Press & Announcements
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Environmental and Engineering Solutions, Inc. Joins Practice Greenhealth
December 13th, 2010 - 1:00 amPress ReleasesENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC. is pleased to announce that it has made a significant commitment to environmental sustainability by joining Practice Greenhealth, a membership organization for institutions and businesses in the health care field who are engaged in reducing their environmental...
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Practice Greenhealth Announces Launch of Research Study to Document Impact of Healthcare Sustainability Best Practices
December 10th, 2010 - 1:00 amPress ReleasesPractice 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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International Point of Sale Joins National Health Organization Supporting Environmental Practices
December 8th, 2010 - 1:00 amPress ReleasesInternational Point of Sale is pleased to announce that it has made a significant commitment to environmental sustainability by joining Practice Greenhealth, a membership organization for institutions and businesses in the health care field who are engaged in reducing their environmental footprints.
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Practice Greenhealth members named among Newsweek’s greenest companies
November 1st, 2010 - 12:00 amPress ReleasesFour 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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Greening in Healthcare
November 1st, 2010 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Gary Laustsen, PhD, RN, FNP-BC
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, IncAn abstract is unavailable. This article is available as HTML full text and PDF.
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Going Green in America's Hospitals
July 21st, 2010 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Anonymous
Connecticut PostAmerica'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.
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Drugs in the Environment: Do Pharmaceutical Take-Back Programs Make a Difference?
June 7th, 2010 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Naomi Lubick
Environmental Health PerspectivesThe state of Maine experimented with drugs last year. The state had already tested several methods for collecting unused pharmaceuticals, with varying degrees of success. After tracking surprisingly high concentrations of pharmaceuticals in landfill leachate —raising the potential for eventual ground and surface water contamination—the state decided to pursue a new tool to keep...
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Practice Greenhealth Launches Initiative for Greening the OR
March 4th, 2010 - 1:00 amPress ReleasesOn 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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The greening of health care
January 7th, 2010 - 10:14 pmIn the NewsBy Mark Sanchez
Business Review West MichiganAccounting for 18 percent of the GDP in America and holding enormous purchasing power, health care is in a position to drive sustainability to new heights, Gary Cohen believes.
From energy consumption to the use of chemicals and safer products, health care “can have a society-wide transformational power,” said Cohen, founder and co-executive director of Health Care... -
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council Partners with Practice Greenhealth
December 8th, 2009 - 1:00 amPress ReleasesThe Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) has established a partnership with Practice Greenhealth (PGH), a non-profit, membership-based organization, dedicated to the reduction of the healthcare industry’s environmental impact through education, training and advocacy. The new partnership was created to mutually support environmentally sustainable health care operations and green building practices via education and training to be...