Contracts and Kill Switches: Reprocessing is saving hospitals money, but OEMs are fighting back
Since becoming an early adopter of single-use device reprocessing back in 2002, St. Joseph Health [...]
Sustainability: Rising to the Forefront of Hospital Purchasing Decisions
Sustainability is increasingly becoming a major consideration when hospitals make purchasing decisions, according [...]
Hospitals could save two million – if someone acted.
The attached article comes from Finance Newspaper in Slovenia. It has been translated [...]
HPN: Sorting out the savings in waste management
Christine-Marie Eno, Director of Materials Management at Catholic Medical Center, NH, said they continually [...]
How Hospitals Are Stepping Up to the Challenge of Climate Change
Healthcare organizations are in the business of supporting human health. Yet the irony [...]
Engaged Leadership Challenge
As a data-driven organization, we decided that we needed to measure our sustainability [...]
2013 Milestone Report Shows Hospitals Going Healthier
Launched in April 2012, HHI is a national campaign to promote a more [...]
What Comes In Must Go Out
Regulated medical waste (RMW) typically costs $0.20–$0.50 per pound and is six to [...]
"Reducing the landfill" with reprocessing program
Before the buyback program started 2 years ago, OR staff would throw the [...]
Hospital’s ‘Green Team’ cuts waste and expense
WHO officials say the answer to reducing such a heavy environmental footprint is [...]