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By John Strong Principal of John Strong, LLC and serves as president of Greenhealth Management
As you shake the sleep off, you realize that the sounds of your 12-year-old daughter’s latest asthma attack woke you. You determine immediately that this is going to require another trip to your local health care provider’s emergency room. When you pull up to the door of the emergency room, housed in a brand-new facility built by the largest integrator of care in your state, you feel palpable relief. There’s no wait—and soon a physician, nurses and others have her situation under control.
No one… Read More
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Hospitals produce more than 5 million tons of waste each year – and a vast portion of it comes from single-use plastics. Kaiser Permanente recognized this challenge as an opportunity to leverage its purchasing power and influence its suppliers to collaborate on a packaging redesign to reduce waste and save money.
Discover how
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2013 Award Winners Announced
(Reston, Va.)— Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading membership association devoted to environmentally responsible health care, has announced its 2013 Environmental Excellence Award winners. These coveted Awards are given to institutions within the health care sector for outstanding programs to reduce the facility’s environmental footprint.
Harborview Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, and Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital were acknowledged with Practice Greenhealth‘s highest award by being admitted to the Environmental… Read More
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By Julie Moyle, MSN, RN Outreach and Engagement Specialist
General anesthesia administered during surgical/interventional procedures typically includes the administration of anesthesia gases. Only about 5 percent of administered anesthesia gas is metabolized by the patient, while the other 95 percent is expired by the patient during respiration. To protect personnel in the OR from being exposed to the anesthesia gas, a breathing circuit and dedicated HVAC vacuum line (usually purple in color) diverts or “scavenges” the unmetabolized waste anesthetic gas (WAG) from the patient and vents or… Read More
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Get recognized for your commitment to sustainable, climate-smart health care and attend CleanMed, the premier health care sustainability conference, for free by applying for awards and scholarships.
Applications are due Jan. 21, 11:59 p.m. PT.
Emerging Physician Leader Award
This award recognizes medical students, residents, or fellows who are committed to climate-smart health care and working on climate solutions to protect health. Along with a CleanMed scholarship, recipients will receive a grant to support a project that aligns with the goals of Health Care Without Harm’s Physician… Read More
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Showcases growing movement to eliminate chemicals of concern from health care
[Reston, VA] Eleven furniture manufacturers and two textile suppliers have publicly released lists of products that avoid the use of chemicals linked to negative health and environmental impacts. The release of these lists makes it easy for hospitals to identify, compare, and select furniture that meets their sustainability standards. Broadly, the availability of this resource demonstrates the commitment of the market to move away from products containing chemicals of concern.
Furniture companies that provided… Read More
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Leading U.S. hospitals recognized for transforming health care's response to the climate crisisRESTON, VA (DATE) – We are living through a historic convergence of global crises. Among them, the climate crisis stands as humanity's most urgent and widespread health threat – and also the greatest opportunity in a century to advance public health. Health care, with its healing mission and responsibility to protect community well-being, must lead the way toward a sustainable, low-carbon, and resilient future.Practice Greenhealth is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Environmental… Read More
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Last week, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth brought together more than 800 health care sustainability leaders at CleanMed – the premier health care sustainability conference. Attendees engaged in unparalleled opportunities for peer collaboration and learning, gaining practical strategies, tools, and connections to accelerate progress toward their sustainability goals. We also celebrated climate champions and highlighted the momentum toward a sustainable, resilient, and equitable future – with health care leading the way. Check out our heroes & highlights
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In a February feature story, PBS NewsHour covered Health Care Without Harm’s mission to reduce the environmental footprint of the health care sector, along with the cutting edge sustainability initiatives of Practice Greenhealth members Cleveland Clinic, Gundersen Health System, and Mayo Clinic.
The article shines a spotlight on Health Care Without Harm’s beginnings over 20 years ago when the Environmental Protection Agency released a report that found that incinerators used by many hospitals throughout the United States were a top of emitter of harmful air pollutants, including mercury and… Read More
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2022 is the year we accelerate the decarbonization of health care. And CleanMed 2022 offers the strategies we need for moving from commitment to action to impact. Join us May 10-12 in Kansas City, where an incredible lineup of expert speakers will share the many ways you can drive climate solutions within your organization.
Attendees of CleanMed will experience cutting-edge sessions on:
Insights from Biden administration officials on their work to build a low-carbon, more resilient, and more equitable health care system and how leading health systems are modeling climate action.
How… 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.
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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.