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May 22, 2008

(WASHINGTON DC (May 22, 2008) - Curtis Rooney, President of HIGPA, recently announced the endorsement of the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy Statement for Health Care at CleanMed 2008, the Global Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Health Care.

Mr. Rooney stated, "The group purchasing industry strongly supports environmental safety and patient safety. HIGPA wants to play a significant role in providing safer and better health care to all individuals and communities because we believe we can make a difference."

The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy for Health Care is sponsored by the Global Health and Safety Initiative (GHSI) and affiliated with "Health Care Without Harm." The goal of this policy is to harness the power of participating hospital systems and their GPOs to address the increasing demand for more environmentally safer products and services. Mr. Rooney stated, "HIGPA is proud to endorse this policy and we applaud these efforts to increase the use of safer environmental practices in the health care supply chain."

About HIGPA
The Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) is a broad-based trade association that represents 21 group purchasing organizations, including for-profit and not-for-profit corporations, purchasing groups, associations, multi-hospital systems and healthcare provider alliances. HIGPA’s mission is to advocate on behalf of health care group purchasing associations, to provide educational opportunities designed to improve efficiencies in the purchase, sale and utilization of all goods and services within the health industry and to promote meaningful dialogue between GPOs. For more information, visit www.higpa.org.

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