,Contents
1. Preface
2. Foreword
3. About the book
4. Chapter 1 Developing sustainable hospital healthcare services
1. 1.1 Introduction
2. 1.2 The operational aspects of the healthcare industry and its impact on
the environment
3. 1.3 Developing sustainability of rural healthcare hospitals
1. 1.3.1 Approach for improving community healthcare
4. 1.4 The concept of hospital sustainability
1. 1.4.1 Healthcare and health system sustainability
2. 1.4.2 Hospital sustainability
5. 1.5 Sustainability in hospital healthcare facilities
1. 1.5.1 Evaluation method for sustainable healthcare facilities
2. 1.5.2 Methods for evaluating sustainability in the Flemish area
6. 1.6 Conclusion
5. Chapter 2 Promoting the adoption of robots in healthcare for sustainability
1. 2.1 Introduction
2. 2.2 Robotics in the healthcare sector
1. 2.2.1 Robotics for enhancing health and quality of life
2. 2.2.2 Robotics application in the healthcare sector
3. 2.3 The role of robots in achieving the sustainable development goals
(SDGs)
4. 2.4 Sustainable development using soft robotics
5. 2.5 Challenges in the implementation of robotics for healthcare
sustainability
1. 2.5.1 Learning-based adaptability and change
2. 2.5.2 Socio-emotional intelligence
3. 2.5.3 Software architecture
6. 2.6 Conclusion
6. Chapter 3 Design of healthcare sustainability: innovation and challenges
1. 3.1 Introduction
2. 3.2 Definition and characteristics of sustainability
3. 3.3 Healthcare sustainability: environmental, social, and economic
4. 3.4 Conceptual framework of healthcare sustainability
1. 3.4.1 Indicators of sustainability in the healthcare sector
5. 3.5 Sustainable healthcare design
6. 3.6 Factor affecting sustainability in healthcare
1. 3.6.1 Healthcare lean management
2. 3.6.2 Continuous development
3. 3.6.3 Patient satisfaction
4. 3.6.4 Employee satisfaction
5. 3.6.5 Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 7. 3.7 Innovation in healthcare sustainability as a long-term perspective
8. 3.8 Conclusion
7. Chapter 4 Healthcare sustainability with artificial intelligence: innovations, benefits,
and challenges
1. 4.1 Introduction
2. 4.2 Implementing AI in healthcare
3. 4.3 Enhanced AI implementation in success factor categories
4. 4.4 The ethical considerations of AI in the healthcare sector
1. 4.4.1 The ethical governance of artificial intelligence (AI)
2. 4.4.2 Ethical governance of artificial intelligence in healthcare
5. 4.5 Advantages of AI in the healthcare field
1. 4.5.1 Enhanced disease diagnosis and early prevention
2. 4.5.2 Data-driven decision-making and resource optimization
3. 4.5.3 Personalized healthcare and research advancements
6. 4.6 Sustainable development of AI in healthcare
7. 4.7 AI for ambitious climate-action goals (SDG 13)
1. 4.7.1 The possible function of AI in climate change mitigation
2. 4.7.2 AI for understanding climate change
3. 4.7.3 Use of AI to deal with climate change
8. 4.8 Conclusion
8. Chapter 5 Additive manufacturing for advancing healthcare sustainability
1. 5.1 Introduction
2. 5.2 Technologies for additive manufacturing
1. 5.2.1 Inkjet printing (IJP):
2. 5.2.2 Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
3. 5.2.3 Laminate object modeling/manufacturing (LOM)
4. 5.2.4 SLA method or stereolithography
5. 5.2.5 Selective laser sintering (SLS)
6. 5.2.6 Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting
3. 5.3 Environmental sustainability in additive manufacturing
4. 5.4 Advances in additive manufacturing for reducing environmental
deterioration
1. 5.4.1 Additive manufacturing to reduce resource needs
2. 5.4.2 Reducing waste by using additive manufacturing
3. 5.4.3 Additive manufacturing for supply chain cost reduction
5. 5.5 Advantages of additive manufacturing
6. 5.6 Current challenges and prospects in healthcare enabled by AM
1. 5.6.1 Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
2. 5.6.2 Pharmaceuticals/drug delivery
3. 5.6.3 Synthetic organs
7. 5.7 Conclusion
9. Chapter 6 Revolutionizing healthcare sustainability through mHealth applications
1. 6.1 Introduction
2. 6.2 mHealth definition
