Sustainability The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE), a professional membership group of the American Hospital Association, has recognized healthcare facilities that have “significantly reduced their energy use and emissions and advanced their sustainability goals” with its announcement of the winners of its 2026 Energy to Care Awards. ASHE designated…
With health systems nationwide integrating sustainability into broader operational priorities to reduce waste, many leaders are reassessing resource use in perioperative services, and for good reason. Industry estimates indicate that operating rooms account for 20% to 33% of total hospital waste, a disproportionate share of the healthcare waste stream. At…
As margins tighten and labor pressures intensify, perioperative leaders are re-evaluating the levers that shape everyday efficiency and performance. One such lever — used in every OR, by every team, for every case — is the preference card. Surgeon preference cards have long held a conflicted identity: they’re indispensable, yet…
UPMC Cole, a rural health network serving north-central Pennsylvania and south-central New York, is breaking ground on a 5.5-megawatt solar farm, the first within the UPMC system. Upon completion, UPMC says the farm will generate enough clean energy to meet nearly all the electricity needs of UPMC Cole’s Coudersport, Pa., hospital…
Fast Company this week took a deep dive into UCI Health — Irvine (Calif.), which the health system describes as “the nation’s first all-electric powered acute care hospital.” Officially opened last month, UCI Health — Irvine is a seven-story, 350,000-square-foot, 144-bed facility. It completes the construction of a $1.3 billion…
