NEWS RELEASE
Novation Launches Growing Green
An Interactive Flash Tool Helping Members Implement Green Practices
IRVING, TX; December 10, 2008 — Environmental stewardship can be confusing and costly for hospitals. With goals of reducing the confusion of “going green” and ultimately reducing costs, Novation, the leading health care contracting services company, announced today the launch of its first interactive flash tool dedicated to helping member hospitals implement Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) practices. The Growing Green tool features a graphical user interface (GUI) in the form of a growing tree with branches representing a staged approach by department and topic area. Members begin the going green process by selecting easy projects or low hanging fruit from the tree and then work upwards into other areas of the hospital to implement more robust EPP practices. The tool also provides information and resources to assist hospitals just beginning to implement their green programs – including templates to assist in assembling internal cross functional teams and outlines of activities and flowcharts to assist in garnering internal support.
“We want to be the destination for members of VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista to find information about Environmentally Preferable Purchasing practices, building on Novation’s commitment to providing extraordinary service and market-best value,” said Maryann Restino, vice president contract & program services at Novation.
The tool provides a full range of green-related resources, including topics such as Creating Your Green Team, Quick Wins, Long Term Planning, Food Service, Managing Waste, Greenwashing, and a host of other topics to assist members implement lasting EPP practices. The tool is an expansion of the current Novation EPP Web portal and catalogs.
“Novation has historically been the leader in the industry, and we feel a great responsibility to offer members the best service and resources available in the EPP space,” adds Restino.
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About Novation
Founded in 1998, Novation is the leading health care supply contracting company for more than 25,000 members of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), two national health care alliances, and 5,500 members of Provista, LLC, representing 28,000 sites. Novation provides alliance members contract and price management and spend management services. Based in Irving, Texas, Novation develops and manages competitive contracts with more than 600 suppliers. VHA, UHC and Provista members used Novation contracts to purchased nearly $37.8 billion in 2009.
Media Contact
Kathryn Goldstein
Director, Public Relations
Novation
(972) 581-5529
kgoldste@novationco.com
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