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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
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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 Raymond J. Baxter, PhD, Kaiser Permanente International, senior vice president and community benefit, research and health policy president.
Type: Resources
The huge quantities of medicines ending up as waste or in aquatic systems are a major environmental health issue. The increasing documentation of low dose effects makes pharmaceuticals a priorityarea from an environmental health perspective.
Type: Resources
Hill-Espinoza is the national lead, Southern California regional liaison, and manager of strategic partnerships for economic impact within impact spending at Kaiser Permanente. Passionate about closing the health-wealth gap, Hill-Espinoza’s work sits at the intersection of social, environmental, and economic equity. She is responsible for development, implementation, and execution of complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives that leverage the organization’s purchasing power, as well as total health strategy as a vehicle for addressing the social determinants of health. By layering… Read More
Type: Staff
(Sustainable procurement guide) This checklist will assist hospitals and health systems in setting procurement priorities incorporating regulatory, environmental, health, and operational considerations. The principals: transparency, accountability, and fairness should guide any procurement program.
Type: Resources
Many products and materials that come into hospitals may contain or release carcinogens, reproductive toxins, or other hazardous materials, exposing patients, staff, and the community to harm. Purchased goods and services also account for a majority of the energy and water use by the sector. Participants meet to share best practices in engaging group purchasing organizations (GPO) and suppliers, integrating environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) in value analysis, and identifying cost saving opportunities. Also, time is reserved during each session for participants to receive quick… Read More
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Through your purchasing, there are many ways you can improve the health and well-being of people in your community and ensure that farm and food workers can live and work with dignity. In this section, we outline best practices that support a valued workforce and community health and nutrition.
Type: Basic page
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Anesthesia and anesthetic gases have a direct impact on the environment, patients, and community health. This document highlights key talking points and rationale for focusing on anesthesia, such as environmental, financial, and human health impacts and the need to engage providers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Type: Resources
The Washington Hospital Healthcare System (WHHS) affirms our commitment to promote healthier communities both locally and globally. We will strive to be an environmental leader in a manner that protects environmental and human health. WHHS recognizes the critical link between human health and the health of the environment. We will implement new and innovative ways to improve environmental performance through conservation, purchasing, reduction, re-use and recycling programs, and through partnership with others in the community to safeguard the environment. WHHS will strive to achieve optimal… Read More
Type: Resources
[From Ohio Hospital Assocation] The Ohio Hospital Association’s Energy and Sustainability Program teamed up with Practice Greenhealth to publish a collection of environmental leadership case studies highlighting how six hospitals and health systems have achieved success in environmental stewardship.
The collection of case studies describes the environmental efforts and successes of six OHA Melvin Creeley and John Chapman award winning hospitals:
88th Medical Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Mercy Health Youngstown Region
Mount Carmel… Read More
Type: Press
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