|
|
Article: SPHERE collaborative designed to reduce healthcare's carbon footprint.(NEWSWIRE)
- Article from:
- Healthcare Purchasing News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Healthcare Purchasing News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The Premier healthcare alliance has announced a climate and energy collaborative focused on reducing the healthcare industry's carbon footprint. SPHERE--Securing Proven Healthcare Energy Reduction (for the) Ecosystem--will build on Premier's environmental leadership and commitment to a healthy environment, focusing on reducing industry energy costs and greenhouse emissions.
Healthcare ranks as the country's second most energy intensive industry, spending more than $6.5 billion each year while experiencing double-digit cost increases. Volatile energy prices are diverting money needed for critical healthcare quality and safety improvements. Hospitals are the ...