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Our guidance helps health care organizations achieve successful waste management programs or projects. Watch this training and use our standardized process for gathering the information necessary to design sustainable waste management solutions, optimize your project or program’s success, and develop a proposal for leadership buy-in.Successfully implementing a sustainable waste management program or project will require following a defined process. This process includes: Watch a training Watch the recorded training below to learn how to use the template and hear about… Read More
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CleanMed 2025 took place in person at in Atlanta May 6-8. CleanMed featured a STAT! Talks plenary session, a series of captivating, 10-minute talks, featuring thought-provoking stories on a variety of health care sustainability topics.Investing in sustainable health care clinician education, Dr. Wynne Armand Clinical care is the largest factor driving health care GHG emissions, yet health systems are rarely informing their clinicians of these climate impacts. Hear lessons learned from a hospital-wide physician quality incentive program addressing this issue. From bedside to… Read More
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We updated our free Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator to make it easier for health care organizations to capture a detailed map of their greenhouse gas emissions and hosted a live walkthrough with our expert. They guided participants through a quickstart tutorial on completing a GHG inventory and demonstrated the calculator’s new simplified features.Attendees learned how to assess key emissions areas like energy use, medical waste, and patient transport to help measure what matters and make meaningful progress on their sustainability goals. They brought their questions and discovered… Read More
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With the rise of telehealth services and hybrid environments, many institutions benefitted from studies and data that informed changes, which translated into emissions reductions. In this session, clinicians and experts will share results from a 2020 Cleveland Clinic employee survey and the impact commutes had on Scope 3 emissions. Also hear about policy decisions made from commuting data and incentives from Stanford Health Care’s focus groups and interviews, and learn about system-level environmental savings from virtual visits in their radiation oncology department.
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Single-use devices (SUDs) may seem like an easier and safer option than reusables from an infection prevention perspective, especially when considering operational needs for staffing and space within health care facilities. But they come at an enormous environmental cost and with the potential for supply chain disruptions when they are quickly consumed and discarded, as was experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts will share the concerns associated with SUDs, the value proposition for switching to more sustainable alternatives, and strategies for engaging internal stakeholders… Read More
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View this session to gain a better understanding of how purchasing occurs at health systems and strategies for effectively engaging supply chain departments. Then hear from Vancouver Coastal Health about their Reusables First project – an effort to prioritize the purchase of reusable or reprocessable products over single-use ones to minimize waste and reduce environmental impact – which they carried out in close partnership with their supply chain.
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Hospitals are increasingly seeking opportunities to purchase environmentally sustainable and high animal welfare foods to align their food service operations with their mission to serve and support the health of their communities and the environment. This webinar will introduce you to Practice Greenhealth’s sustainable food purchasing guidance and resources. Stanford Health will share how they have applied our guidance to reduce environmental impact, and their community collaborators, TomKat Ranch, Richards Regenerative, and Shared Plate Strategies, will share tips and impacts of their… Read More
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Developing a greenhouse gas inventory isn’t rocket science – but sometimes it can seem pretty close. Join Northwell Health, SSM Health, and AdventHealth to get the details on how to develop strong governance including reporting to your CEO and Board of Trustees; establish decarbonization goals in partnership with different stakeholders; and gather and analyze data for a GHG inventory. Learn how our experts utilized an enterprise scaled approach including a cloud-based emissions inventory and publishing annual sustainability reports. Finish the workshop with some GHG inventory mythbusting.… Read More
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2024 was a landmark year for The Joint Commission, which launched its first domestic Sustainable Healthcare Certification, along with the first-ever international Healthcare Sustainability Certification. The Domestic Certification has motivated 120 hospitals to demonstrate sustainability successes from leadership and oversight to assessment, measurement, and improvement tactics. Hospitals applying for the certificate must share greenhouse gas reduction strategies across chosen categories of buildings and energy, transportation, anesthetic gases and inhalers, and waste. Learn more about… Read More
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Listen for quick, digestible advice on performing a complete greenhouse gas inventory. This 75-minute real-time solutions forum gave partners tips and tricks no matter where they were on their journey. This forum specifically covered Scope 1 (direct emissions).
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