title: Sustainability and the health care manager: Part II.
abstract: Are there additional costs associated with achieving goals of sustainable health care? Will going green enhance or impede financial performance? These are questions that all health care managers should confront, yet there is little evidence to show that health care sustainability is affordable or profitable. This article considers what is presently known and suggests that health care managers use an assessment framework to determine whether they are ready to achieve health care sustainability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Management and Informatics, College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Daytona Beach, FL, USA. Bernardo.Ramirez@ucf.edu
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: Reid M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Oetjen
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malvey
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives