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Concerns over infection prevention, continued increase in the use of single-use, disposable plastics, and changes in international recycling markets and a lack of U.S.-based material recovery facilities have left operating rooms awash in single-use medical plastics. Additionally, a 0.5 percent contamination rate requirement on marketable medical plastics has challenged the compliance of many hospital recycling programs.
One ubiquitous medical plastic, ”blue wrap,” is estimated to make up almost 20 percent of all operating room waste. While these plastics do an excellent job of keeping… Read More
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Thresa Pattee, our beloved colleague, friend, and posthumous recipient of our 2024 Environmental Health Hero Award
Each year, we select an Environmental Health Hero to recognize and celebrate their contributions to the environmental health movement. This year, Health Care Without Harm is honoring one of our own staff members who passed away in March after a valiant battle with bone cancer.
Thresa Irene Pattee, as all who knew her would agree, was a force of nature. In her eight years at Health Care Without Harm, she brought a passion for the mission of the organization that was matched… Read More
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Gwyneth is a seasoned management professional with over 20 years of experience in public health, hospital administration, higher education, and strategic purchasing who excels at fostering positive team dynamics and using quantitative analysis to understand complex problems and find practical solutions. She joins Practice Greenhealth after nine years as Boston Medical Center’s director of professional operations. She also worked in the Center for Clinical Effectiveness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health, and for… Read More
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We need opinions from health care procurement and supply chain professionals.
Health care sustainability is changing more quickly than ever before, as are how procurement and supply chain professionals are seeking guidance and learning opportunities.
Whether you are familiar with the work of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth or not, we need the input of professionals doing the work to strengthen our goal to drive policies and markets for ethically produced, healthy, sustainable products and services. To that end, we’re conducting research on how professionals like you prefer… Read More
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Strong governance for sustainability programming in health care is paramount to success. Successful sustainability programming in any industry relies upon more than passion. Practice Greenhealth guides health care organizations to focus on the core elements of developing strong sustainability governance, including establishing sustainability documents, structures, and resourcing.
Our definition of sustainability governance
The systems through which an organization’s sustainability activities are directed, controlled, and held to account. Good governance is a crucial foundation for long-… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth at HPRC and Wisconsin Healthy Hospitals & Clinics Forum
Iqbal Mian, Member Engagement Manager
Earlier this fall, Practice Greenhealth along with various hospital systems, suppliers and manufacturers participated in the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council hosted at Goodwill, Los Angeles. The onsite work included interactive sessions, facilitated exercises and other brainstorming to advance the council’s mission to inspire and enable effective recycling solutions across health care. Practice Greenhealth members like Kaiser Permanente also presented their delivery of… Read More
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The Visionary Leader Award recognizes annually one senior-level health care executive who is making a significant contribution to health care sustainability through groundbreaking and innovative strategies, and mentorship. The winner will be a leader who has effectively advocated for and woven sustainability and environmental stewardship into health care operational excellence. Below are the past winners.
2019 Visionary Leader Award Winner
Alison Santore
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Social Responsibility
Providence
2019 Visionary Leader Award Winner
Barbara E. Tretheway… 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 utilize this data to provide the sector’s best sustainability performance benchmarking data to hospitals and health systems working to build environmental stewardship into their mission, and to the greater health care supply chain partners that are integral to this work. This is the twelfth report in a series stretching back to 2009. This report lays out sustainability performance data for 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unique… Read More
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New Orleans is known for festivals and food. It is also known for a complicated recovery from Hurricane Katrina. At the time of the infamous storm’s landfall, there was one local LEED building. Fourteen years later, more than 1,000 stand in the city. While progress can be measured by the increased number of green buildings, the resilience of its people echoed a warning that fell silent to the public; climate change is real and we must address it in design and construction and ensure the built environment is compatible with the turbulency of the natural environment.
In the heart of New… Read More
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The Climate Excellence Standard for health sector suppliers defines superior performance in decarbonization on the part of individual suppliers – including manufacturers and distributors – to ensure the health care supply chain is aligned with achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, while improving resilience. Reducing the health care sector’s reliance on fossil fuels is critical for reducing deaths and diseases related to greenhouse gas emissions, and the time is now for deep engagement across the supply chain.
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Use of the standard will include showcasing suppliers that… 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.