Growing Green: Starting an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program

Speaker: Jennifer Waddell, Senior Director, Clinical Solutions, Novation, Dallas, TX
Moderator: Deborah Rey, CMRP, Senior Contracts Manager, Christiana Care Health System

Overview: Sustainability is no longer a goal outside most hospitals. As pressures mount on our environment, materials managers are increasingly being asked to find cost effective ways to decrease their hospital's environmental footprint. This session provides an overview of what Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) is and describes the process for initiating a lasting EPP program. This presentation will also identify quick wins for a quick start and discuss how to utilize the GPO relationship to grow green while saving green across their organization. Participants will receive actionable information they can leverage across most functional areas including: facilities, food service, medical surgical products, IT and capital expansion. Possible Pitfalls will also be identified, such as 'greenwashing', and how to avoid them.

Costs: $119 per CD-ROM- AHRMM Members; $139 per CD-ROM- Non-members

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This program was recorded August 11, 2009.

Speaker's Bio:

Jennifer Waddell, RN has 20 years healthcare experience ranging from OR circulating and scrubbing to materials management to medical device marketing.  She holds a Bachelors degree in Nursing and an MBA.  In her role as Senior Director of Clinical Solutions at Novation, Jennifer leads a team of 3 nurses and 3 pharmacists which supports the contracting units in clinical bids, providing contract resources, member education and clinical information.