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Advocate Health Care believes in caring for patients by caring for the environment. There are direct links between the health of the environment and human health, and health care facilities and employees can have an impact in reducing emissions, waste, and the use of harmful chemicals. Advocate Health Care actively promotes sustainability and educates its employees how they can participate in environmental stewardship. Open the attached resource to learn more.
Type: Resources
Open this resource to view a presentation on the integration of medical toxicology into personalized medicine. The information includes risks of exposure to toxins, symptoms of exposure, and case studies. The presentation emphasizes the importance of knowing the personal and occupational environment of a patient and how any risk assessment should integrate environmental metrics.
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Through evaluation of its food waste disposal process, NorthShore Highland Park Hospital identified problem areas and opportunities to make improvements. This led the hospital to recommend the purchase of a digester system to handle food waste, which would lead to a positive return on investment.
View the linked resource to read the report and cost-benefit analysis the hospital conducted.
Type: Resources
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital has made a pledge to respect and protect Earth’s resources, restore environmental quality, practice stewardship, and protect human health. Open this resource to read the full environmental commitment statement.
Type: Resources
The Washington Hospital Healthcare System (WHHS) affirms our commitment to promote healthier communities both locally and globally. We will strive to be an environmental leader in a manner that protects environmental and human health. WHHS recognizes the critical link between human health and the health of the environment. We will implement new and innovative ways to improve environmental performance through conservation, purchasing, reduction, re-use and recycling programs, and through partnership with others in the community to safeguard the environment. WHHS will strive to achieve optimal… Read More
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The University of Vermont Medical Center's mission and vision are built on a foundation of values that includes a longstanding commitment to being prudent stewards of limited natural resources. We will continuously look for new ways to build upon on our long tradition of environmental responsibility. We recognize that the health of the community is integral to the total health of the environment. We strive to ensure that day-to-day operations are founded in sound environmental practices in all aspects of care delivery. Working together we will continue to improve health and mitigate the… Read More
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Stony Brook University Hospital is committed to promote healthier communities both locally and globally, and to be an environmental leader in all aspects of our buildings and operations in a manner that demonstrates protection of the environment and human health. We recognize the critical link between human health and the health of the environment, and continue to seek new and innovative ways to improve environmental performance through conservation, purchasing, reduction, re-use and recycling programs.
View this resource to read the full environmental commitment statement.
Type: Resources
As a leading health system, Spectrum Health is aware of the connection between the environment and human health. Our mission – to improve the health of the communities we serve – includes a commitment to sustainability efforts. The focus of our sustainability commitment is to improve human health, enhance the natural environment, and practice fiscal responsibility. Spectrum Health is committed to these efforts and aspires to become a model for other health care systems.
View this resource to read the full environmental commitment statement.
Type: Resources
Mayo Clinic is dedicated to improving the health of its patients and staff through excellence in the practice of medicine. Recognizing the link between environmental health and public health, Mayo Clinic is committed to fiscally responsible environment protection practices that benefit the health of patients, staff, and communities. Therefore, Mayo Clinic exercises a thoughtful and comprehensive sustainable approach to environmental stewardship, which includes energy conservation, green building design, and environmentally responsible purchasing and waste management programs.
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Lenox Hill Hospital focuses on improving the environmental impact of its facilities by leveraging team members’ sustainability and socially responsible initiatives in the workplace and communities. The mission is to improve the environmental impact of operations by advancing sustainable and socially responsible efforts across the Manhattan region.
View this resource to read the full environmental commitment statement.
Type: Resources
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