Plant-based cost avoidance method calculator

With Practice Greenhealth’s support, a cross-functional team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center developed a replicable cost-avoidance methodology using data that BIDMC was already collecting as a Coolfood Pledge signatory – no extra work required. If your hospital has joined the Coolfood Pledge, you can use this approach today.  

The “plant-based cost avoidance method.” By measuring the cost avoided by replacing higher-priced animal proteins with plant proteins using standardized purchasing and pricing data, this approach accounts for the price fluctuations, focuses on the specific purchasing shifts made for Coolfood, and uses food purchase data that signatories are already collecting.