Search Tag: Sustainable Healthcare
2025 26 Feb
The Galician Health Service (SERGAS) is a global leader in sustainable healthcare, pioneering a Circular Economy strategy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040. Recognised as a European Climate Champion, it focuses on reducing environmental impact, fostering innovation and training healthcare professionals. Through collaborations and pilot projects,...Read more
2025 24 Feb
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant global threat, with an estimated 92 million deaths projected between 2025 and 2050. Efforts to address this challenge have largely focused on economic incentives, such as the Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions To End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act in the United States. However, history...Read more
2025 17 Feb
The healthcare sector plays a critical role in society, yet it is also a significant contributor to environmental harm. It is responsible for approximately 4.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions and causes further damage through pollution, resource depletion and waste. While regulatory agencies are beginning to acknowledge and address these issues,...Read more
2025 17 Feb
The healthcare sector plays a critical role in society, yet it is also a significant contributor to environmental harm. It is responsible for approximately 4.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions and causes further damage through pollution, resource depletion and waste. While regulatory agencies are beginning to acknowledge and address these issues,...Read more
2025 04 Feb
Sustainability in healthcare is increasingly recognised as essential to ensuring positive health outcomes, equity and environmental responsibility. As healthcare systems worldwide adopt sustainable practices, the challenge remains to integrate these effectively into existing structures. At the World Hospital Congress (WHC) in Rio de Janeiro in...Read more
2025 04 Feb
Sustainability in healthcare is increasingly recognised as essential to ensuring positive health outcomes, equity and environmental responsibility. As healthcare systems worldwide adopt sustainable practices, the challenge remains to integrate these effectively into existing structures. At the World Hospital Congress (WHC) in Rio de Janeiro in...Read more
2025 29 Jan
The European Health Management Association (EHMA) has outlined a comprehensive strategy to transform healthcare systems across Europe. This vision focuses on fostering sustainability, resilience and inclusivity, aiming to address the growing complexities of modern healthcare. With particular attention to care-related policies, disease management...Read more
2025 29 Jan
The European Health Management Association (EHMA) has outlined a comprehensive strategy to transform healthcare systems across Europe. This vision focuses on fostering sustainability, resilience and inclusivity, aiming to address the growing complexities of modern healthcare. With particular attention to care-related policies, disease management...Read more
2024 28 Oct
Sustainable healthcare is not just about providing medical services; it encompasses the ability to maintain and improve health systems in an equitable, environmentally conscious and economically viable way. In an increasingly interconnected world, global organisations such as the United Nations, World Health Organisation (WHO) and World Bank are...Read more
2024 28 Oct
Sustainable healthcare is not just about providing medical services; it encompasses the ability to maintain and improve health systems in an equitable, environmentally conscious and economically viable way. In an increasingly interconnected world, global organisations such as the United Nations, World Health Organisation (WHO) and World Bank are...Read more
2024 16 Sep
The looming threat of climate change is now an undeniable reality. With global temperatures on track to exceed the 1.5°C limit set by the Paris Agreement, and possibly rising over 3°C by the end of the century, the healthcare sector finds itself at the forefront of this global crisis. Responsible for approximately 5% of global emissions, healthcare...Read more
2024 16 Sep
The looming threat of climate change is now an undeniable reality. With global temperatures on track to exceed the 1.5°C limit set by the Paris Agreement, and possibly rising over 3°C by the end of the century, the healthcare sector finds itself at the forefront of this global crisis. Responsible for approximately 5% of global emissions, healthcare...Read more
2024 01 Aug
The healthcare sector is increasingly embracing sustainability initiatives, recognising the significant environmental impact it holds. Accounting for approximately 8.5% of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, the industry is under growing scrutiny to implement effective environmental strategies. Key to these efforts is the strategic use of Environmental,...Read more
2024 01 Aug
The healthcare sector is increasingly embracing sustainability initiatives, recognising the significant environmental impact it holds. Accounting for approximately 8.5% of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, the industry is under growing scrutiny to implement effective environmental strategies. Key to these efforts is the strategic use of Environmental,...Read more
