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Schoen (she/her) is a community radiologist at the University of Michigan, Climate and Health Fellow at Health Care Without Harm, and Climate and Health Policy Fellow at the University of Colorado. She is founder and chair of Radiologists for a Sustainable Future, part of the Health Care Without Harm Physician Network. Schoen is a member of several radiology society sustainability task forces including the Radiological Society of North America, Association of Academic Radiology, and American College of Radiology, where she serves as co-chair. Schoen served as a guest editor for the Journal of… Read More
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Each year, Practice Greenhealth collects and reviews comprehensive sustainability data from hospitals that report through the Environmental Excellence Awards. We provide the sector’s best sustainability performance benchmarking data to hospitals and health systems working to integrate sustainability into their mission, and to the health care supply chain partners that are integral to this work. This is the 14th report in a series stretching back to 2009. This report lays out sustainability performance data for 2022 collected through the 2023 Environmental Excellence Awards.
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Each year, Practice Greenhealth collects and reviews comprehensive sustainability data from hospitals that report through the Environmental Excellence Awards. We provide the sector’s best sustainability performance benchmarking data to hospitals and health systems working to integrate sustainability into their mission, and to the health care supply chain partners that are integral to this work. This is the 13th report in a series stretching back to 2009. This report lays out sustainability performance data for 2021 collected through the 2022 Environmental Excellence Awards.
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Health care institutions throughout the country recognize the urgent need to reduce rates of obesity and chronic illness as well as their associated health care costs.
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) contribute to the increased prevalence of obesity and associated chronic diseases that go along with weight gain. The production, consumption, and waste associated with sugar-sweetened and bottled beverages have numerous negative environmental consequences.
A better option for hydration and quenching thirst is water and in the United States, tap water has been proven to be just as safe, or… Read More
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Rethinking Environmentally Preferred Purchasing: A Case Study in Implementation at Kaiser Permanente
By Vanessa Lochner, Kaiser Permanente's director for the Environmentally Preferred Purchasing program
Achieving an environmentally preferable purchasing program is simpler than many people realize. From the start, it’s important to determine the desired results.
At Kaiser Permanente, our decision to pursue a more rigorous EPP program was motivated by five environmental priorities: cleaner energy, safer chemicals, less waste, healthier and more sustainable food and water conservation. We’ve achieved multiple successes over the past several years. The EPP program delivers over $63 million… Read More
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The current sustainability program at Legacy Health is built around the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) model which includes six areas of focus: engaged leadership, healthier food, leaner energy, less waste, safer chemicals and smarter purchasing. In addition, Legacy has added commute trip reduction as a discrete category to the program. Even though significant progress is being made in each area, Legacy has not implemented a system-wide robust, reliable and consistent method to gather data related to all this work within the context of environmental sustainability. A more developed… Read More
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Health professionals for sustainable solutionsJoin one of the most influential and expansive communities of health professionals in the nation committed to reducing the environmental impact of health care and advancing climate-smart health care through mitigation, resilience, and leadership.The Climate-Smart Collective is providing a platform to amplify your influence and expertise to advance the growing health care sustainability movement – shaping a healthier future for our patients and the planet.We welcome all health professionals.Be a part of a nationwide community of practice, forging… Read More
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This event occurred as part of CleanMed 2024. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org.
Clinical decisions drive health care's environmental impact. Through interactive clinical vignettes, presenters shared two high-impact ways clinical decision-making can be more sustainable: selecting alternative tests and treatments and minimizing low-value care. Learn to consider environmental factors alongside clinical efficacy, cost, and patient preference when choosing medical tests and treatments.
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Adam (he/him) is the Sustainability Manager at SSM Healthcare, a healthcare system consisting of 23 hospitals and over 600 medical facilities across Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Adam is responsible for various environmental sustainability initiatives, including reducing SSM Health’s carbon footprint to Net Zero by 2050. Adam holds a degree in Architectural Sustainability from Boston Architectural College, where he completed an award-winning thesis on “How Cultural Sustainability helps to overcome marginalization and gentrification.” Adam is also passionate about serving the… Read More
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It is the policy of NorthShore University Health System to prohibit all unnecessary acquisition of mercury-added products in its facilities and to ensure that all mercury containing equipment and waste is managed and disposed in a manner that is safe, protective of the environment, and compliant with all applicable regulations. The policy establishes guidelines for the procurement, use, and disposal of items and materials containing elemental mercury and mercury compounds. This policy restricts the procurement of mercury-added products, prohibits the use of mercury and its compounds at all… Read More
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