CM13C3 - Benefits of Sustainable Hospitals Beyond the Cost Curve: Next Steps for Research

U.S. health care costs continue to outpace growth in the nation's GDP. One area of potential savings is the system's costly environmental footprint. We will discuss our recently published study of cost savings from hospital implementation of energy use reduction, waste reduction, and more efficient purchase of operating room supplies. We will also describe priorities and next steps for research on economic and related potential benefits of sustainability in health care from more engaged employees, to improved population health leading to reduced health care and societal costs, to reduced transportation-related pollution in communities. Such research can be useful to health care decision makers, policy makers, and others.

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Ms. Susan Kaplan - University of Illinois at Chicago - School of Public Health

Mr. Blair Sadler,JD - IHI - Senior Fellow

Dr. Peter Orris

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CM13C3 - Benefits of Sustainable Hospitals Beyond the Cost Curve: Next Steps for Research
U.S. health care costs continue to outpace growth in the nation's GDP. One area of potential savings is the system's costly environmental footprint. We will discuss our recently published study of cost savings from hospital implementation of energy use reduction, waste reduction, and more efficient purchase of operating room supplies. We will also describe priorities and next steps for research on economic and related potential benefits of sustainability in health care—from more engaged employees, to improved population health leading to reduced health care and societal costs, to reduced transportation-related pollution in communities. Such research can be useful to health care decisionmakers, policymakers, and others. SPEAKER: Susan Kaplan, Research Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago | Blair Sadler, Senior Fellow, Insitute for Healthcare Improvement | Peter Orris, Professor and Chief of Service, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago You must register to access.