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Medical devices and equipment cost more than their initial purchase price. Maintenance, energy demands, disposal costs, and other long-term costs of ownership can drastically change the lifetime price tag of products and equipment.
The Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator, designed by Practice Greenhealth and partners, helps hospitals and health systems make the best procurement decisions to meet their needs.
The tool provides a framework to assess the financial costs and bring hidden costs to the surface, including:
Maintenance
Use
Disposal
Looking at the maintenance, use, and… Read More
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Change happens through people. A successful sustainability program builds a culture that embodies its environmental mission within the assumptions and beliefs of its staff – sustainability then becomes everybody’s job. Further, engaged staff are often willing to play a role in interorganizational collaboration, influencing the supply chain and other key stakeholders. Join this session to learn about stakeholders, communication tools, proven engagement practices, clinical engagement, and how to avoid pitfalls.
Key takeaways:
Investigate examples of how sustainability can be communicated… Read More
Type: Event
A 2020 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) survey of more than 3,000 people across eight countries has found that in the wake of the pandemic, people are now more concerned – not less – about addressing environmental challenges and are more committed to changing their own behavior to advance sustainability.
These survey results clearly translate to health care.
Implementing sustainability initiatives and climate-smart strategies in health care facilities is challenging work, as those who are leading or involved in these efforts know first-hand. However, we know this work gets a little easier when… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth's Shanda Demorest coaching Children's Health System of Texas through Strategic Deployment.
How do the most successful and sustainable hospitals make decisions about what to do next?
Leaders can bring Practice Greenhealth’s expertise in identifying and achieving strategic sustainability initiatives to your organization via an in-person or virtual training and engagement focused on setting goals and rallying your team.
Our expert facilitators lead facility and system stakeholders through a process designed to link programmatic areas through the development of overarching… Read More
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The Destination CleanMed series featured discussions building momentum that culminated in Pittsburgh, May 23-25 for CleanMed 2023. Invite your colleagues, collaborators, and partners to view recordings these free events.
The psychology of climate change as a force for good
March 23, 2023 12:00 PM ET
The mental health impacts of climate change are profoundly felt by those working in health care and beyond. People living in historically underserved communities and people of color feel the effects exponentially and have been leading the environmental justice movement for decades. Pittsburgh… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is pleased to offer partners a toolkit to help hospitals and health systems reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from anesthetic gases.
According to the 2023 Practice Greenhealth Sustainability Benchmark Report, 40% of all partners have removed desflurane from general use. In total, Practice Greenhealth partners reduced nearly 200,000 MTCO2e of emissions from inhaled anesthetics in 2023, which contributed to nearly $3M in savings.
Our goal is to reduce GHG emissions by:
Reducing or eliminating the use of desflurane
Decommissioning nitrous oxide central supply systems… Read More
Type: Toolkit
This session will provide Practice Greenhealth partners with a forum to share their experiences obtaining leadership support for sustainability program success. Facilitators will guide participants through an interactive exercise to practice using environmental hooks along with mission alignment and operational benefits channels of appeal. Partners will exchange ideas and their experiences navigating barriers in the process of securing leadership support.
---This event is part of the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series. To get the most out of this series, we strongly suggest… Read More
Type: Event
Practice Greenhealth partners connected in Salt Lake City in May to expand their regional relationships and learn about unique regional challenges or opportunities. This session will provide a space to reconnect or connect for the first time to grow relationships with regional partners and learn new strategies for timely issues you might be facing.
Discussion questions:
Taking a participant-centered approach, what topics would you like to discuss now and in 2025? Would you like to lead the facilitation of any of these topics?
What frequency would you like to meet in 2025 (monthly,… Read More
Type: Event
John works at the intersection between food and climate by supporting Practice Greenhealth partners through the implementation of plant-forward menus and the Coolfood Pledge, and guides partners on reducing food waste through source reduction and donation. He earned his Master of Science from Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition specializing in the Agriculture, Food, and Environment program.
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Practice Greenhealth is here to guide your health care organization to integrate sustainability as a strategic priority and become a change agent for creating healthier, sustainable, and more resilient communities.
Health care organizations and companies of all sizes are realizing the many benefits that come from embedding sustainability into their operations including efficiency improvements, cost savings, reduced regulatory risk, enhanced employee engagement and retention, greater stakeholder satisfaction, improved public health, and public relations gains.
Following key elements of a… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is the health care sector’s go-to source for information, tools, data, resources, and expert technical support on sustainability initiatives that help hospitals and health systems meet their health, financial, and community goals.
Who We Are
Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the health care value chain.