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Patcraft & Shaw Contract become first flooring manufacturers with resilient and carpet tile products with Greenhealth Approved Seal
Today, Practice Greenhealth announced Shaw Industries’ commercial brands – Patcraft and Shaw Contract – as their latest Greenhealth Approved suppliers. Their resilient flooring and carpeting product lines are the first flooring solutions to obtain the Greenhealth Approved seal. The seal indicates that products meet specific sustainability criteria and enables health care providers to easily identify environmentally preferred products without having to… Read More
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As the voice of sustainability in health care, Practice Greenhealth is ideally positioned to help our hospital partners meet challenges and capture opportunities facing our ever-changing industry.
We believe health care is everyone's business, and transforming health care should be too. The challenges of environmental stewardship and addressing social determinants of health can benefit from the creativity and collaboration of all organizations and voices.
Value chain partners like manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, government agencies, nonprofits, and higher education play a… Read More
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Ready to amp up your sales and customer satisfaction while reducing your environmental impact? Then the Health Care Culinary Contest – which opens Oct. 1 – is the perfect addition to your sustainability work. This year’s contest builds on the growing popularity of plant-forward meal options, which require less water and land to produce, have a significantly lower climate impact, and have a variety of health benefits.
Engage your culinary professionals in the Health Care Culinary Contest to get recognized at CleanMed in Kansas City… Read More
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Matt Cox
CFO at Spectrum Health
Number of beds: 2,522 beds
Number of FTE: 31,000
Part one
Matt Cox has served as Spectrum Health’s CFO and the executive sponsor for the system’s sustainability program since 2017. In this first of a two-part feature on health care finance leaders and sustainability, Cox shares the role CFOs can play in supporting sustainability efforts and how to get sustainability initiatives on your CFO’s radar.
What led you to working in health care?
I grew up on a small, family-owned dairy farm in Idaho, so I knew at a very young age what… Read More
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Christopher Bodkin lives in rural New Hampshire and has served Practice Greenhealth as a data coordinator since 2013. Get his take on the importance of adopting a circular mindset, how data can drive a successful sustainability program, and his not-so-secret talent.
What emerging issues do you see in sustainability in health care?
I see the potential for the health care industry to drive extended producer responsibility. As two states require producers of packaging to share the responsibility, many hospitals are reviewing their purchasing decisions and putting pressure on their suppliers to… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is excited to announce the recipients of this year's Environmental Excellence Awards, recognizing health care facilities across the country that have maintained and strengthened their commitment to sustainability amidst a pandemic. Health care institutions have found innovative ways to make progress on reducing their environmental impacts while facing unique challenges in the past year. These facilities recognize the intrinsic link between environment, climate, and health, and are working to lead by example.
Hospitals reported achievement across 11 different areas of… Read More
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John Drigot and Lajju Sudhakar
Sustainability coordinator and Business manager for support services at UCHealth
Number of beds: 1,997 beds
Number of FTE: 26,080
UCHealth's sustainability coordinator John Drigot and business manager for support services Lajju Sudhakar share why they're excited to be part of the Practice Greenhealth network, what they love most about their jobs, and innovations realized during the COVID-19 pandemic that their organization will continue moving forward.
What excites you most about being part of the Practice Greenhealth network?… Read More
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We previously announced the expansion of the Practice Greenhealth network to industry partners by inviting value chain partners like manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, government agencies, nonprofits, and higher education to join.
Our new industry partner levels are affiliate (basic and premium), allied, and academic. Our hospital and health system levels remain the same. Organizations that join as industry partners will gain access to the same exclusive opportunities and resources as our hospital and health system partners.
We’d like to welcome our industry partners to Practice… Read More
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A 2020 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) survey of more than 3,000 people across eight countries has found that in the wake of the pandemic, people are now more concerned – not less – about addressing environmental challenges and are more committed to changing their own behavior to advance sustainability.
These survey results clearly translate to health care.
Implementing sustainability initiatives and climate-smart strategies in health care facilities is challenging work, as those who are leading or involved in these efforts know first-hand. However, we know this work gets a little easier when… Read More
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Presented by Health Care Without Harm in partnership with the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, this five-part virtual grand rounds series explores strategies to reduce health care emissions and features the leadership of climate-smart clinicians and researchers.
During the sessions participants will learn about:
Strategies to achieve net-zero health care emissions
Opportunities to bring climate-smart health care to the bedside
Emerging research that supports health care decarbonization
Register now for upcoming sessions and view summaries and recordings of past sessions… 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.