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Every day, patients and workers are exposed to a wide array of chemicals in hospitals and health care facilities. Many of these chemicals have been shown to have a lasting negative impact on individual health, public health, and the environment.
Resilient flooring has a big impact on the indoor environment and on the employee and patient experience in your facility. Choosing healthier flooring can:
Decrease patient, staff, and visitor exposures to harmful chemicals that have links to asthma, cancer, and developmental impacts, among other health effects.
Decrease the volume of toxic and… Read More
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With 17% of the marketplace, health care wields major purchasing power. This buying clout puts hospitals and health systems in an excellent position to demand safer, healthier, more environmentally-friendly products from vendors.
Yet few environmental standards exist for medical products. As a result, health care supply chain professionals must often go it alone.
Why smarter purchasing?
Hospitals can leverage their collective purchasing power to generate demand for healthier and safer products
The health care sector represents 17 percent of the U.S. marketplace
Some products marketed to… Read More
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Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards scoring resource
The Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards scoring resource offers an overview of the way Practice Greenhealth scores award applications within the Environmental Excellence Awards system.
Adding in details, stories, images and attachments can impact the quality score of the application. This is a great way for applicants to separate themselves and highlight their facility's program.
What's new in 2019
The what's new in 2019 presentation is a snapshot of updates to questions on each of the award application pages for the 2019 Practice… Read More
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(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Below are some common questions individuals may have when using the Greenhealth cost of ownership (GCO) calculator.
How can I choose which types of products to assess in the GCO calculator?
Where can I find data that I don't have?
How can I approach suppliers to ask for some of this data?
Which discount rate should I choose?
How can I convert from uses per patient to uses per year?
Does the calculator provide guidance on unit conversions?
What can I do if the results I get when using the tool are zero?
How can I interpret and communicate the… Read More
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The most prestigious honor for those committed to health care sustainability, Practice Greenhealth's Environmental Excellence Awards recognize health care facilities, health sector suppliers, and member organizations for making a commitment to and progressing toward environmental stewardship and sustainability.
Each year, Practice Greenhealth honors health care facilities through the following awards:
Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award
The Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award is Practice Greenhealth’s highest honor for hospitals. These hospitals are leading the industry with innovation… Read More
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Helping hospitals provide diners more of what they want while slashing food-related greenhouse gas emissions.
Across the country, clinicians and medical associations are extolling the health benefits of plant-forward eating, and hospitals are responding by reducing meat and increasing plant-centered menu options. Learn what it takes to become a pledge signatory and give diners more of what they want while slashing food-related emissions, saving costs, and improving health by watching the short video above.
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Why pledge?
The Coolfood Pledge is a tool that will help you… Read More
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Sustainability programs that are aligned with organizational priorities are more likely to gain senior leadership’s support and lead to long-term success. Almost 90% of the top-performing institutions in our sustainability benchmark reports have an executive-level champion at the top of their reporting structure. This executive champion or sponsor brings credibility and authority to the program’s mission and goals while setting a tone from the top that this work is important.
Equally important are environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. This criteria has been used for years to… Read More
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Engaging staff in sustainable initiatives can give them a greater sense of ownership in the organization and in meeting goals, which can help you recruit and more importantly, retain, your organization’s talented people.
Employees who say they have the opportunity to make a direct social and environmental impact report higher satisfaction than those who don’t – which can influence recruitment and retention of top talent.
Some examples of successful employee engagement strategies include:
Engage staff in sustainability programs and in the celebrations of success
Offer employees “green”… Read More
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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.