Michael Barbella, Managing Editor11.20.23
Innovative Health Inc. has launched a new educational initiative and free online tool to help hospital leaders better understand, quantify, and improve environmental sustainability within their electrophysiology (EP) labs. Specifically, the initiative includes a new online calculator that enables hospitals to determine potential annual carbon footprint reductions via EP device reprocessing.
“In the electrophysiology lab, complex devices have a substantial carbon footprint,” Innovative Health CEO Rick Ferreira said. “Using reprocessed devices in the EP lab can reduce that carbon footprint by more than 50%. At Innovative Health, we’re committed to giving hospital leaders the information and tools they need to move their environmental sustainability efforts forward in a substantial and quantifiable way. Even a simple tool, like our emissions reduction calculator, can make a huge difference when it comes to arming clients with the knowledge and data they need to make informed decisions.”
Healthcare currently is responsible for almost 5% of all carbon emissions, and more than 80% of those emissions eminate from the supply chain. Each device used in a standard EP lab procedure contributes up to the equivalent of 10 pounds of CO2, and an average of 5.9 devices used in EP procedures can be reprocessed, rather than simply being used and discarded. By implementing a complete reprocessing program, EP labs could effectively cut their per-procedure greenhouse gas contribution in half.
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Innovative Health is an advanced medical device reprocessing company that offers smarter utilization of medical devices in hospitals’ cardiology and electrophysiology programs.
“In the electrophysiology lab, complex devices have a substantial carbon footprint,” Innovative Health CEO Rick Ferreira said. “Using reprocessed devices in the EP lab can reduce that carbon footprint by more than 50%. At Innovative Health, we’re committed to giving hospital leaders the information and tools they need to move their environmental sustainability efforts forward in a substantial and quantifiable way. Even a simple tool, like our emissions reduction calculator, can make a huge difference when it comes to arming clients with the knowledge and data they need to make informed decisions.”
Healthcare currently is responsible for almost 5% of all carbon emissions, and more than 80% of those emissions eminate from the supply chain. Each device used in a standard EP lab procedure contributes up to the equivalent of 10 pounds of CO2, and an average of 5.9 devices used in EP procedures can be reprocessed, rather than simply being used and discarded. By implementing a complete reprocessing program, EP labs could effectively cut their per-procedure greenhouse gas contribution in half.
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Innovative Health is an advanced medical device reprocessing company that offers smarter utilization of medical devices in hospitals’ cardiology and electrophysiology programs.