Press & Announcements

Practice Greenhealth has announced the launch of a groundbreaking study to investigate and document the impact of sustainability ‘best practices’ on patient and worker outcomes and lowering costs, which will be funded by global medical technology company BD. The project is a combined effort of the recently organized Health Care Research Collaborative.

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Four Practice Greenhealth member companies have been named for superior environmental performance and initiatives by Newsweek magazine, which published the rankings in its 2010 Green Rankings report. The rankings are a data-driven assessment of the 500 largest publicly companies in the U.S. and the 100 largest publicly traded companies in the world.

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By Anonymous
Connecticut Post

America's hospitals are discovering that going green not only helps the planet, but also their patients, their employees and their local communities.

Hospitals nationwide have been at the forefront of the green movement with all kinds of environmentally sensitive innovations, from vegetative roofs and cogeneration units, to biodegradable bed pans.

On April 27, 2010, in Scottsdale, AZ, Practice Greenhealth will convene a Symposium for Greening the OR, the first phase of an initiative to identify strategies to reduce the environmental footprint of the operating room, identify cost savings, and improve or maintain worker and patient safety.

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