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August 2013
Health Care Needs To Lead The Fight Against Climate Change
Forbes reports that when it comes to climate change, the healthcare sector occupies a unique position in our society to admit its contribution to the [...]
Webinar Announcement: Healthier Hospitals Initiative – How The Triple Aim Improves Population Health, Employee Health and Reduces Costs
September 10, 2014 3:00-4:00pm Cost: $0.00 The Healthier Hospitals Initiative's intent is for sector transformation where all hospitals, regardless of size or location, recognize the [...]
July 2013
Webinar Announcement: Healthier Hospitals Case Study – Going Green to Benefit Health, the Environment and the Economy
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM ET The Healthier Hospitals Initiative has helped hospitals and health systems link environmental innovation with cost [...]
What is sustainability? It depends on how you look at it, but it can mean many different things
Sometimes referred to as the 3 Eʼs of sustainability, sustainable practices occur at the juxtaposition of environmental impact, social equality, and economic demands. This means [...]
Blog Series on Sustainable Healthcare: Should doctors lead on sustainability?
In a series of blogs on sustainable healthcare that looks at health and sustainability, British Medical Journal (BMJ) shares ideas from experts across the healthcare [...]
TODAY: Health Forum and AHA Leadership Summit Workshop: Sustainability Roadmap – Bend the Cost Curve: Making the Business Case for Sustainability
Can sustainable hospitals help bend the health care cost curve? Research says “yes.” A 2012 Commonwealth Fund report concluded that hospitals have a $15.2 billion [...]
Vascular Solutions Sees growth in Reprocessing in Second Quarter 2013
Vascular Solutions, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2013. In the vein products category, second quarter net revenues increased [...]
AMDR President Dan Vukelich Earns Certified Association Executive (CAE®) credential from ASAE (Center for Association Leadership)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 28, 2013 – The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), The Center for Association Leadership, has announced that Daniel J. Vukelich, Esq. of [...]
Portugal joins the list of nations to implement strong regulatory oversight for the reprocessing of "single-use" medical devices
The Portugese weekly newspaper Express reports that on May 30 of this year, the Portugese Ministry of Health issued an order allowing hospitals to reuse [...]
How Surgery Centers Can Save Big With Medical Device Reprocessing
Becker’s ASC Review reports that Tim Merchant, the vice president of sales and reprocessing at MEDISISS, and Jason Wanderse, chief executive officer of MEDISISS, gave [...]
Sustainability Meets the Bottom Line
Health Care Without Harm reports that we are learning that it is not possible to have healthy people on a sick planet. That is why, [...]
Leading corporations beginning to integrate sustainability at highest level of management
Ensia, the magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action reports that ten years ago, few of the world's largest companies made investments in sustainability. Today, half [...]
Shades of Green: Slow but steady progress on road to sustainability
Health Facilities Management, in cooperation with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and the Association for the Healthcare Environment conducted a survey reporting that [...]
Becker’s ASC Review Publishes AMDR’s Statement to SGNA
After receiving AMDR's rebuttal to SGNA's 6/7/13 position statement on reprocessing, Becker's ASC Review has revised the original article with the SGNA statement with AMDR's [...]
Medical Device Reprocessing Industry Reacts to SGNA 06/07/13 Position Statement
FDA stringently regulates reprocessed medical devices and has long held that reprocessed devices are “as safe and as effective as a new device.” (Washington, DC) [...]
Health Care Without Harm President Gary Cohen and Other Health Professionals Named Champions of Change by White House
Healthcare Without Harm, an international coalition of more than 500 organizations in 53 countries working to transform the health care sector to be more sustainable [...]
Inova Health System Includes Reprocessing Program in its Sustainability Report
As a leader and innovator in the field of healthcare sustainability, Inova Health System is committed to sharing information about how sustainability principles are being [...]
June 2013
President Obama: We all have a stake in solving this together
In response to President’s Obama’s announcement yesterday at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he called for a national plan to lead the global effort [...]
Johnson & Johnson No. 1 ranked healthcare company among Best Global Green Brands
Brand Management firm Interbrand reports that Johnson & Johnson was ranked No. 6 in its annual Best Global Green Brands Rankings and the No. 1 [...]
Study Touts Reprocessing Efficiency and Safety in Developing Economies
Researchers in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control study say steps for reprocessing are “easy, adaptable, outcome-measurable, sustainable and cost-effective in resource-limited settings.” Hemodynamic single-use devices [...]