Current Issue Artciles
Editorial
Renee-Marie Stephano: Healthcare Development Projects Lack Resources and Funding
Sustainable Healthcare
By Jennifer R. DuBose, Joshua Crews and Brad A. Schaap: Energy Conservation in the Department of Defense MHS Replacement Hospital at Ft. Riley
By David Ray: Kalispell Regional Medical Center - A Case Study of Energy-Saving Improvements
By Harry Pliskin: The Evolution of Waste and Linen Removal in Hospitals: The Dawn of the New Pneumatic Age
By Jeff Burks: Tracking Sustainability: Metrics Critical for Higher Performing Organizations
Feature
By Henry Korn, Greg Korn and James Gillette: Ensuring Projects Are Completed On-time and On-Budget
By Komal Kotwal: 10 Values to Meet the Triple Bottom Line
By Cagri Kanver: Healthcare’s Dual Demands Fiscal Responsibility and Quality Care
Healthcare Development
By Olivia Goodwin: Solar Panels-From Homes to Hospitals
By Natasja Sproat: Making a Bridge between Holistic Therapists and One Billion People without Healthcare
By Dr. M. Balasubramanian: Hospital Challenges in the Millennium
Supporting Sustainability Efforts Globally
Each country in the world is struggling with their own initiatives and learning on how to implement a sustainable healthcare system that really works for the future. Furthering the growth of sustainability in healthcare is one of my personal missions and passions. Almost ninety percent of my time is spent traveling to other countries meeting with Ministries of Health, hospitals, government officials and developers, trying to bring countries together in order to have a real impact on this issue.
We need to collaborate worldwide and share our best practices and what we are planning to do to make a difference. There is no reason why individual countries and hospitals need to go through the same hurdles, make the same mistakes or learn the wrong way. We can all help each other out.
I am really looking forward to our upcoming conference in October this year where we expect attendees from over 90 countries sharing global case studies, exchanging knowledge and developing new relationships. The most important part will be the Ministers Workshop, where the Ministries of Health will be sharing their own case studies, new projects, problems and initiatives with each other and collaborating on future projects. There is no other place where this type of collaboration happens not only on a private healthcare facility level, but also on such a high governmental level.




