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Sustainability for Healthcare Management
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Sustainability for Healthcare Management

A Leadership Imperative

Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton and Seema S. Wadhwa
Routledge, 2012

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Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

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  • Applicable

Recommendation

Hospitals and health care providers are among the most significant consumers of Earth’s resources and should make sustainability the bedrock of their missions, cultures and operations. Hospitals can be corporate role models in practicing sustainability and in helping prevent the very diseases and conditions that bring patients to their doors. Using real-life examples and stories from the fictional “Memorial Hospital” and its cast of characters, authors Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton and Seema S. Wadhwa engagingly describe how hospitals and health care providers can make a difference – not only for those they care for today, but for the patients and families of tomorrow. While this very practical handbook has tedious moments, getAbstract recommends it to health care leaders who want to embed the principles of sustainability into everything they do.

Take-Aways

  • Sustainability means delivering necessary services today without exhausting environmental resources that people will need tomorrow.
  • Hospitals are in a unique position to practice sustainability.
  • The concept of sustainability embodies the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath.

About the Authors

J. Knox Singleton is CEO of Inova Health Systems where leadership development expert Carrie R. Rich is an executive staff member. Seema S. Wadhwa heads sustainability initiatives at Inova and at Urban Ltd., an engineering and design firm.

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