Is There a Sustainability Imperative for the Healthcare Industry?
Source: Lisa Xia, Huffington Post Healthcare, as we know it, is simply not sustainable. With growing realities including escalating costs shifting market access models; stakeholder and regulatory scrutiny; low patient trust; and an evolving physical
Four Major Hidden Costs Of Disposing Medical Waste
Source: Carmelo Hannity, The Global Dispatch The disposal of medical waste may seem like pretty straightforward process. Although the regulations of medical waste disposal have changed over the years, the safety and environmental concerns surrounding such waste
Kaiser Permanente on a Mission to Become Carbon Positive
Health system strives to become carbon positive with full recycling of nonhazardous waste. Re-emphasizing its commitment to sustainability, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif., is pursuing ambitious new environmental goals that include becoming carbon positive, buying
Setting Health Care EPP Pr ior ities
Practice Greenhealth provides an insightful overview of environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) practices that are beneficial not only to end users but also to the entire supply chain. The Practice Greenhealth Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program enables health care facilities to
Environmental & Health Impacts of the U.S. Health-Care System
Source: Yale University If the US health-care system were a country, it would rank 13th in the world for greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research. The study quantified previously unreported environmental and
Council and Parliament Representatives Confirm Agreement on Medical Device & IVD Regulations
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, June 15, 2016 – The medical technology industry welcomes the vote on the consolidated medical device and in vitro diagnostics regulation texts by representatives of the Council and the Parliament