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Once a quarter, up to four affiliate premium partners will be featured in an interactive session with breakouts to introduce, share, and spark conversation with the Practice Greenhealth network at large. Affiliate partners are manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, or other supply chain partners. As a key player in the health care supply chain, collaboration is paramount to our work.
“I really enjoyed the information and plan to share it with my colleagues.”
– Forum participant
Affiliate premium partners may share information about their company's sustainability efforts and… Read More
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Preparing for and investing in energy efficiency and renewable energy can safeguard lives and an organization's financial viability. This customizable request for proposal (RFP) will help health care systems create a Strategic Energy Master Plan (SEMP). This template can help you identify and guide potential partners to explore improvements through energy efficiency, retro-commissioning and continuous commissioning, capital investments, building management systems, operational improvements, and renewable energy infrastructure and investments. It starts a process that can also link to efforts… Read More
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Christopher’s role at Practice Greenhealth is to help the sector become more sustainable through data collection, analysis, and reporting. He works with Cecilia DeLoach Lynn on the Sector Performance team to create dynamic metrics and data parameters to maximize both, accessibility of data, as well as what can be learned. Christopher’s vision is to create a circumstance where metrics are aligned with fiscal and social responsibilities in the health care sector as to naturally incentivize leaders to become more sustainable. Christopher oversees the Healthier Hospitals data collection and… Read More
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Jolie leads strategic operational initiatives to carry out the organization’s mission and ensure long-term growth and sustainability. Jolie has held numerous roles throughout her 18 years with Health Care Without Harm, including membership services coordinator, campaign associate, campaign manager, associate director, and director of finance and administration. As chief operating officer, she provides day-to-day operational oversight and direction in the use of financial, administrative, human, and technological resources to effectively and efficiently achieve organizational goals and enhance… Read More
Type: Staff
Stay informed about climate and environmental policy trends that impact healthcare sustainability. Engage with our policy experts to understand emerging challenges and opportunities.These monthly 30-minute discussions covered federal, state, and local policy developments shaping health care sustainability — from clean energy incentives and climate resilience to disaster preparedness and Medicaid’s evolving role in addressing climate change. Topics reflected current issues, and participants asked questions and connected with peers in this partners-only forum.These monthly sessions are not… Read More
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[Plant-Forward Future] Diets that embrace plant-based proteins are trending for both health and environmental reasons. One in four consumers is eating less meat and roughly half of younger consumers and one-third of older people already regularly choose plant-based foods instead of meat. In the National Restaurant Association’s 2020 “What’s Hot” survey, plant-based proteins landed at number 2 in its top ten list, and according to the association’s forecast in the Restaurant Industry 2030 report, it is expected that plant-based proteins will continue to grow in popularity over the next decade… Read More
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A Practice Greenhealth Case Study
“Organics recycling and food waste diversion remain very important to us, and we are slowly but surely working to expand both the number of facilities with organics recycling and the types of materials that can be recycled.” – Allison Egan, HealthPartners Sustainability Consultant
HealthPartners wanted to reduce sending organic waste to the landfill. They hoped to reduce their climate impact, lower their taxes, and recycle the nutrients found in food waste.
The health system partnered with a farmer, a commercial composter, and a community garden and… Read More
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth's 2014 edition of the annual health care Sustainability Benchmark Report, highlighting the achievements of the 2014 award-winning facilities. This report provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of how hospitals are progressing in their commitment to environmental stewardship. This year’s report is organized into ten separate benchmarking profiles on the different topic areas that make up a hospital environmental stewardship program— leadership, waste, chemicals, greening the operating room, food, environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP), energy, water,… Read More
Type: Resources
The Joint Commission is developing new Environmental Sustainability requirements for the Hospital (HAP) and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) programs to address leadership, measurement, actions, and evaluation. The Joint Commission is seeking feedback on the proposed requirements from the health care community.
Practice Greenhealth wanted to ensure our network knew of this opportunity to provide valuable feedback.
Please click the link below to start the online survey. We highly encourage your organization to complete the survey before the deadline on May 3.
Proposed Requirements Related… Read More
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Lauren graduated from Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in business administration focused on food and consumer packaged goods marketing. She previously worked in sales and category management at Abbott Nutrition and for more than four years as an associate category manager at BorgWarner. She founded a women's volunteer organization called Sisters Empowering Detroit, which supports women and children in underserved communities. Lauren has a passion for afternoon teas and hosts them publicly. Her passion for event planning and giving back to the community brought her to Health Care… Read More
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Join Practice Greenhealth
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.