Press Releases
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Practice Greenhealth Celebrates Ten Years of Environmental Excellence Awards
May 10th, 2012 - 8:35 amPress Releases2012 Award Winners Announced
(Denver, CO) Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading membership association devoted to environmentally responsible health care, has announced its 2012 Environmental Excellence Award winners. These coveted awards are given to institutions within the health care sector for outstanding programs to reduce the facility’s environmental footprint.
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Advocate...
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Got Inspired at CleanMed!
May 7th, 2012 - 10:40 amPress ReleasesWith over 800 attendees, CleanMed Denver was brimming with passion, creativity and success stories around healthier health care environments. From pre conference events around Greening the Supply Chain, Greening the OR and a tour of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
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Study Finds Heath Care Sustainability Has Tangible Financial and Job Growth Benefits
March 15th, 2012 - 7:45 pmPress ReleasesHealth Care Research Collaborative Finds Leadership Engagement Key to Success
(Washington, DC) Embracing sustainability has tangible financial rewards and creates jobs, according to a new report by the Health Care Research Collaborative. The report, “Creating a Culture of Sustainability: Leadership,...
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Practice Greenhealth Opens “Virtual” Green Operating Room
March 14th, 2012 - 1:09 pmPress ReleasesDigital representation is a unique way to visualize and learn how operating rooms can reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve staff and patient safety
March 14, 2012(Reston, Virginia)—Practice Greenhealth opened the doors of the Virtual Green Operating Room (OR) today, a newly-created digital world that allows health care practitioners to learn about how the environmental impacts of...
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Practice Greenhealth Announces Business Leadership Coalition for Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
March 12th, 2012 - 4:02 pmPress ReleasesCoalition presents Statement of Intent to promote products, processes and green elements with less impact on the environment and human health
March 5, 2012 (Reston, Virginia)—Practice Greenhealth today announced the 15 members of the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Business Leadership Coalition (EPP Business Leadership Coalition), a group of 15 leading businesses in the health care sector that have...
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Kimberly Clark Corporation joins Practice Greenhealth initiatives
March 1st, 2012 - 3:17 pmPress ReleasesConsumer products company supports Greening the Operating Room and Greening the Supply Chain
March 20, 2012(Reston, Virginia)—Practice Greenhealth announced today that Kimberly Clark Corporation has signed on as a supporter of two of the non-profit’s major initiatives, Greening the Operating Room and Greening the Supply Chain.
Hospitals are energy and resource...
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Practice Greenhealth Names Laura Wenger, RN, as Executive Director
February 20th, 2012 - 10:50 amPress ReleasesPractice Greenhealth is pleased to announce that it has named Laura Wenger, R.N., as its executive director. Wenger has served as interim executive director since October 2011, and replaces Anna Gilmore Hall, RN, CAE, who stepped down in September.
“I am proud to be executive director of the nation’s leading health care sustainability organization...
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Practice Greenhealth Announces Sustainability Benchmark Report
January 9th, 2012 - 9:20 amPress ReleasesPractice Greenhealth has published its third annual Sustainability Benchmark Report – an analysis of activities and programs at a number of hospitals that are highly-engaged in their commitments to sustainable, eco-friendly practices.
Practice Greenhealth has been recognizing environmental excellence in health care sustainability since...
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Practice Greenhealth Announces Release of 'Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products,' Version 1.0
October 13th, 2011 - 12:38 pmPress ReleasesPractice Greenhealth has announced the release of the Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products (Version 1.0), which can be used to guide the identification, selection and procurement of environmentally preferable medical products. This tool is a significant part of Practice Greenhealth’s Greening the Supply Chain™ Initiative, which was launched earlier this year in order to provide a common...
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Practice Greenhealth Launches Greening the Supply Chain Initiative
August 30th, 2011 - 1:50 pmPress ReleasesPractice Greenhealth has announced the formation of the Greening the Supply Chain™ Initiative. The Initiative extends Practice Greenhealth’s leadership role in supporting hospitals by engaging businesses in meeting the emerging demand for more environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) practices for products within health care facilities, GPOs and in the business marketplace. These businesses are coming together with...
