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Quick briefing:

Selection of Sustainable Initiative

The sustainability initiative that has been chosen in this research is the energy efficiency, and this sustainability initiative has been chosen for the local hospital as the energy consumption of a local hospital is quite high and forms a major part of the operating cost of the hospital. The reason for the energy consumption being a major cost of the hospital is that a hospital operates twenty-four hours a day and different machine under the hospital take high energy to operate (Fleiszer et al., 2015). Therefore the hospital cannot decrease the energy consumption of the hospital, but there are new steps that the local hospital can take to reduce the cost of the energy consumption of the hospital. These ways are the use of the environment-friendly energy like solar energy which cost lower than normal rate or development of this energy by the hospital itself or building an efficient system where there is minimal energy wastage by the hospital. For example by installing automatic switch off the electronic by the sponsored technology which can detect when individuals leave the room and many more ways like these (Pinzone et al., 2016). This sustainability initiative can not only decrease the cost of the hospital but also make the hospital more environment-friendly in its operation.

Assignment 1

Identify and read two to three articles that discuss the cost and benefits associated with the initiative above selected.

Then write a 175-word summary for each citation which includes the following:
* Identify best practices you can use in your sustainability initiative.
* Explain how the article supports the sustainability initiative you are developing in this course.

Assignment 2

Tutor you will Identify and read two to three articles that discuss the standard of care expected at your selected health care setting, innovative ideas on how to improve the quality of care and outcomes, or ideas on how to make patient care at the setting more sustainable.

Write a 90 word summary for each citation which includes the following:

* Identify best practices you can use in your sustainability initiative.
* Explain how the article supports the sustainability initiative you are developing in this course.

Assignment 3
Identify and read two to three articles that discuss how your initiative can reduce waste at the health care setting you selected.

Write a 175-word summary for each citation which includes the following:
* Identify best practices you can use in your sustainability initiative.
* Explain how the article supports the sustainability initiative you are developing in this course.

Format ALL your assignment according to APA guidelines, refer to the attached document example of the annotated bibliography template in order to complete this assignment.

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