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October 2012
Becker's Hospital Review: Hospitals Leading a Sustainable Charge: Q&A With Gary Cohen, Founder of the Healthier Hospitals Initiative
Becker's Hospital Review Written by Bob Herman October 17, 2012 Hospitals and health systems have been viewed traditionally as environmental laggards due to their high [...]
Health Leaders Media: Dive into Bundled Payments or Wait?
Health Leaders Media October 15, 2012 By Karen Minich-Pourshadi Bundled payments may be the reimbursement model of the future—but deciding if the "future is now" for [...]
Medtech Europe: Sustainability's Promise for Business Opportunity and Healthcare Change
The Medtech Europe Blog Published October 10, 2012 By Momchil Jelev, WW Environment, Health & Safety, WW Government Affairs & Policy, Johnson & Johnson When we [...]
Celebrate International Central Sterile Supply Department Week October 14-20!
Check out the following article from the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM) on ways to celebrate International Central Sterile Supply Department [...]
AMDR Welcomes Regulations, Seeks Clarity for Reprocessors in European Commission Proposal
On September 26, the European Commission released its comprehensive proposal for a European-wide Medical Device Regulation. Article 15 of that proposal outlines a proposed regulatory [...]
Policy and Medicine: Physician Payment Sunshine Act: CBI Chart the State of Sunshine
Policy and Medicine October 16, 2012 Posted by Thomas Sullivan As we continue to wait for the final regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]
Greenhealth Magazine: Sustainable Cardiac Services
Greenhealth Magazine BY PAUL R. BARACH, et al. Economic and environmental sustainability are essential to maintaining high-quality health care. Numerous medical innovations have demonstrated that [...]
New England Journal of Medicine: A Systemic Approach to Containing Health Care Spending
New England Journal of Medicine September 6, 2012 by Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D, et al. National health spending is projected to continue to grow faster than [...]
Photos from CleanMed Europe 2012
Photos from the 2012 CleanMed Europe conference in Malmo, Sweden are now available online! Click Here for access to the entire album [...]
Johnson & Johnson: Future Impact Of Environmental Scorecards, Hospital Global Purchasing Guidelines Revealed In New Report At 2012 CleanMed Europe Conference
Johnson & Johnson via JustMeans September 26, 2012 Press Release At today’s 2012 CleanMed Europe Conference, a research study was showcased revealing that increased global [...]
HCWH News: Healthcare Professionals Met at CleanMed Europe 2012 to Discuss Transformation of Health Provision
HCWH News October 1, 2012 Press Release Brussels — 350 attendees from 34 countries and 5 continents met for CleanMed Europe 2012 in Malmö, Sweden last week to discuss [...]
Assembly Magazine: Reprocessing Reusable Medical Devices
Assembly Magazine October 1, 2012 by John Sprovieri Many consumers might be surprised to learn that some medical devices used in various invasive and noninvasive [...]
Clemson University Newsroom: Clemson Introduces First Medical Device Reprocessing Certificate Program
Clemson University Media Relations October 2, 2012 CLEMSON — Clemson University has established the first program to train engineers to recycle and reprocess medical devices. [...]
DITTA Statements: DITTA Convenes Roundtable with the World Bank to Discuss Medical Device Procurement
The Global Diagnostic Imaging, Healthcare IT & Radiation Therapy Trade Association September 28, 2012 PRESS RELEASE (via DITTA website) The Global Diagnostic Imaging, Healthcare IT [...]
September 2012
EP Lab Digest: Maintaining Safety and Sustainability in EP
EP Lab Digest August 28, 2012 Francisco J. Pérez Gil, MD, Centro Cardiovascular Hospital San Lucas, Ponce, Puerto Rico In an era of shrinking reimbursements from insurance [...]
AMDR President Speaks in Malmo on Reprocessing, European Commission Proposal
September 26, 2012 Malmo, Sweden - Dan Vukelich, President of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, addressed an international audience at the third annual CleanMed [...]
European Commission: Safer, More Effective and Innovative Medical Devices
European Commission Press Release September 26, 2012 Ranging from simple sticking plasters to the most sophisticated life-supporting machines, medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices are central to our [...]
Becker's Hospital Review: How Green Practices Can Save Hospitals Millions
Becker's Hospital Review September 14, 2012 Written by Bob Herman Hospitals and health systems are increasingly moving toward the implementation of environmentally friendly practices. While [...]
Health Facilities Management: Hospitals Leaders Say Sustainability Starts at the Top
Health Facilities Management By Jeff Ferenc, Senior Editor Sustainability efforts in hospitals and health care facilities throughout the United States are gaining momentum, but the [...]
Center for American Progress: Alternatives to Fee-for-Service Payments in Health Care
Center for American Progress September 18, 2012 By Maura Calsyn and Emily Oshima Lee Our nation's health care system is high cost and high volume, [...]