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Kathy Gerwig presented Kaiser Permanente’s Bold Goals for improved environmental performance in a Practice Greenhealth March 2016 webinar entitled “THRIVE – Setting Bold Goals at Kaiser Permanente.” Kaiser Permanente’s goals are team goals – with team responsibility. They don’t rest on the shoulders of any one person. They put the goals out there and then work together to achieve them. That feels right to me. To not over think it.
But it’s not just goal setting, Kaiser Permanente frames up their commitment with vision statements. The vision is followed by a goal which is made actionable and… Read More
Type: Press
Leading HCWH’s policy and advocacy program, Antonia (she/her) is well-versed in climate change policy that focuses on protecting public health. Her previous climate work includes roles at Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Natural Resources Defense Council. She holds a doctoral degree in physics from the University of California, San Diego, and a master’s degree in applied physics from Columbia University. Antonia has lived in Washington, D.C. since 2002 with her husband and son.
Type: Event Presenters
(Health Care Without Harm) Across the country, health professionals are developing resolutions calling for an end to the procurement of meat produced with the routine (non-therapeutic) use of medically important antibiotics, to preserve the efficacy of these drugs for human medicine. Health Care Without Harm has developed a toolkit of helpful resources for facilities.
The toolkit includes a how-to guide for organizing the development and passage of a resolution in your facility, professional association or medical society; and sample resolution templates.
Type: Resources
Jenny comes to Health Care Without Harm with over five years of federal service, including serving as a policy advisor to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), senior leader in the HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, and Medicare policy analyst at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In the Secretary's Office and Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, Jenny led initiatives including the Catalytic Program on Leveraging the Inflation Reduction Act and the Secretary’s Initiative on Protecting Farmworkers from Extreme Heat and… Read More
Type: Staff
Details health care sustainability trends across key areas: green purchasing, safer chemicals, climate change mitigation, energy and waste reduction, local and sustainable food
Washington, DC – Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading nonprofit membership and networking organization for sustainable health care, released today its eighth annual Sustainability Benchmark Report. The report analyzes data from leading hospitals and health systems across the country, giving a snapshot of trends in environmental performance and sustainability in energy, water, toxics, food and other categories.… Read More
Type: Press
Gwyneth is a seasoned management professional with over 20 years of experience in public health, hospital administration, and higher education. She recently joined Practice Greenhealth after nine years as a director of professional operations at Boston Medical Center. She also worked in the Center for Clinical Effectiveness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health, and for the procurement departments of Yale University and Harvard University. She has extensive experience with change management, communications, metrics… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
Have you established a Facility Policy Statement (e.g. Pledge, Administrative Commitment Letter, etc.) for the virtual elimination of mercury?
Type: Resources
This 2008 VA Medical Center memorandum outlines their Green Procurement Program, including policy, planning, responsibilities, procedures, and more.
Type: Resources
View this resource to read a sample policy from Boston Medical on the elimination of mercury in the workplace, including potential sources and safe disposal.
Type: Resources
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