Innovative Health Debuts New Sustainability Calculator

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.