Press & Announcements
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Thinking 'Green' Award Sends 100 Trees to India
July 3rd, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Anonymous
Norwood NewsA grove of 100 trees is being planted in honor of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital by local families determined to save their homes and way of life in Tiruvannamalai, India -- a country devastated by deforestation and global climate change.
The trees will be planted in appreciation of Lutheran General Hospital's commitment to reducing its operational impact on the environment and its recent...
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'Practice' Makes Perfect: New Organization Builds Path to Greener Future
July 1st, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Beth Burmahl
HFM MagazineNew organization builds path to a greener future
Hospitals that have made the commitment to go green might soon find themselves facing a common question: What next? Considering the countless number of ways a facility can go green and how quickly environmental practices are changing, mapping out the path to a greener future can seem daunting.
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Embodying the Patron of Ecology
July 1st, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Aura Rose
Healthcare Design, Clean Design SupplementHow often do we lay the blame for greenhouse gas emissions squarely at the door of cars, trucks, and SUVs? While 28% of U.S. greenhouse gases do come from transportation, the majority of that being our vehicles, it's our buildings—our homes and workplaces—that are even bigger culprits. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, buildings consume 16.2% of world...
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CleanMed Envisions the 21st Century hospital
July 1st, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Aura Rose
HealthCare DesignWe celebrated, educated each other, and shared our goals for greening healthcare at CleanMed 2008 in Pittsburgh. More than 500 healthcare providers, physicians, researchers, architects, and other decision makers from around the world came together to talk about real solutions being utilized right now by real hospitals to lessen the impact of our industry.
“By its very nature, healthcare can be...
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Textile Management Awash in Green Opportunities
July 1st, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Julie E. Williamson
Healthcare Purchasing NewsRegardless of whether a healthcare organization is already embarking upon a widespread greening initiative or is just beginning to explore its eco-friendly options, many experts would agree that textile management is ripe for comprehensive assessment and process improvement.
While textiles are certainly an integral part of providing patient care--from bed linens, underpads...
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Legacy Mount Hood Receives Environmental Leadership Award
June 24th, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Anonymous
Gresham OutlookLegacy Mount Hood wins environmental leadership award
Practice Greenhealth recently honored Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center with its Environmental Leadership award. The award goes to hospitals that find creative and innovative ways to achieve long-term sustainability.
“Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center has been a part of Gresham and...
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Cultivating Industry Partnerships
June 23rd, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Debra Lynn Ross
Direct Marketing NewsThe healthcare field has more than 150 publications focusing on specialty, subspecialty and other industry-specific topics. While EverGreen is the first and only focused on green procurement and sustainable environmental practices, we still needed to convince potential subscribers — healthcare executives, hospital decision makers, clinicians and supply chain management professionals...
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A Practical Guide to Waste Data Collection using the Waste Data Tracking Tool
May 1st, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Laura Brannen
Healthcare Design MagazineDo you know how much waste your facility is generating? Literally tons, including solid waste, regulated medical waste, construction and demolition debris, recyclables, hazardous chemicals, electronics, and donation materials—practically everything that leaves your facility not walking on two legs! Even more importantly, do you know how much it costs to manage all those materials?
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From Red to Green
April 22nd, 2008 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy David Ollier Weber
HHN MagazineWhen Kermit the Frog sang his famous lament it reflected a unique personal circumstance. But American hospitals can certainly feel the celebrated Muppet’s pain: “It’s not easy being green.”
Hospitals, in fact, are by their very nature red—a color that symbolizes power, danger, emergency, heat, blood and, on balance sheets, expenses.
Consider...
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Practice Greenhealth Hires First Executive
April 14th, 2008 - 12:00 amPress ReleasesA new member-based organization, Practice Greenhealth, has named Robert N. Jarboe as its Executive Director. Jarboe, a seasoned nonprofit executive, comes to PracticeGreenhealth with a substantial background in creating nonprofits, nonprofit mergers and transitions of government organizations to nonprofit status. His career, stretching some thirty years, includes the creation, building and management of organizations on local, state and...
