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Dr. Atul Gawande: Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan venture will tackle 3 types of healthcare waste

Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital who was named CEO of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase’s health company last week, said the corporation will take aim at healthcare intermediaries and attempt to tackle three types of waste prominent in the industry, Bloomberg reports.

The venture, which the companies announced in January, will seek to develop ways to improve care for the three companies’ more than 1 million employees who receive health insurance from their respective employers. If their efforts are successful, the companies will reportedly make those innovations freely available to other firms, according to the report.

Read more at beckershospitalreview.com

Artificial intelligence sorter by Machinex arrives in Illinois

US company Lakeshore Recycling Systems has installed the new Machinex SamurAI waste sorter at its Heartland Recycling Center. It is the first recycler America to invest in this innovative artificial intelligence-powered machine.

The SamurAI sorter by Machinex achieves 70 picks per minute, compared to an average of 35 picks per minute for a human sorter. It recognises material in dirty, commingled and ‘constantly changing conditions’ including the introduction of new packaging and product designs.

Read more at recyclinginternational.com

‘Tough’ Harden shredder can tackle medical waste

Given the world’s rapidly growing population, the medical waste management sector shows a lot of promise, so Peter Xiaoquan-Chen of Harden Shredding & Recycling Technology told Recycling International at the recent IFAT trade show in Munich. He cites figures saying that more than 2 million tons of medical waste is generated all around the world every year.

Read more at recyclinginternational.com

Medicine Adherence Data Will Transform Healthcare Provision Worldwide

Patient data, when used in the right way can decrease healthcare costs by reducing waste, improve patient quality of life, and ultimately save lives. Medicine adherence data in combination with patient data can go a step further to improve patient experience and satisfaction, increase medicine safety and usability. Improving data quality and analysis can be effective in areas such as predictive medicine, patient relationship management, management of healthcare and measuring the effectiveness of certain treatments.

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Medical Waste Management Market Analysis and Research Report 2018

Global Medical Waste Management Market will cross USD 29,644.80 million by 2025. It was valued at USD 19,690.00 million in 2017. The market is growing at a CAGR of 5.4% in the forecast period 2018 to 2025.

The major factors driving the growth of this market are rise in generation of healthcare waste, growing healthcare industry, importance of medical waste management, ecofriendly waste management procedures and growing government initiatives. On the other hand lack of awareness about health hazards and lack of skilled professionals for proper disposal may hinder the growth of the global medical waste management market.

Read more at sectorhealthcare.com

Sloppy management, not corruption responsible for wasted tax dollars, says Quebec auditor general

Quebec’s auditor general, in her second report this year, pointed to sloppy practices, not corruption, in the wasting of taxpayers’ money.

Auditor General Guylaine Leclerc examined leases signed by the Société québécoise de l’infrastructure (SIQ), which rents office space for provincial entities.

Read more at cbc.ca

Innovative hazardous waste management system launched in South Africa

Healthcare institutions have a legal duty to ensure that their hazardous waste is managed responsibly.

As stipulated in the Proposed National Health Care Risk Waste Management Regulations (2018), the person in charge of a health establishment must ensure that health care waste is handled, collected, transported, removed, treated and disposed of in such a manner that it does not pose a risk to human health and the environment. To monitor for compliance, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) requires that waste generators keep detailed records on the waste management chain.

Read more at engineeringnews.co.za

Medical Waste Management Market Estimated to Exhibit 5% CAGR Through 2025

The global medical waste management market was valued at over 10 Bn in 2016 and is expected to expand at the CAGR of above 5% during the forecast period of 2017 to 2025. Increase in incidence and prevalence of infectious and life style diseases, rapidly growing population, rise in healthcare expenditure, and adoption of novel technologies to treat the diseases are the major factors responsible for rise in the generation of medical waste.

Read more at: digitaljournal.com

Florida police are using Amazon’s creepy real-time facial-recognition tech

Between its cloud services and retail business, Amazon has plenty of angles when it comes to raking in the cash. But CEO Jeff Bezos’ ecommerce giant has one more unusual money maker up its sleeve: Selling facial recognition technology to the police.

According to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, Amazon recently sold access to its real-time “Rekognition” facial recognition tech to the Orlando, Florida police department, which could potentially use it as part of their future crime-solving goals.

Read more at digitaltrends.