As the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry grows, its waste generated grows, too — as does the market for medical waste management.
The company uses sensors to provide data about a product's shelf life.
Could your doctor be ordering tests and treatments for you that don’t work very well and aren’t worth the cost?
It’s easy to criticize pharmaceutical and insurance companies. But we spend much more on hospitals.
In a forest, there is absolutely no waste. Every single element is reused in a continuous cycle. A tree produces leaves. The leaves fall to the ground and become compost. And the forest uses every last ounce of the compost and puts it back into its ecosystem. We have the exact same idea for Buffer’s …
AI in health care can reduce medical waste and over-testing, cut costs, and improve diagnostics and patient care, a Transform panel agreed.
From ingredients to packaging, natural personal care companies are taking a full-circle approach to wasting less.
The medical field is one of the most important areas to which we can apply the latest technological advancements and innovations. It is no surprise, then, that along with the utilization of newer technologies in hospitals, clinics, and other medical businesses, we now also have a variety of medically focused apps for personal use. These …
Healthcare public cloud demands managed service providers to help organizations manage and monitor increasingly complex cloud environments.
In the future, medical devices will need to gather and process a deluge of data and present whats most important for healthcare professionals to addresswithout overloading or misdirecting them. This was the prediction made by a panel of human factors engineering (HFE) experts who presented at AAMIs Future Direction of HFE in Medical Device Development webinar on May 5.
Though 57% of employers believe that up to a quarter of healthcare dollars are wasted, most don't collect or analyze data to track waste, according to the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.
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Safely dispose of pharmaceutical and medication waste in your pharmaceutical waste containers.
Did you know that for every pound of municipal solid waste that is improperly classified as regulated medical waste, you are paying 10 times as much for di
We need packaging. But with it comes packaging waste. So, where do we draw the line? When is packaging waste too much and how can we help improve it?
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An investigation is being launched into a backlog of medical waste.
Many dental practices are disposing of their medical waste incorrectly. They are overspending by improperly classifying medical waste and adding items that could be going into the solid waste stream. Is your practice disposing of medical waste properly?
Disposable wrap is often used to sterilize surgical tools, but reusable cases provide a more sustainable alternative.
Many people may think that the lifespan of medical equipment ends once healthcare workers toss it in the trash. We find out what happens to the medical waste after it leaves the hospital.
Plastic manufacturers and consumer brands are working to improve sustainable packaging while maintaining economic feasibility.