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Colleague story: Driving emissions out of the operating room
Headshot of Dr. Filip Roos
When Dr. Filip Roos, chief medical officer at
HCA Healthcare's Mountain Division, discovered that the
greenhouse gases emitted by sevoflurane (SEVO) are
significantly less compared to desflurane (DES), he saw an
opportunity to improve the way our facilities care for
patients - and protect our communities.
Roos quickly dove into evidence-based research, spoke to
other physicians and made an informed decision to remove DES
from all Mountain Division hospitals and surgery centers
by Oct. 1, 2022 - making our hospitals the first in Idaho
and Utah to retire DES gas.
Roos drove this positive change within one month, and his
work within the division is now being scaled throughout the
enterprise.
"My advice to others is to be brave because change is
never easy. We are constantly open to data-driven clinical
innovations. You have to be in today's world if you
want to provide the best possible care," says Filip Roos, MD
Chief Medical Officer, HCA Healthcare Mountain Division
Annual Impact Report
March 2023
Read Dr. Roos' story
at HCAhealthcareImpact.com