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Supply Chain Options to Reduce the Impacts from Freight
Purchasing Guidance - Specs/RFP Questions to ask Freight Carriers to Reduce Fuel Emissions
Hospital/GPO: Consider the resource above when purchasing distribution services and other contracts where products or services are delivered to hospitals. EPA's SmartWay Program provides an opportunity for hospitals, who ship and receive items delivered by truck or rail transport to join as a Partner to minimize the impact from fuel use by freight. Two action items to consider:
1. Hospitals can ask/require suppliers to be an EPA SmartWay… Read More
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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 Greenhealth Partner for Change application. This document is intended to help applicants quickly identify any changes to the application structure.
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth uses a number of criteria to evaluate Environmental Excellence Award applications in its efforts to recognize hospitals and health systems for their outstanding achievements. To assist Practice Greenhealth health care facility members in gaining an understanding of how applications are evaluated, Practice Greenhealth has put together the following overview on our scoring framework.
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The Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards is more than an awards program – it’s an opportunity to capture data on environmental quality improvement progress within hospitals and health systems.
Data is power. It has the power to demonstrate a return on investment. It has the power to implement positive change. When submitted through Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards, it can result in a custom report, helping hospitals see how they compare to their peers and nationally on numerous environmental attributes. This helps identify areas of success and helps to… Read More
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Climate change is a medical emergency. The health care sector has a moral mandate to respond and the power to be a tipping point towards a better future. Watch and share this Sundance-supported animated short film.
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Your facility uses integrated pest management to alleviate pest problems with the least possible hazard to people, property and the environment. IPM emphasizes nonchemical strategies such as sanitation and exclusion to achieve long-term solutions. This model integrated pest management contract from the Beyond Pesticides and Maryland Pesticide Network may be useful as you facilitate your own program.
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Your facility uses integrated pest management to alleviate pest problems with the least possible hazard to people, property and the environment. IPM emphasizes nonchemical strategies such as sanitation and exclusion to achieve long-term solutions. This model integrated pest management landscape and turf policy from the Beyond Pesticides and Maryland Pesticide Network may be useful as you facilitate your own program.
Type: Resources
Your facility uses integrated pest management to alleviate pest problems with the least possible hazard to people, property and the environment. IPM emphasizes nonchemical strategies such as sanitation and exclusion to achieve long-term solutions. This model integrated pest management plan from the Beyond Pesticides and Maryland Pesticide Network may be useful as you facilitate your own program.
Type: Resources
Your facility uses integrated pest management to alleviate pest problems with the least possible hazard to people, property and the environment. IPM emphasizes nonchemical strategies such as sanitation and exclusion to achieve long-term solutions. This model integrated pest management policy from the Beyond Pesticides and Maryland Pesticide Network may be useful as you facilitate your own program.
Type: Resources
Taking Toxics Out of Maryland’s Health Care Sector reports on a shift in Maryland’s health care sector away from the use of toxic pesticides in the management of health care facilities. Major health care institutions in the state are now embracing pest management strategies for their facilities that give priority to non-chemical pest control methods and only use defined least-toxic chemical strategies as a last resort.
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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.