Healthy hospital study

Healthy Hospital Study Finds Savings in Plain Sight – a nine-hospital study from the Health Care Research Collaborative finds plenty of savings in waste management, energy use, and operating room supply procurement.

“This study turns on its head the belief that introducing environmental sustainability measures increases operating costs,” said Blair L. Sadler, J.D., senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, one of the study authors and former CEO of Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA.  “With little or no capital investments, significant operating savings can be realized.  It is good for patients and staff, and is a better strategy than having to lay off valuable personnel or closing effective programs that lose money.”

Here’s the 14-p PDF report, Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Bend the Health Care Cost Curve?  The Collaborative has a list of their reports, including ones on resilient flooring and ventilation.