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While crucial to patient care, the surgical department for many health care facilities can be a huge source of energy consumption, waste generation, supply expenses, and greenhouse gas emissions. During this call, we’ll examine the most recent Practice Greenhealth benchmark data and highlight national trends. We’ll also share success stories from leading hospitals and lessons to bring back to your facility.
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This webinar will review and demo a detailed cost of ownership calculation on durable goods. The speakers will describe the data needed for a detailed assessment and the special considerations for durable goods. Users will view a demo, walking through a typical product scenario to fully understand how to use the calculator.
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Detailed assessments of consumable reusable goods using the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator
This webinar will review and demo a detailed cost of ownership calculation on durable goods. The speakers will describe the data needed for a detailed assessment and the special considerations for durable goods. Users will view a demo, walking through a typical product scenario to fully understand how to use the calculator.
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The Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator, designed by Practice Greenhealth and partners, helps hospitals and health systems make the best procurement decisions to meet their needs.
Watch this introductory video to learn:
The business case for using a Cost of Ownership Calculator and how it can support organizational priorities for cost saving, improving the health of patients, and reducing environmental impacts.
Understand the key product types that are best for this type of analysis.
Be able to articulate the key steps in using the Greenhealth Cost of Ownership (GCO) Calculator.… Read More
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Leaders from federal and private health systems will share strategies for achieving ambitious climate goals. From innovative decarbonization strategies to long-term electrification plans to emergency response preparedness and more, leading systems are paving the way for climate action.
Health systems are increasingly committing to ambitious climate mitigation and resilience goals. In 2021, the Biden Administration committed to health sector decarbonization, affecting VA and DHA hospitals nationally. More than 800 hospitals committed to the HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge for private… Read More
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This event occurred as part of CleanMed 2023. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org.
In a rapidly growing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) landscape, health care organizations must continuously balance collecting relevant impact and performance data, responding to disclosure requests by third parties, and working to improve real-world performance across their organizations. How can health systems better ensure transparency and accountability on ESG performance indicators while maintaining an… Read More
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While they are often used to treat common respiratory diseases, many inhalers contain hydrofluorocarbon propellants, potent GHGs that contribute to the health care sector’s climate footprint and threaten respiratory health.
In this physician-led session, learn about the clinical use and climate impact of metered-dose inhalers and the benefits and challenges of switching to climate-friendly alternatives such as dry powder inhalers. Also hear about an approach to quantifying these emissions at the hospital and health system levels to clarify clinical practices and identify strategies to… Read More
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Monitoring and enhancing your climate resilience plan will ensure it remains relevant and valuable as you implement it. This session will provide an overview of health care climate resilience planning basics and share new concepts and elements for inclusion in existing climate resilience plans. Join staff from Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm in facilitated conversations about your climate resilience planning experiences. We will drill down on the obstacles and barriers in your planning efforts and troubleshoot solutions in ongoing peer discussions and planning of future… Read More
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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… Read More
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The food page of the Environmental Excellence Awards application not only helps tell your story, but quantifies the results of your work to promote a sustainable, equitable, climate-friendly food system. The questions align with global and national goals, and reflect Practice Greenhealth's partnerships with leading organizations, such as the World Resource Institute, the Healthcare Anchor Network, and ReFED.
John Stoddard, Associate Director of Climate and Food Solutions, and Katie Pittman, Awards Program Manager, walked through the food data collected in the application and explained what… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,700 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 health care value chain.