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Sponsors and Steering Committee Participants: Developing the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator
(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) We are grateful for the participation and support provided over three years from over a dozen sponsors and steering committee participants who were tasked with developing a solution to a key barrier - cost - in transforming markets toward environmentally preferable products. The results of many months of work is the completion of Version 1.0 of the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator to address the cost barrier and who shared the vision of… Read More
Type: Resources
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) This presentation walks through climate and health community benefits.
Type: Resources
Leaders learn best from their peers. The Leadership spotlight profiles highlight engaged leaders and engage other hospitals and health systems. These leaders recognize the opportunity for personal and organizational transformation and are ready to walk, talk and envision a healthier future – a future where planetary and human health are interconnected – where the Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm" is prominently observed.
This is a profile of Lloyd Dean, Dignity Health president, and CEO.
Type: Resources
Lauren has been working at the intersection of climate, health, and equity for 15 years. In her current role, she works to build community wealth, health, and climate resilience by helping hospitals more deeply embody their role as anchors in their communities. Lauren received her Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she focused on community-based participatory research and environmental justice.
Type: Staff
Leaders learn best from their peers. The Leadership spotlight profiles highlight engaged leaders and engage other hospitals and health systems. These leaders recognize the opportunity for personal and organizational transformation and are ready to walk, talk and envision a healthier future – a future where planetary and human health are interconnected – where the Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm" is prominently observed.
This is a profile of Jeffrey Thompson, MD, former Gundersen Health System, chief executive officer.
Type: Resources
Hospitals across California are required to be in compliance with the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery organic waste reduction mandates.
California has implemented several regulations to increase the diversion of organic materials away from landfills and toward the production of value-added products like compost, fertilizers, and biofuels.
California disposes approximately 30 million tons of waste in landfills each year, and more than 30% of the state’s waste could be used for compost or mulch. Organic waste (including green and food materials) is recyclable through… Read More
Type: Resources
Long commutes. Congested roads. No available parking. These are familiar headaches for staff, patients, and administration at almost every hospital and health care facility, including St. John’s Medical and Living Center in Jackson, Wyo. A parking space there costs $10,000 per year to manage and maintain. Instead of building additional parking spaces, the hospital chose instead to pay their employees to “liberate their parking space” from May through September 2018.
“We set a goal to reduce the employee drive-alone rate 3% over the summer months,” explains Lisa Smith, the facility's… Read More
Type: Press
Dr. Ronald Wyatt is vice president and patient safety officer at MCIC Vermont, a risk-retention group, where he leads multiple patient safety initiatives for several leading academic health systems. He is an internationally known equity, safety, and quality improvement/implementation expert. Wyatt was the first co-chair of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Equity Advisory Group and is faculty for the IHI Pursuing Equity Initiative. After serving as the medical director for the U.S. Defense Health Agency/Military Health System Patient Safety Analysis Center, he became the first… Read More
Type: Staff
Stony Brook University Hospital is committed to promote healthier communities both locally and globally, and to be an environmental leader in all aspects of our buildings and operations in a manner that demonstrates protection of the environment and human health. We recognize the critical link between human health and the health of the environment, and continue to seek new and innovative ways to improve environmental performance through conservation, purchasing, reduction, re-use and recycling programs.
View this resource to read the full environmental commitment statement.
Type: Resources
Director of SustainabilityCarilion Clinic
As director of sustainability at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, Wohlford (she/her) facilitates and coordinates programs that reduce inefficiencies and waste and promote environmental sustainability. After receiving a Master’s in public health from Virginia Tech, Wohlford conceptualized and proposed her current position, created a work structure for sustainability for Carilion’s seven hospitals, and developed the Carilion Clinic Environmental Stewardship Council. Her programs increase recycling, decrease energy utilization and natural resource… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
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