3. 6.3 The significant role of mHealth in patient-centered care
4. 6.4 An integrated model for mHealth lifestyle management (MLM)
, 5. 6.5 Multidisciplinary assessment of mHealth sustainability
1. 6.5.1 Economics sustainability
2. 6.5.2 Environmental sustainability
3. 6.5.3 Social sustainability
4. 6.5.4 Behavior sustainability
6. 6.6 The global applications of mobile health (mHealth)
1. 6.6.1 Collecting information and monitoring disease
2. 6.6.2 Mobile telemedicine to facilitate treatment
3. 6.6.3 Pandemic monitoring with SMS-based mHealth
7. 6.7 Perspective on the sustainability of mHealth
8. 6.8 Challenges in the implementation of mobile health (mHealth) in
developing countries
9. 6.9 Future directions
10. 6.10 Conclusion
10. Chapter 7 Sustainable healthcare system using biomedical engineering
1. 7.1 Introduction
2. 7.2 Biomedical engineering
3. 7.3 Biomedical engineering for healthcare advancements
1. 7.3.1 Enhancing diversity and equity within the field of science,
technology, and biomedical engineering
2. 7.3.2 Expanding research in underserved regions
3. 7.3.3 Consider various populations while designing research
4. 7.4 Research aspect in biomedical engineering for healthcare
5. 7.5 The application of biomedical engineering in the context of healthcare
6. 7.6 An outline of healthcare procedures for biomedical engineering
education
7. 7.7 Conclusion
11. Chapter 8 Developing sustainable healthcare in waste management: a
comprehensive approach
1. 8.1 Introduction
2. 8.2 Healthcare waste
1. 8.2.1 Infectious waste
2. 8.2.2 Hazardous waste
3. 8.2.3 Nonhazardous waste
3. 8.3 Environmental impacts of hospital waste
4. 8.4 Composition of healthcare waste (HCW)
5. 8.5 Management of hospital waste
6. 8.6 Sustainable medical waste management
7. 8.7 Comprehensive strategies for healthcare waste disposal, treatment,
and management
8. 8.8 Criteria for waste management
9. 8.9 Discussion
10. 8.10 Conclusion
12. Chapter 9 Measurement of social sustainability in healthcare supply chain
management
1. 9.1 Introduction
1. Preface
2. Foreword
3. About the book
4. Chapter 1 Developing sustainable hospital healthcare services
1. 1.1 Introduction
2. 1.2 The operational aspects of the healthcare industry and its impact on
the environment
3. 1.3 Developing sustainability of rural healthcare hospitals
1. 1.3.1 Approach for improving community healthcare
4. 1.4 The concept of hospital sustainability
1. 1.4.1 Healthcare and health system sustainability
2. 1.4.2 Hospital sustainability
5. 1.5 Sustainability in hospital healthcare facilities
1. 1.5.1 Evaluation method for sustainable healthcare facilities
2. 1.5.2 Methods for evaluating sustainability in the Flemish area
6. 1.6 Conclusion
5. Chapter 2 Promoting the adoption of robots in healthcare for sustainability
1. 2.1 Introduction
2. 2.2 Robotics in the healthcare sector
1. 2.2.1 Robotics for enhancing health and quality of life
2. 2.2.2 Robotics application in the healthcare sector
3. 2.3 The role of robots in achieving the sustainable development goals
(SDGs)
4. 2.4 Sustainable development using soft robotics
5. 2.5 Challenges in the implementation of robotics for healthcare
sustainability
1. 2.5.1 Learning-based adaptability and change
2. 2.5.2 Socio-emotional intelligence
3. 2.5.3 Software architecture
6. 2.6 Conclusion
6. Chapter 3 Design of healthcare sustainability: innovation and challenges
1. 3.1 Introduction
2. 3.2 Definition and characteristics of sustainability
3. 3.3 Healthcare sustainability: environmental, social, and economic
4. 3.4 Conceptual framework of healthcare sustainability
1. 3.4.1 Indicators of sustainability in the healthcare sector
5. 3.5 Sustainable healthcare design
6. 3.6 Factor affecting sustainability in healthcare
1. 3.6.1 Healthcare lean management
2. 3.6.2 Continuous development
3. 3.6.3 Patient satisfaction
4. 3.6.4 Employee satisfaction
5. 3.6.5 Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 7. 3.7 Innovation in healthcare sustainability as a long-term perspective
8. 3.8 Conclusion
