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May 9, 2019
Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth honor environmental health heroes
Every year Health Care Without Harm honors an individual with the Environmental Health Hero award. This year, the nonprofit organization didn’t stop at one person. They’re recognizing the entire staffs at three California hospitals who went above and beyond to care for their communities during extreme weather events from wildfires to heat waves.
Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center made sure vulnerable members of community received attention and care… Read More
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Thresa Pattee has served Practice Greenhealth as a member engagement manager since 2018 and as the food program coordinator for Healthy Food in Health Care and Practice Greenhealth for two years prior. Discover her favorite volunteer activity in her hometown of Bozeman, Mont., her not-so-secret talents, and how a stint in France led Thresa to her career in sustainability.
What is a cause (outside of work) that you feel most passionate about?
Teaching young children about food production and cooking. Each month, Montana has a featured Harvest of the Month product, which is promoted for use… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is excited to announce this year’s recipients of the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards, the most prestigious environmental achievement for health care. These facilities exemplify the highest standards for environmental sustainability practices in health care.
In addition to the Top 25, Practice Greenhealth will recognize 379 health care organizations across 10 different areas of sustainability through its annual Environmental Excellence Awards program.
“As more and more hospitals embed sustainability into their operations, the bar for environmental excellence… Read More
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For the first time, we’re providing all Practice Greenhealth members with access to view the more than 60 CleanMed sessions for free. Take advantage of this added member benefit to learn from and be inspired by colleagues and experts from across the country to advance your sustainability goals.
Visit the Greenhealth Academy to access the CleanMed 2018 sessions.
You can also check out and share CleanMed photos, including Environmental Excellence Award winners. Please attribute images to Practice Greenhealth.
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What is your unique climate story? Rachelle Reyes Wenger, Dignity Health's director of public policy and community advocacy, delivers a CleanMed Talk challenging us to reflect on who we are and the tremendous power we each possess to change the trajectory of climate change using our story.
“As a trusted voice...health care is [necessary] to the larger climate narrative — in that we have a story to tell and the way we come to tell our story matters a whole lot,” she says.
Her story, your story.
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Practice Greenhealth members were featured in “A profitable prescription: More US hospitals are going green to keep them out of the red” on the front page of USA Today.
The Aug. 10 article highlights how a growing number of health care systems are adding environmental improvements, which are reducing costs.
“We’re saving $1 [million] to $3 million a year in hard cash,” said Jeff Thompson, the former CEO of Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wis., the first hospital system in the U.S. to produce more energy than it consumed back in 2014. “There are multiple examples – at Gundersen and… 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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By Janet Howard, Practice Greenhealth member engagement manager
Headquartered in vibrant Nashville, Tenn., HCA Healthcare (HCA) has more than 170 hospitals across the country and approximately 1,800 sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician clinics. A member of Practice Greenhealth since 2009 and a founding sponsor of the Greening the OR Initiative, HCA’s environmental stewardship programming is framed around the importance of building healthier communities. Each of its hospitals has a sustainability lead, and many HCA hospitals have won… Read More
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There is increased concern over pharmaceuticals in waterways. There are “no drugs down the drain” rules in certain states. And harm can come from unauthorized access to controlled substances and the resulting wastage. Health care facilities must address these issues and ensure alignment with DEA and EPA regulations as well as local rules. So Practice Greenhealth and a team of stakeholders developed a guidance document to support hospitals and clinicians in managing controlled substances and the resulting wastage.
The Practice Greenhealth document, Best practices for disposal of… Read More
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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… Read More
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