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New report provides first-ever estimate of health care’s global climate footprint, calls for zero emissions
If the global health care sector were a country, it would be the fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter on the planet, according to Health care’s climate footprint: How the health sector contributes to the global climate crisis and opportunities for action, a new report by Health Care Without Harm in collaboration with Arup.
Establishing the first-ever estimate of health care’s global climate footprint, the report finds health care’s footprint is equivalent to 4.4% of global net… Read More
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One of the greatest benefits of joining the Practice Greenhealth network is the connections between hospitals and health systems that share the common goal of making sustainable products, technologies, services, and care the standard across health care.
The Market Transformation Group brings together our member hospitals and health systems to help drive change within the total health care supply chain.
Hospitals and health systems can help suppliers provide more sustainably sourced products, technologies, and services by working together and coordinating criteria to create significant… Read More
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Chef Michael White is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and has been a chef with Sodexo for more than 15 years. White cooks for Regions Hospital in Minnesota.
The Health Care Culinary Contest is back, and chefs across the country are getting ready to compete.
In 2017, U.S. health care food service professionals submitted their best delicious and healthy recipes. Entrants embodied the less meat, better meat philosophy, highlighted local and sustainable sourcing stories, and engaged clinician sponsors to source and serve a meal that is healthy for people and the planet.
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One man’s justification for sustainable procurement
Kunle Modupe, Hackensack Meridian Health’s vice president for hospitality services, hasn’t spent a lifetime in health care. In fact, it was during his 22-year career in the luxury hotel business that environmental sustainability first caught his attention… with toilet paper rolls. As a hotel housekeeping director, Modupe was baffled why hotels had a policy of discarding barely-used toilet paper rolls after each guest checked out of their room. This waste, along with overwhelming linen use, spurred him to be among the first to implement… Read More
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Julie Moyle has served Practice Greenhealth as a member engagement manager since 2015. She lives in Golden, Colo., where she is also an OR nurse. Learn about her proudest moment at Practice Greenhealth, her thoughts on emerging issues in sustainability in health care, and what song makes her squirm.
Share three items of significance in your home office.
A piece of petrified wood (a gift) that keeps my computer cord from slipping behind the desk when I unplug, and that helps me keep things in perspective. A small, polished hand-carved turtle that’s fun to handle and reminds me that slow and… Read More
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Health care promoting healthy cities by planting trees
Studies show that patients who have a view of trees spend fewer days in the hospital than patients who don’t.
But that’s not the only way trees improve health. One organization is making it their mission to combat several health challenges, like mental health and pollution, through the simple act of planting a tree.
Arbor Day Foundation – a nonprofit organization founded in 1972 – aims to plant not just one tree, but millions. The foundation has a long history of incentivizing community forestry practices. For years, the nonprofit has… Read More
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Are local and sustainable foods the same thing? The response, in short, is not always. Applying the terms “local” and “sustainable” synonymously and interchangeably can lead to false conclusions. As health care facilities strive to incorporate environmental best practices in their food service— and measure their success in this endeavor— accuracy and precision of language is of vital importance.
Time to Choose: Knowing the Difference Between “Local” and “Sustainable”
Apples may be grown nearby or chips processed in a regional plant but those apples may be produced with heavy pesticide use… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth member NYU Langone implements a comprehensive waste management and recycling program
Waste is a common challenge for health care organizations, no matter their size.
Waste is complex and expensive to manage. Hospitals that look upstream by studying incoming material and then reduce both inputs and outputs together see greater reductions in total waste costs which is exactly what the Material and Waste Stream Assessment assists hospitals in performing.
This engagement will consist of three distinct deliverables:
Material and waste assessment with environmental… 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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Change is hard. But hospitals and health systems don’t need to take on the challenges of sustainability alone.
After nearly 25 years of listening, working with, and developing tools for facilities of all sizes across the United States, we’re perfectly equipped to help strengthen and build internal capacity and leadership skills to help you succeed.
In addition to the resources and peer-to-peer connections you can find through the Practice Greenhealth network, we can also bring our experience and knowledge directly to your team when and where you need it.
“Practice Greenhealth is a… Read More
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