Chief Healthcare Executive April 21, 2022
Hospitals are under more pressure to reduce emissions and make better choices in the supply chain. Gary Cohen, president of Health Care Without Harm, recently outlined ways health systems can make changes.
As Earth Day draws attention to climate change and sustainability, healthcare organizations have received growing criticism over their environmental impact.
Critics say hospitals and health systems aren’t doing enough to curb emissions. Last month, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., sent a letter to leading hospital systems and asked them to outline what they are doing to reduce emissions. He sent an expanded request for information April 1 to the American Hospital Association and other health advocacy groups.
Gary Cohen, president of Health Care Without...