Strong incentives are encouraging the healthcare industry to focus more on environmental sustainability. Reducing carbon emissions and air pollution can improve health equity and patient outcomes, and it has been proved that eco-friendly policies can lead to significant cost savings.
IT departments can play a vital role in achieving sustainable healthcare. Adopting IT asset disposition strategies and transitioning to energy-efficient devices are actionable steps that IT leaders can take now.
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What Is IT Asset Disposition?
Consider the tens of millions of medical devices and the exhaustive number of computers, tablets and servers that hospitals rely on. Eventually, these tools either break down or become irrelevant as technology advances.
This is where IT asset disposition comes in. ITAD involves removing sensitive data such as patient information from devices and then recycling, repurposing or disposing of the equipment.
“IT products must be updated to remain current, optimize operational productivity and ensure data security,” says Gina Cano, senior director of business development and environmental, social and governance and sustainability services at Dell Technologies. “Having an ITAD strategy allows organizations to responsibly and sustainably refresh outdated IT equipment.”
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