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UNC HealtH Care News UNC Health Care Named a ‘Healthy Hospital’ In 2011, UNC Health Care reduced supply costs by $415,703 and diverted 8,301 pounds of medical waste away from local landfills, enabling the reallocation of substantial resources to patient care quality initiatives. Because of this dedication to reducing waste and investing in environmentally sound health care practices, UNC Health Care was honored with the Healthy Hospital award from stryker sustainability solutions. “surgical services at UNC has been involved in remanufacturing for many years, but with the increase in supply costs, the desire to decrease waste and cost consciousness in general, the push to reprocess is even greater,” says Maria Maag, rN, clinical business analyst for surgical services at UNC Health Care and coordinator for the stryker sustainability program at UNC. “the Healthy Hospital award reflects UNC Health Care’s commitment to smart health care through the optimization of hospital resources, which improves overall quality of patient care,” says lars thording, stryker sustainability solutions’ senior director of Marketing and Public affairs. “the health care industry is at a critical resourcemanagement juncture, and we need more leaders like UNC Health Care that are employing innovative solutions to reduce costs and waste while increasing quality care.” A Recognized Leader in Diabetes Care Diabetes affects nearly 25.8 million american children and adults, according to the american Diabetes association (aDa). as a leader in diabetes care, UNC Health Care is world-renowned in endocrinology and primary care and is and every patient,” says robb Malone, PharmD, CPP, vice president of Practice Quality and Innovation. recently, UNC Health Care received the 2012 Provider of the Year award from the eastern North Carolina Chapter of the aDa. the award is given to five aDa-recognized education programs that exceed national standards for excellence in caring for individuals who have diabetes. “this is tremendous validation of the meticulous, broad-based and innovative approach that UNC Health Care has used to improve care for people with diabetes for more than a decade or more,” says John Buse, MD, director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center and chief of the Division of endocrinology and Metabolism at UNC Health Care. Recently, UNC Health Care received the 2012 Provider of the Year Award. committed to the Patient Centered Medical Home model. ”I believe that UNC Health Care has the best and brightest physicians, clinicians and staff members who put their heart and soul into delivering the best, cutting-edge care possible to each PHoto: © 2012 tHiNkstoCk www.unchealthcare.org 3 http://www.unchealthcare.org

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