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Dr. Stephen Lockhart, Sutter Health’s chief medical officer and executive sponsor for sustainability, highlighted the health system’s priority focus areas.
By Janet Howard, Practice Greenhealth member engagement director
In January, Gary Cohen, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth president and co-founder, Robyn Rothman, climate and health policy manager, Thresa Pattee, member engagement manager, and I traveled to Sutter Health’s Fairfield, Calif., offices for a review of their 2018 sustainability accomplishments and to brainstorm and strategize opportunities for the year… Read More
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After three decades of being at the forefront of integrating climate action into the health care sector and policies, Dr. John Balbus has been awarded the 2025 Visionary Leader Award from Health Care Without Harm on May 7 during the annual CleanMed conference. Balbus was recognized for his leadership in transforming the health care sector’s approach to climate mitigation, resilience, and equity.As the former United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) deputy assistant secretary for Climate Change and Health Equity and founding director of the HHS Office of Climate Change and… Read More
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Chef Michael White is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and has been a chef with Sodexo for more than 15 years. White cooks for Regions Hospital in Minnesota.
The Health Care Culinary Contest is back, and chefs across the country are getting ready to compete.
In 2017, U.S. health care food service professionals submitted their best delicious and healthy recipes. Entrants embodied the less meat, better meat philosophy, highlighted local and sustainable sourcing stories, and engaged clinician sponsors to source and serve a meal that is healthy for people and the planet.
For… Read More
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Join us for the next Grand Round Series event | Sustainable ophthalmology: Eye care with a vision for climate-smart surgery
In this session moderated by ENT surgeon Dr. Neelu Tummala, ophthalmologists will discuss the environmental impact of ophthalmic practice and share how ophthalmologists are leading the climate-smart surgery movement, reducing pharmaceutical waste and advocating for policy change.
Sept. 22, 11 a.m. ET
In this session moderated by ENT surgeon Dr. Neelu Tummala, ophthalmologists will discuss the environmental impact of ophthalmic practice and share how ophthalmologists… Read More
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The University of California (UC) announced a bold expansion of its systemwide sustainability goals as part of its Carbon Neutrality Initiative and leadership on climate change efforts.
UC will aim for 100 percent reliance on clean electricity supplies across its campuses and UC Health’s medical centers by 2025. This dovetails with the university’s prior pledge to become operationally carbon neutral by 2025. UC has already saved $220 million with its energy efficiency programs and continues to leverage the benefits of its solar farm in Fresno, the largest solar purchase of any university in… Read More
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Baltimore – Oct. 13, 2015. The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been awarded LEED Gold certification for its Shock Trauma Critical Care Tower, a 140,000-square-foot patient care building that was completed in late 2013. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification is an internationally recognized measurement of a building’s adherence to sustainable, or “green,” principles.
UMMC is the first hospital in Baltimore City to achieve LEED Gold certification for an inpatient building. The Gold level is the second-highest of four levels of certification:… Read More
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Ambitions for the new year
The turn of the new year often gives us a moment to pause and reflect on how far we’ve come toward the vision of a zero-emissions, climate-resilient, and equitable health sector.
Join me in celebrating these bright spots:
Executive teams are identifying climate change as a business risk five times more than in 2021. With a remarkable 90% increase in the number of facilities setting climate goals – and the number of facilities making formal climate change commitments doubling over the past four years – leadership is more engaged than ever.
We’ve seen … Read More
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The 12 health systems announced signing the Impact Purchasing Commitment (IPC) to build healthy, equitable, and climate-resilient local economies through how they spend their dollars. The commitment directs health care purchasing toward industries that decrease their carbon footprint, produce safer products and services, and grow economic opportunities for people of color- and women-owned businesses by at least $1 billion over five years.
“The health care sectors’ oath to ‘do no harm’ cannot solely focus on treating the mass of patients descending through their doors amidst a pandemic,… Read More
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By Iqbal Mian, Practice Greenhealth member engagement manager
The first time I saw Sister Mary Ellen Leijewski, Dignity Health’s vice president of corporate responsibility, was at CleanMed a few years ago. Along with fellow CleanMed participants (I worked at a fellow Practice Greenhealth member health system at that time), we listened intently to Sr. Mary Ellen’s inspirational message on the intersection of sustainability and the respect for life through the value of stewardship.
At that time, I worked at Ascension Health/Ministry Health System guiding over a dozen hospitals and 46 clinics… Read More
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Resilience virtual session | Recorded May 27, 2 p.m. EST
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the vast inequities and vulnerabilities across health care, supply chains, and our communities. Now more than ever, we are seeing the importance of community resilience as a framework to address issues beyond the pandemic, including the accelerating climate crisis.
Featuring a diverse range of thought leaders, this virtual session addressed a number of challenging questions. How can the health care sector prepare for widespread threats to community health? How can local economies withstand disruptions… Read More
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