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Practice Greenhealth’s 20 years of experience developing policy and programs for sustainable health care practices has guided our creation of tools and resources that empower hospitals to reduce both the costs and environmental impacts of caring for their community’s health needs.
Based on input from our members, we’ve made sure our resources capture the best practices and challenges at every stage of a program’s development and include practical guidance for:
Setting baselines
Identifying goals
Achieving stakeholder support
Implementing practice
Measuring and reporting results… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Environmental Excellence Awards, recognizing leading U.S. hospitals for their exceptional commitment to sustainability. This year's Top 25, which includes both large, urban medical centers and rural hospitals, exemplify the highest standards in health care sustainability. These institutions have made significant strides in addressing climate change, reducing harmful chemicals, and engaging staff in sustainability efforts.
In addition to the Top 25, Practice Greenhealth is recognizing 389 health care organizations across 11… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Environmental Excellence Awards, recognizing leading U.S. hospitals for their exceptional commitment to sustainability. This year's Top 25, which includes both large, urban medical centers and rural hospitals, exemplify the highest standards in health care sustainability. These institutions have made significant strides in addressing climate change, reducing harmful chemicals, and engaging staff in sustainability efforts.
In addition to the Top 25, Practice Greenhealth is recognizing 389 health care organizations across 11… Read More
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Armand (she/her) practices primary care at Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Healthcare Center. She co-directs Primary Care Office Insite, a resource hub available to clinical teams and patients across Mass General Brigham. Armand is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, affiliated faculty at Harvard Chan Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE), a contributing editor at Harvard Health Publications, and on the board of directors for Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. She received her medical degree and residency training from… Read More
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We updated our free Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator to make it easier for health care organizations to capture a detailed map of their greenhouse gas emissions and hosted a live walkthrough with our expert. They guided participants through a quickstart tutorial on completing a GHG inventory and demonstrated the calculator’s new simplified features.Attendees learned how to assess key emissions areas like energy use, medical waste, and patient transport to help measure what matters and make meaningful progress on their sustainability goals. They brought their questions and discovered… Read More
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Generic template for contracting integrated pest management for landscaping services at a health care facility.
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Open this resource to view an image of part of a green building design at Advocate Health Care.
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Open this resource to view an image of part of a green building design at Advocate Health Care.
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Each year, Practice Greenhealth collects and compiles comprehensive sustainability data from hospitals that report through the Environmental Excellence Awards. Practice Greenhealth is then able to provide the sector’s best performance benchmarking data to hospitals and health systems working to build environmental stewardship into their mission.
Sustainability initiatives can add value, reduce negative health and environmental impacts, and save critical health care dollars – substantiated by the environmental performance data coming out of health care. The 331 hospitals that contributed… Read More
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Finalists revealed, winner to be announced at CleanMed
Hospital chefs across the country submitted their plant-forward recipes to the 2023 Health Care Culinary Contest in hopes of being named America’s most celebrated hospital chef of the year. We’re excited to share the five finalists, who redesigned cultural classics from around the world:
Mayo Clinic’s three sisters blue zone tacos
Overlook Medical Center’s Sicilian butternut squash and sweet pea arancini
Parkview Regional Medical Center’s beet tataki
Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange’s pho-bowl-ous jackfruit
Scripps Health’s… 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.