Introduction to data & goal setting
September 12, 2024
Introduction to data & goal setting
1–2 pm ET (10–11 am PT)
By collecting and analyzing data on a wide range of factors – including energy and resource use, GHG emissions, waste, supply chain performance, and more – hospitals can generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability initiatives and improve their resource efficiency. Measurement is one of the keys to management, and data empowers leaders to make decisions based on facts, trends, and statistics.
This session covered goal setting, data governance, and developing baseline data. Facilitators also guided participants through a series of interactive exercises to develop cascading goals in alignment with their organizational missions and how to establish data baselines for securing leadership support. Partners shared strategies and tools, resources, and technology systems they have used to establish performance measures and manage this information.
Key takeaways included:
- New ways of approaching short- and long-term goal-setting in alignment with their organization’s mission.
- Next steps to enhance partners' structure for data governance include baseline and dashboard development.
- Defined key metrics and calculations for baseline data development across Practice Greenhealth’s impact areas.
- Identified opportunities for recognition, such as Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards.
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This on-demand session is part of the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series. Viewing it and taking a short quiz qualifies as one of four required sessions to receive the Sustainability Program Fundamentals Certificate of Completion
Jake Lyonfields
Job Title
Sustainability Innovation Manager
Organization
Practice Greenhealth
Jake comes to us from his most recent position as a Sustainable Technologies Sales Consultant at Cardinal Health. Jake spent more than 7 years working with a diverse array of health systems in the United States to reduce waste and create financial savings through medical device reprocessing. He was twice named Sales Rep of the Year and was a member of his organization's Sales Leadership Council. Before his time at Cardinal Health, he worked for the GPO Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi) as part of ROi's Private Label team. Jake holds an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, with a minor in Spanish. Jake brings a background in consultative selling, large account management, data analysis, and contract management, among other skills.
Chris Bodkin
Job Title
Associate Director of Industry Partnerships and Sustainability Innovation and Waste Solutions Manager
Organization
Practice Greenhealth
Chris Bodkin (he/him) is a sustainability leader with over 16 years of experience advancing environmental solutions across the health care sector. At Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm, he leads the Industry Partner Program and oversees health care waste initiatives, working at the intersection of providers, suppliers, and manufacturers.
Chris specializes in building scalable, cost-competitive strategies to reduce healthcare’s environmental footprint — particularly in plastics and pharmaceutical waste. He collaborates with health systems and industry leaders to drive circular economy solutions, safer material use, and system-wide change that aligns environmental impact with operational performance.
Join Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth is the health care sector’s go-to source for information, tools, data, resources, and expert technical support on sustainability initiatives that help hospitals and health systems meet their health, financial, and community goals.
Who We Are
Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable healthcare organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the healthcare value chain.