Hospital Buyer

The healthcare contracting service organization that serves VHA, Incorporated, Novation, announced support for the Global Health and Safety Initiative (GHSI): the Environmental Preferable (EPP) Policy Statement for Health Care.

The intent of the newly issued statement is to describe the key terminology, practices, and priorities that will achieve both utilization and implementation of EPP in the delivery of care.

The GHSI was initially launched in 2007. The effort is a broad-based collaborative amongst healthcare stakeholders. The intent of the initiative is to overhaul the design, building, and operations of healthcare facilities and, too, to transform use of all products in the healthcare realm.

The underlying mission is to create policies and procedures which are more environmentally friendly. The GHSI intends to achieve these goals through the creation of a learning community.

For five years in a row, Novation has received an award as a “Champion of Change”. This recognizes the organization’s commitment to reducing the environmental impact of healthcare business. In pursuit of such, Novation shares best practices with partners related to a variety of issues including pharmaceutical waste management, green cleaning, healthy building, food sustainability, and mercury elimination.

June 19, 2008 Related topics: Facilities, Trends, Partnerships & Consortia