7. Chapter 4 Healthcare sustainability with artificial intelligence: innovations, benefits,
and challenges
1. 4.1 Introduction
2. 4.2 Implementing AI in healthcare
3. 4.3 Enhanced AI implementation in success factor categories
4. 4.4 The ethical considerations of AI in the healthcare sector
1. 4.4.1 The ethical governance of artificial intelligence (AI)
2. 4.4.2 Ethical governance of artificial intelligence in healthcare
5. 4.5 Advantages of AI in the healthcare field
1. 4.5.1 Enhanced disease diagnosis and early prevention
2. 4.5.2 Data-driven decision-making and resource optimization
3. 4.5.3 Personalized healthcare and research advancements
6. 4.6 Sustainable development of AI in healthcare
7. 4.7 AI for ambitious climate-action goals (SDG 13)
1. 4.7.1 The possible function of AI in climate change mitigation
2. 4.7.2 AI for understanding climate change
3. 4.7.3 Use of AI to deal with climate change
8. 4.8 Conclusion
8. Chapter 5 Additive manufacturing for advancing healthcare sustainability
1. 5.1 Introduction
2. 5.2 Technologies for additive manufacturing
1. 5.2.1 Inkjet printing (IJP):
2. 5.2.2 Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
3. 5.2.3 Laminate object modeling/manufacturing (LOM)
4. 5.2.4 SLA method or stereolithography
5. 5.2.5 Selective laser sintering (SLS)
6. 5.2.6 Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting
3. 5.3 Environmental sustainability in additive manufacturing
4. 5.4 Advances in additive manufacturing for reducing environmental
deterioration
1. 5.4.1 Additive manufacturing to reduce resource needs
2. 5.4.2 Reducing waste by using additive manufacturing
3. 5.4.3 Additive manufacturing for supply chain cost reduction
5. 5.5 Advantages of additive manufacturing
6. 5.6 Current challenges and prospects in healthcare enabled by AM
1. 5.6.1 Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
2. 5.6.2 Pharmaceuticals/drug delivery
3. 5.6.3 Synthetic organs
7. 5.7 Conclusion
9. Chapter 6 Revolutionizing healthcare sustainability through mHealth applications
1. 6.1 Introduction
2. 6.2 mHealth definition
3. 6.3 The significant role of mHealth in patient-centered care
4. 6.4 An integrated model for mHealth lifestyle management (MLM)
, 5. 6.5 Multidisciplinary assessment of mHealth sustainability
1. 6.5.1 Economics sustainability
2. 6.5.2 Environmental sustainability
3. 6.5.3 Social sustainability
4. 6.5.4 Behavior sustainability
6. 6.6 The global applications of mobile health (mHealth)
1. 6.6.1 Collecting information and monitoring disease
2. 6.6.2 Mobile telemedicine to facilitate treatment
3. 6.6.3 Pandemic monitoring with SMS-based mHealth
7. 6.7 Perspective on the sustainability of mHealth
8. 6.8 Challenges in the implementation of mobile health (mHealth) in
developing countries
9. 6.9 Future directions
10. 6.10 Conclusion
10. Chapter 7 Sustainable healthcare system using biomedical engineering
1. 7.1 Introduction
2. 7.2 Biomedical engineering
3. 7.3 Biomedical engineering for healthcare advancements
1. 7.3.1 Enhancing diversity and equity within the field of science,
technology, and biomedical engineering
2. 7.3.2 Expanding research in underserved regions
3. 7.3.3 Consider various populations while designing research
4. 7.4 Research aspect in biomedical engineering for healthcare
5. 7.5 The application of biomedical engineering in the context of healthcare
6. 7.6 An outline of healthcare procedures for biomedical engineering
education
7. 7.7 Conclusion
11. Chapter 8 Developing sustainable healthcare in waste management: a
comprehensive approach
1. 8.1 Introduction
2. 8.2 Healthcare waste
1. 8.2.1 Infectious waste
2. 8.2.2 Hazardous waste
3. 8.2.3 Nonhazardous waste
3. 8.3 Environmental impacts of hospital waste
4. 8.4 Composition of healthcare waste (HCW)
5. 8.5 Management of hospital waste
6. 8.6 Sustainable medical waste management
7. 8.7 Comprehensive strategies for healthcare waste disposal, treatment,
and management
8. 8.8 Criteria for waste management
9. 8.9 Discussion
10. 8.10 Conclusion
12. Chapter 9 Measurement of social sustainability in healthcare supply chain
management
1. 9.1 Introduction
