-zero operations by 2050. The Health and Human Services Department branch recommends healthcare entities—particularly hospitals—establish systems to
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland: Green Surgery Checklist
SCTS is delighted to support the recent launch of the Green surgery checklist supported by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of England and The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.