Announcements
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Premier White Paper on Energy Efficiency featuring Geisinger
May 8th, 2012 - 8:42 amAnnouncementsEnergy costs are soaring exponentially (as much as 60 percent in some regions), sapping ever-valuable dollars from vital patient care activities and consuming up to 3 percent of hospital’s total operating budgets and up to at least 15 percent of their annual profits. Worse, billions of dollars are wasted annually because hospitals’ may not have energy-efficient building systems. Compounding matters is the fact...
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Member Spotlight: Powersmiths
March 28th, 2012 - 3:03 pmAnnouncementsPowersmiths joined Practice Greenhealth after exhibiting at the CleanMed conference in 2011. Offering healthcare facilities products and services to reduce electricity waste, measure and validate resource consumption, and advance sustainable practices, Powersmiths provides an integrated sustainability management platform for healthcare facilities with Powersmiths WOW. Powersmiths has worked with a...
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Member Spotlight: Moonlight Slumber Mattresses and Pads
March 15th, 2012 - 12:38 pmAnnouncementsArthur Martelli of Moonlight Slumber has been in the healthcare business since 1984. “Once we found out Practice Greenhealth existed, we thought ‘Why aren’t we members? This is a natural fit for us.’”
Moonlight Slumber formed in 2005, and manufactures mattresses, OR pads, gurney pads, and similar products. With three channels of business (healthcare, dormitory, and cribs), they’re always busy...
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Member Spotlight: Advocate Health Care’s Environmental Stewardship
January 9th, 2012 - 8:21 pmAnnouncementsAdvocate Health Care has made a commitment to delivering sustainable health care through conservation of resources, preservation of environmental health, and waste minimization. By building a culture of stewardship where each of our associates are responsible and accountable for our impacts on the planet, Advocate intends to deliver health care that meets today's needs without compromising the health needs of future generations.
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Member Spotlight: Becton, Dickinson and Co. Signs up for New WindMade™ Label
December 20th, 2011 - 5:22 pmAnnouncementsMajor global companies including Motorola Mobility, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg, Method and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.) have produced or have pledged to procure at least 25 percent of their operations’ power consumption from wind energy. They announced their commitment to become certified under the new WindMade™ consumer label at a Global Launch event in New York.
The label allows participating companies to communicate the share of...
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Member Spotlight: Gundersen Health System Transforming Blue Wrap from Waste into Useable Products
November 13th, 2011 - 6:31 pmAnnouncementsWhen Gundersen Health System needs to wrap instrument trays in blue wrap for use in the OR, they’ve found a way to reuse it thanks to a unique partnership. Gundersen knew there had to be ways to reuse blue wrap and considered working with a vendor to create tote bags, but the option was not financially or environmentally sound. Then, they connected with Coulee Region RSVP—a volunteer program for people age 55 and up that has a long-standing...
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Member Spotlight: Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
October 12th, 2011 - 12:42 pmAnnouncementsJoin regional and national health care professionals, environmental industry experts, and educators for this learning and networking event designed to showcase the measurement practices of hospitals as they journey toward more sustainable environments for hospital staff, patients, and communities. The keynote speaker, plenary session, and smaller breakout sessions will explore how facilities are measuring sustainability success using...
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Member Spotlight: Inova Health System
August 17th, 2011 - 2:55 pmAnnouncementsInova and the Battle of the CEO Chefs? Inova Health System CEO, Knox Singleton and Inova Fairfax Hospital CEO Dr. Reuven Pasternak don their chef gear to serve up dishes prepared from their own recipes and featuring fresh, local ingredients. Speakers at the event highlight the benefits of local, sustainable food options. Inova employees and cafeteria visitors judge the Showdown, granting a win to the competitor whose...
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Member Spotlight: Catholic Health Association
May 5th, 2011 - 8:20 amAnnouncementsEnvironmental sustainability is increasingly seen as a core value in Catholic health care organizations. It responds to the biblical command to care for creation, the public health imperatives to prevent disease and improve community health, and the mission call to defend and promote human life and dignity, care for the poor and vulnerable and steward the earth's resources. This guide, written for persons both formally charged with helping...
