{"id":116,"date":"2025-09-17T13:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:51:55","slug":"project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/about\/project\/","title":{"rendered":"About suHCO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"116\" class=\"elementor elementor-116\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783469a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"783469a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f47b9a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f47b9a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Common Challenge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a33c96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62a33c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"659\">suHCO will tackle the shared challenge of making the healthcare sector more sustainable by procuring a horizontal digital planning and execution-driven system. The suHCO solution will enable Health Care Organisations (HCOs) to act sustainably by addressing four key needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"732\"><strong data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"679\">Information:<\/strong> identify and access existing sustainable solutions<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"732\"><strong data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"749\">Operation:<\/strong> design and implement context-aware strategies that maintain healthcare safety and quality<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"910\"><strong data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"861\">Organisation:<\/strong> coordinate and manage stakeholder interactions<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"971\"><strong data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"924\">People:<\/strong> foster mindset change and build staff skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1223\">Artificial intelligence in suHCO will help assess circular solutions for compliance with relevant regulations and procedures. Its adoption will reduce material use, waste, and pollution, and contribute to advancing the One Health approach globally.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378e057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"378e057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Needs-across-building-blocks-1024x404.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-879\" alt=\"suHCO Need Areas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Needs-across-building-blocks-1024x404.png 1024w, https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Needs-across-building-blocks-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Needs-across-building-blocks-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Needs-across-building-blocks-1536x607.png 1536w, https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Needs-across-building-blocks-2048x809.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0906d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d0906d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cde537a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cde537a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3c4d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a3c4d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><b>suHCO <\/b>is a competitive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/pcp\/\"><strong>pre-commercial procurement<\/strong><\/a> (PCP) and the first of its kind. Health and care organisations (HCOs) of all sizes will be empowered to start their sustainability transition at low cost and risk, in contrast to the current situation where only a few large HCOs can afford the staff or consultancy to do so. The solution removes friction in knowledge sharing, networking within and between HCOs, training and tracking the impact of circularity. By providing evidence of initially simple actions, it provides evidence to overcome the prevailing prejudices against and lack of awareness of the benefits of circular and sustainable strategies.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The Buyers Group includes leading and highly visible HCOs: Consorci de Salut i d\u2019Atencio Social de Catalunya (<a href=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/consortium\/csc\/\">CSC<\/a> &#8211; Catalonia, Spain), Hywel Dda University Health Board (<a href=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/consortium\/hduhb\/\">HDUHB<\/a> &#8211; Wales, UK) and Ente Educazione e Assistenza (<a href=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/consortium\/enea\/\">EnEA<\/a> &#8211; Treviso, Italy) supported by a leading research team on sustainability in healthcare (<a href=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/consortium\/swansea-university-bevan-commission\/\">BEVAN<\/a> Commission of Swansea University) and widely connected consultants on logistics (<a href=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/consortium\/bme\/\">BME<\/a> &#8211; Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik) and digital health (<a href=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/consortium\/empirica-communication-and-technology-research\/\">empirica<\/a>). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">More details about the <a href=\"https:\/\/empirica.com\/suhco\/about\/consortium\/\"><strong>suHCO consortium<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Challenge suHCO will tackle the shared challenge of making the healthcare sector more sustainable by procuring a horizontal digital planning and execution-driven system. 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