It should come as no surprise that the healthcare industry generates a lot of data. Still, the sheer volume of it is both staggering and on the rise. Analysts say 30% of the world’s data volume can be ...

A medical waste treatment system, which is capable of 99.9999 percent sterilization by using high-temperature and high-pressure steam, has been developed for the first time in the country. The Korea ...

Cleveland Clinic founded its Office for a Healthy Environment in 2007 with the goal of improving sustainability across the health system and has since come up with innovative techniques to manage its ...

Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital who was named CEO of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase’s health company last week, said the corporation will take ...

Emergency departments of hospitals generate significant amounts of environmentally harmful waste which could be reduced through basic changes to disposal policies and practices, while producing lower ...

In early August, St. Andrews Hospital & Healthcare Center in Boothbay Harbor got a delivery of 30 red, 28-gallon bins to fill with medical waste like bandages, needles and bloodstained clothing to be ...