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Jake comes to us from his most recent position as a Sustainable Technologies Sales Consultant at Cardinal Health. Jake spent more than 7 years working with a diverse array of health systems in the United States to reduce waste and create financial savings through medical device reprocessing. He was twice named Sales Rep of the Year and was a member of his organization's Sales Leadership Council. Before his time at Cardinal Health, he worked for the GPO Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi) as part of ROi's Private Label team. Jake holds an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) holds covered entities responsible for the appropriate treatment and disposal of all patient health information (PHI). Boston Medical Center sought to improve knowledge about, and proper handling of, PHI among employees and established a goal of decreasing the number of PHI violations by 50%. The linked resource details their efforts to meet this goal.
Type: Resources
Brian Nelson
Sustainability programs manager at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
Number of beds: 450 licensed (386 staffed)
Number of FTE: 4,925
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center’s sustainability programs manager shares how dedicated colleagues and collaborations support the hospital’s sustainability initiatives and their hospital's “secret green weapon.”
How has Practice Greenhealth supported you and your work?
The opportunity to be able to reach out to sustainability colleagues who understand the issues that I’m navigating and learn how they achieved… Read More
Type: Press
Regulated medical waste (RMW) is regulated at the state level, with each state defining what material is legally considered to be RMW (also called infectious waste, biohazardous waste or special medical waste (depending on the state) within its borders. The state regulation also typically lays out the appropriate or acceptable treatment or disinfection methods for different classes of medical waste, as well as the proper storage, labeling, manifesting and disposal requirements for RMW. The agency defining RMW can vary by state but is typically the state department of health or the state… Read More
Type: Resources
Hospitals are increasingly seeking opportunities to purchase food from local and diverse farmers and food businesses to align their food service operations with their mission to serve and support the health of their communities. This webinar introduces you to Practice Greenhealth’s local and equitable food purchasing guidance and resources. Hackensack Meridian Health shared how they applied our guidance and the resulting impacts experienced by their community collaborator The CommonMarket.
Type: Event
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 Leslie Davis, Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center president.
Type: Resources
(Employee engagement toolkit) University Hospitals Health System has structured its sustainability program on four pillars of wellness: building well, operating well, buying well, and living well. The system has taken multiple approaches to engage employees in its sustainability efforts, including general communication strategies, a system-wide sustainability council and facility-based committees, a Green Health Hero awards program, and the latest project—a sustainability certification program for managers.
Type: Resources
Hospitals are increasingly seeking opportunities to purchase environmentally sustainable and high animal welfare foods to align their food service operations with their mission to serve and support the health of their communities and the environment. This webinar will introduce you to Practice Greenhealth’s sustainable food purchasing guidance and resources. Stanford Health will share how they have applied our guidance to reduce environmental impact, and their community collaborators, TomKat Ranch, Richards Regenerative, and Shared Plate Strategies, will share tips and impacts of their… Read More
Type: Event
Environmentally sustainable businesses contribute to healthy ecosystems by improving soil health, increasing biodiversity, and reducing the carbon and water footprint of food production, while advancing public health and worker safety. Animal welfare encompasses all aspects of animals’ well-being, and high animal welfare is achieved when an animal’s physical, mental, and behavioral needs are met throughout its life. In this section, we outline purchasing best practices that address both environmental sustainability and high animal welfare.
Type: Basic page
In 1998, a Memorandum of Understanding between the American Hospital Association and the U.S. EPA set new goals for hospital pollution prevention. One of the top priorities was the virtual elimination of mercury and mercury-containing devices from the hospital purchasing and waste stream. Mercury is a potent neurotoxin. The most sensitive health effect of mercury is an adverse impact on the neurological development of fetuses, infants and children. Hospitals should protect the health of patients, staff and visitors, and reduce disposal costs and liability by avoiding purchase of mercury-… Read More
Type: Resources
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