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Our partners are at the center of our work. The Practice Greenhealth experience guides hospitals and health systems in achieving key successes in sustainability in all of our prioritized impact areas. Everything we do is strategically designed to strengthen, accelerate, and transform your organization.
Health care sustainability is hard work, but over the years we have proven that significant change is achievable. These changes manifest in healthier populations — and lower costs. We are confident that the health care sector, which makes up nearly 18% of the U.S. economy, will use its… Read More
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View this session to gain a better understanding of how purchasing occurs at health systems and strategies for effectively engaging supply chain departments. Then hear from Vancouver Coastal Health about their Reusables First project – an effort to prioritize the purchase of reusable or reprocessable products over single-use ones to minimize waste and reduce environmental impact – which they carried out in close partnership with their supply chain.
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From inspiring keynote remarks by nationally recognized visionary, problem solver, and passionate leader, Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, to more than 50 sessions tailored for health care professionals, we’re ready to host you in Atlanta May 6-8 at CleanMed. Learn and share with peers, and gain strategies, tools, and collaboration opportunities unlike any other health care sustainability conference.
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By Keith Sutter, Director of Medical Device Sustainability, Johnson & Johnson
Support for sustainability among health care professionals is significant. A recent global Harris Poll survey commissioned by Johnson & Johnson found that more than three-quarters of health care professionals across six countries believe sustainability initiatives protect staff, and nearly 70 percent agreed they make business sense.
How can health care professionals translate this support into action, and build an effective case for investments in sustainability within their organization?
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Practice Greenhealth Sector Performance and Recognition Director
DeLoach Lynn manages the Sector Performance department at Practice Greenhealth where she oversees the development of an industry-wide set of performance metrics and tracking mechanisms to monitor the success of health care sustainability programs and manages Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards program. DeLoach Lynn brings more than 20 years of experience working with hospitals and health care organizations to create customized sustainability programs and goals. She has an MBA with a focus in corporate social… 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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CleanMed 2025 took place in person at in Atlanta May 6-8. CleanMed featured a STAT! Talks plenary session, a series of captivating, 10-minute talks, featuring thought-provoking stories on a variety of health care sustainability topics.Investing in sustainable health care clinician education, Dr. Wynne Armand Clinical care is the largest factor driving health care GHG emissions, yet health systems are rarely informing their clinicians of these climate impacts. Hear lessons learned from a hospital-wide physician quality incentive program addressing this issue. From bedside to director of… Read More
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Ready to amp up your sales and customer satisfaction while simultaneously reducing your environmental impact? Then the Health Care Culinary Contest – which opens October 1 – is the perfect addition to your sustainability work. This year’s contest builds off the growing popularity of plant-forward meal options, which require less water and land to produce, have a significantly lower carbon footprint, and have a variety of health benefits.
Engage your culinary professionals in the Health Care Culinary Contest to get recognized at CleanMed in Orlando.
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As an OR nurse, environmental sustainability for Julie is simply patient care on a bigger scale, beyond the four walls of the hospital. Caring for the environment is caring for people, and advocacy is a fulfillment of her professional oath. She specializes in clinician engagement, Greening the OR, and transportation best practices.
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Launched in the Fall of 2020, the Greenhealth Approved program builds on the legacy of the Healthier Hospital Initiative by providing an easy way to identify products that meet the criteria of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. The program uses a transparent validation process that is either completed by Greenhealth Approved resources, or through collaboration with a third-party certifier. The program’s priorities include reducing duplication of document submittals for suppliers, consistent processes for validation based on the product category and accessibility for… 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.
Who We Are
Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 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.