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Suzanne Savanick Hansen
Environmental Sustainability Specialist at Allina Health
Number of beds: 605
Number of FTE: 5,579
Suzanne Savanick Hansen has served Abbott Northwestern Hospital as the environmental sustainability specialist since June 2020. Read about the hospital’s new prioritization of sustainability and environmental justice in the heart of Minneapolis.
What excites you most about being part of the Practice Greenhealth network?
We now have access to state of the art content for sustainability in health care specifically. I know a lot about… Read More
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By Iqbal Mian, Practice Greenhealth member engagement manager
The first time I saw Sister Mary Ellen Leijewski, Dignity Health’s vice president of corporate responsibility, was at CleanMed a few years ago. Along with fellow CleanMed participants (I worked at a fellow Practice Greenhealth member health system at that time), we listened intently to Sr. Mary Ellen’s inspirational message on the intersection of sustainability and the respect for life through the value of stewardship.
At that time, I worked at Ascension Health/Ministry Health System guiding over a dozen hospitals and 46 clinics… Read More
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This resource offers an overview of the different metrics scored on the Partner Recognition and Partner for Change applications.
Type: Resources
Award applications for different facility types
The Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards provide recognition for health care organization members across the achievement spectrum.
Practice Greenhealth benchmarks three categories of facilities—based on whether they have overnight (staffed) beds or operating rooms within the facility.
Facility type 1: Facilities with overnight beds and ORs (typically acute care or critical access hospitals)
Facility type 2: Inpatient facilities without operating rooms, such as long-term care (LTC), psychiatric, orthopedic rehab, and… Read More
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2017 Award Winners
The 2017 Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Award winners were honored at the Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards Gala on the evening of May 18 in conjunction CleanMed 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Congratulations to the winners.
Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award Honorees
Circles of Excellence Honorees
Greenhealth Emerald Award Honorees
Greenhealth Partner for Change Award Honorees
System for Change Award Honorees
Greening the OR Leadership Award Winner
Greening the OR Recognition Award Honorees
Making Medicine Mercury Free Award… Read More
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Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards scoring resource
The Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards scoring resource offers an overview of the way Practice Greenhealth scores award applications within the Environmental Excellence Awards system.
Adding in details, stories, images and attachments can impact the quality score of the application. This is a great way for applicants to separate themselves and highlight their facility's program.
What's new in 2019
The what's new in 2019 presentation is a snapshot of updates to questions on each of the award application pages for the 2019 Practice… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth’s Awards program has celebrated sustainability success since 2002. The Awards recognize the different players in the greening community (hospitals, clinics, manufacturers, GPOs, A&E firms, etc.). One of the Awards for which hospitals may apply, the Partner for Change Award, requires waste data reporting as well as other criteria. This report summarizes this waste data and various sustainable activities provided by the 2009 Partner for Change Award winners and presents a snapshot of what types of greening activities American hospitals are implementing today.
Type: Resources
The what's new in 2019 presentation is a snapshot of updates to questions on each of the award application pages for the 2019 Practice Greenhealth Partner for Change application. This document is intended to help applicants quickly identify any changes to the application structure.
Type: Resources
Our many applicants and award-winning hospitals are driven by individuals passionate about sustainability and energy reduction. The Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards are a powerful tool to promote the mantra of “manage what you measure,” celebrate successes, and reward cross-functional teamwork and project execution.
2024 award winners
Access the full list of the 2024 award winners.
Past award winners
2023 award winners2022 award winners2021 award winners2020 award winners2019 award winners2018 award winners2017 award winners2016 awards winners
Hospitals and health… Read More
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