September 2016
Cleveland Clinic's Green Fund Delivers Results
Health system pays for lighting retrofit, building automation upgrade largely with green fund Source: Jeff Ferenc, HFM Daily Cleveland Clinic is wasting no time in making
Tossing Unused Surgical Supplies Wastes Millions Of Dollars, Study Finds
Source: Ana B. Ibarra, California Healthline It’s long been a problem for the nation’s hospitals: A staggering number of
Practice Greenhealth Launching Tool to Help Hospitals Compare Long-Term Equipment Costs
Source: Adam Rubenfire, Modern Healthcare Practice Greenhealth has made yet another move into supply chain with the expected launch
Controlling Costs with SUD Reprocessing
Source: Bill Scott, Healthcare Business Today Single-use device (SUD) reprocessing is one of the top healthcare supply chain strategies used to reduce costs and
August 2016
Are Disposable Hospital Supplies Trashing the Environment?
Source: Wendy Glauser, Jeremy Petch & Sachin Pendharkar, Healthy Debate It’s something that a patient who is worried about a surgery or recovering from a
Environmental Stewardship Pays Off for Colorado Hospital
What started as a grassroots effort less than a decade ago has grown to be a substantial force for positive change in the health care
Practice Greenhealth Honorees Reduced, Reused and Recycled their Way to the Top
Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR Recognition Award is a competitive award which celebrates facilities that make substantial progress in
Sustainability and Fiscal Sensibility
Maintaining an ecofriendly supply chain puts the ‘eco' in economics. Source: Sean Moores, Greenhealth Magazine In supply chain management, it
EMMC Recycling in Every Operating Room
Eastern Maine Medical Center is going green. They’re now recycling all of the trash in their operating rooms. “I’m used to recycling household trash for a
July 2016
Going Green Starts with Surgeon Demand
In a recent article for Healio, Dr. John A. Hovanesian discusses the environmental and financial implications of excess waste associated with the single-use surgical supplies market, as
Dispelling the Myth of Single Use Device Reprocessing
Dispelling the Myth of Single Use Device Reprocessing: How This ASC Saved $59k & Diverted 4.7k Lbs of Waste Source: Mary Rechtoris, Becker's ASC Review Madison
UK Opens Door to Re-Manufacturing of Single-Use Devices
by Vibha Sharma New guidance from the UK MHRA sets out the conditions under which re-manufacturing of single-use devices is allowed; new
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
June 2016
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
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
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
Council and European Parliament Reach Political Agreement on Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulations
Following the May 25th European trilogue meeting, a political agreement has been reached on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices regulations. The
Third-Party Reprocessing is a Smart Idea for Hospitals
Nancy Chobin, former Vice President of Sterile Processing for Barnabas Health System and a 34-year veteran of the sterile processing
Reprocessed Medical Devices Market Analysis By Product and End-use; Segment Forecasts to 2022
Grand View Research has released the following market analysis report on reprocessed medical devices: Reprocessed Medical Devices Market Analysis By Product (Cardiovascular Devices, Blood Pressure
Greenhealth Magazine Announces Top Environmental Excellence Award Winners
Greenhealth Magazine, published by Practice Greenhealth, has announced the 2016 winners of the annual Environmental Excellence Awards. One significant factor in the selection process continues