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Hospitals in the Practice Greenhealth network are committed to contracting with companies who are committed to environmental stewardship.
Corporate environmental responsibility is generally defined as the duty to cover the environmental implications of the company’s operations, products and facilities, eliminate waste and emissions, maximize the efficiency and productivity of its resources, and minimize practices that might adversely affect the enjoyment of the country’s resources by future generations.
This questionnaire for suppliers will allow them to share the environmental initiatives… Read More
Type: Resources
Join this Destination CleanMed session to gain a better understanding of how purchasing occurs at health systems and strategies for effectively engaging supply chain departments. Then hear from Vancouver Coastal Health about their Reusables First project – an effort to prioritize the purchase of reusable or reprocessable products over single-use ones to minimize waste and reduce environmental impact – which they carried out in close partnership with their supply chain.
Feb. 7, 2024 | 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT
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Yeshoda is a finance professional with over three years of experience in the finance sector and more than two years in the nonprofit sector. She holds an M.S. in finance and has hands-on experience budgeting, re-forecasting, allocating restricted funds, auditing, preparing monthly statements, month-end closing, and in accounts payable, reconciliations, and more. Originally from Kathmandu, Nepal, she currently resides in Queens, New York. Her life motto is, "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
Type: Staff
Environmental degradation of the St. Croix River prompted community leaders of its border communities to come together to address the issue and resolve to improve river health by improving operations in their respective organizations. Hudson Hospital & Clinic successfully implemented a paper use reduction initiative and enhanced recycling program, which became a building block to ongoing organizational performance improvement. Since 2010, Hudson Hospital and Clinic achieved a median recycling rate of 37.60 percent of total hospital waste.
Type: Resources
By Kaeleigh Sheehan, Member Engagement Manager, Greening the OR
Summer might be a time to slow down, relax, enjoy the longer sunshine hours, but for the Greening the OR team, the fun is just getting started! *That’s not really true, the Greening the OR fun has been going on for the last couple of years, I just wanted to start off with a cute saying. Here’s a recap:
GOR Resources
Practice Greenhealth collaborated with some key experts to provide guidance and respond to the many questions and confusion around HVAC setback as an energy reduction strategy in the operating room. If you haven’t… Read More
Type: Press
Hospitals are environments for healing but many of the products and materials that come into a hospital may be harmful to patients, staff and those in the community. Some products used in health care may contain or release (during production, use or disposal) carcinogens, reproductive toxins, or other hazardous materials. Many of the chemicals used in products have not been adequately tested for toxicity. Additionally, there are a growing number of disposable products in health care and large amounts of packaging creating significant waste, and a variety of products that are energy or water-… Read More
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Here are suggested environmental considerations for the RFI/RFP process for this contract category. This category covers copiers, digital duplicators, facsimile machines, mailing machines, multifunctional devices, printers, and scanners. Recent updates to this category include questions based on a new EPEAT standard (Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool) on “Imaging Equipment,” which is defined as copiers, printers, mailing machines, multifunctional devices, printers and scanners (not medical devices). Hundreds of products are EPEAT registered to meet this standard.
Type: Resources
Chelsea (they/them) is responsible for data and metrics deliverables, maintaining data platforms, and awards benchmarking. With nine years of experience in the health care field, they previously served as sustainability coordinator for UT Southwestern Medical Center and as management engineer for Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas, focusing on process improvement, data analysis, and related areas. They live in Dallas with their partner Victoria and dog Gracie, and love traveling, hiking, listening to audiobooks while walking Gracie, and riding their e-bike all over town.
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Chelsea is responsible for our data and metrics deliverables, maintaining our data platforms, and awards benchmarking. With nine years of experience in the health care field, they previously served as sustainability coordinator for UT Southwestern Medical Center and as management engineer for Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas, focusing on process improvement, data analysis, and related areas. They live in Dallas with their partner Victoria and dog Gracie, and love traveling, hiking, listening to audiobooks while walking Gracie, and riding their e-bike all over town.
Type: Staff
In light of the opioid epidemic, environmental concern over medication in waterways and confusing and sometimes conflicting DEA and EPA regulations, Practice Greenhealth formed a controlled substances work group to develop a guidance document helping health care facilities properly and legally manage controlled substances within the facility. The flow chart leads the facility through the steps to ensure legal and safe handling of controlled substances. While this is a regulatory requirement, the guidance document helps facilitate implementation of legal and safe practices.
Type: Resources
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