2024 30 May
First to provide helium-free operations in 2018, Philips marks milestone during installation in Puerto Rico Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, and world leader in proven helium-free 1 MRI operations, today announced the 1,111th installation of its revolutionary BlueSeal 1.5T magnet, which took place in Puerto Rico’s ...Read more
2024 30 May
First to provide helium-free operations in 2018, Philips marks milestone during installation in Puerto Rico Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, and world leader in proven helium-free 1 MRI operations, today announced the 1,111th installation of its revolutionary BlueSeal 1.5T magnet, which took place in Puerto Rico’s ...Read more
2024 24 May
Empowering the global healthcare sector with practical sustainability solutions, the NCSH Model facilitates swift, impactful change and offers a shortcut to implementing best practices and tackling urgent environmental challenges. Key Points Healthcare faces pressing sustainability challenges that demand immediate action, yet change...Read more
2024 24 May
Empowering the global healthcare sector with practical sustainability solutions, the NCSH Model facilitates swift, impactful change and offers a shortcut to implementing best practices and tackling urgent environmental challenges. Key Points Healthcare faces pressing sustainability challenges that demand immediate action, yet change...Read more
2024 17 May
We discuss the economic and environmental advantages of green pulse wave analysis (PWA) techniques and the integration of PWA algorithms into standard bedside monitors that will likely contribute to democratisation of perioperative cardiac output monitoring. Haemodynamic instability frequently manifests during the perioperative course...Read more
2024 15 May
The Medical Equipment Pro-active Alliance for Sustainable Healthcare launched new sustainability criteria for purchasing medical imaging equipment. COCIR is a proud founding member of the Alliance together with the HealthTrust Performance Group and Vizient . The criteria are the result of years of intense efforts and technical exchanges. They...Read more
2024 15 May
The Medical Equipment Pro-active Alliance for Sustainable Healthcare launched new sustainability criteria for purchasing medical imaging equipment. COCIR is a proud founding member of the Alliance together with the HealthTrust Performance Group and Vizient . The criteria are the result of years of intense efforts and technical exchanges. They...Read more
2023 30 Oct
An overview of SNOMED CT – the most comprehensive clinical terminology in use worldwide and the benefits it offers for health systems globally. Key Points SNOMED CT is a comprehensive, multilingual healthcare terminology created by healthcare professionals. SNOMED CT can unite health systems with structured clinical terminology, enabling...Read more
2023 30 Oct
An overview of SNOMED CT – the most comprehensive clinical terminology in use worldwide and the benefits it offers for health systems globally. Key Points SNOMED CT is a comprehensive, multilingual healthcare terminology created by healthcare professionals. SNOMED CT can unite health systems with structured clinical terminology, enabling...Read more
2023 23 Oct
“Showtime” for digital health innovations for the future at MEDICA 2023 A hundred start-ups and more than 120 high-calibre professional speakers: These are just the “naked” facts which this year’s MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM will present as an established part of the programme at the world’s leading medical trade fair MEDICA 2023 in...Read more
2023 15 Oct
Innovation can address healthcare’s most pressing challenges, including cost of care, staff shortages and growing health disparities, while at the same time reducing the industry’s environmental impact. Underserved communities are typically hit earliest and hardest by climate impacts. For healthcare to be truly equitable, it must also be sustainable....Read more
2022 11 Nov
The 45th World Hospital Congress came to a close today in Dubai (UAE) with a ceremony to hand over hosting duties for the 46th World Hospital Congress to Lisbon (Portugal) in 2023. This was the second time Dubai was selected to host the World Hospital Congress – the premier event for global leaders and decision-makers in the healthcare community....Read more
2022 09 Nov
The 45th World Hospital Congress officially opened today with a statement from the International Hospital Federation about its commitment to raising awareness and support hospital managers to act to deliver sustainable healthcare. Members of the global community of hospital and healthcare service providers at the IHF’s General Assembly voted...Read more
2021 20 Nov
Plans for universal health coverage must first address the substantial carbon emissions produced by the healthcare systems of low- and middle-income countries, urged researchers from Switzerland, India, Belgium and Brazil in a recent analysis published in The BMJ . The estimated total amount of greenhouse gases released into the environment...Read more