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Hospital food is just one part of the problem, as well as one of a handful of powerful solutions, to make medical care sustainable.
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Eighty-one percent of hospitals have committed to proper pharmaceutical management. What about the rest?
by Janet Howard
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The health care company’s sustainability exec discusses the relationship between health care and the environment, from farmers markets to landfill diversion.
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Gettting rid of medical waste sustainably requires a healthy dose of effort.
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Disposable wrap is often used to sterilize surgical tools, but reusable cases provide a more sustainable alternative.
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Greener health care products means healthier patients and fuller prockets for hospitals.
by Lenika Cruz
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A coalition of health care systems issues a six-point agenda on how to transform the industry by tackling waste, runaway energy consumption, lax supply chains and other obstacles to sustainability.
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In the first audit of its years-long shift to electronic health records, Kaiser Permanente found that the project has eliminated 1,000 tons of paper waste, 68 tons of x-ray film (and the chemicals to process it) and saves patients millions of gallons of gasoline.
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Launched just five months ago, the Greening the OR Initiative has been adopted by more than 55 hospitals and healthcare facilities in the United States.