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Part of Purchasing Commitment: Getting started guides
Over the years, many products in the operating room setting have transitioned to single-use, disposable products, due to convenience, low cost, and infection prevention concerns. The process has led to significant volumes of plastics and other waste, often with little or no available recycling markets. While the upfront price tag of a reusable product may seem more expensive compared to a disposable product, a life cycle cost analysis or total cost of ownership - which takes into account considerations such as production/manufacturing,… Read More
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Part of Impact purchasing commitment: Getting started guides
Every day, patients and employees are exposed to a wide array of chemicals in hospitals and health care facilities, and the priority chemicals of concern have been shown to have a lasting negative impact on individual health, public health, and the environment. Furnishings can be a significant contributor to poor health in interior spaces, like hospitals, with chemicals migrating out into dust, food, air, water, and ecosystems during their life cycle. Additionally, if harmful chemicals are used to make furnishings, communities… Read More
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Part of Impact purchasing commitment: Getting started guides
Hospitals are energy-intensive, using 2.5 times more energy per square foot than a typical office building. The burning of fossil fuels drives both air pollution and climate change, with outdoor air pollution killing over 4.5 million people each year globally. Renewable electricity can replace power from fossil fuels – improving health, reducing climate impacts, and potentially reducing energy costs and price risks.
Smart energy buyers are developing clean energy portfolios that combine strategies, such as onsite solar and… Read More
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Shanda is a nurse with a green thumb. From bedside cardiac nursing to serving as assistant nursing professor, she has worked to help health professionals and students see the natural and built environments as determinants of health. Shanda hails from Minnesota, where she spends her spare time growing, cooking, and eating good food to fuel miles of active transport on the roads.
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The Greehealth Cost of Ownership Calculator is designed to support looking at costs beyond the price tag, to evaluate hidden expenses, such as energy and waste costs, and other operational costs of using a product allowing more informed decision-making based on the full costs to an organization. Below you will find the calculator as well as helpful training and support materials.
Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator v1.1
Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator user guide
Guidelines on sustainable product selection
Webinar: Getting started with the Greenhealth cost of ownership… Read More
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(Transportation toolkit) Practice Greenhealth is pleased to offer members a toolkit to help hospitals and health systems reduce their transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
The goals aim to reduce employee single occupancy vehicle rates and miles, transition fleet vehicles to alternative fuels, implement idle reduction policies and practices, and work with supply chain partners to do the same.
The toolkit equips hospitals with the resources needed to accomplish these goals, while providing exemplary case studies of those who have been leading the way, including Seattle Children’s… Read More
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“I don’t sell plant-based, I sell delicious looking and tasting food that just happens to be plant-based.”
– Dan Henroid, University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Dan Henroid knows that his competition is fierce. Just steps away from his University of California San Francisco Medical Center campus are dozens of eateries that the hospital’s staff and visitors could patronize.
In order to stay on-trend and maintain their customer base, UCSF introduced plant-forward menu concepts, reducing animal proteins and increasing plant proteins. Being a savvy marketer, Dan, UCSF’s… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth’s network includes health care leaders and sustainability experts around the United States. If you are looking for story ideas on health care sustainability, or would like to speak with one of our in-house experts or one of our member facilities, please contact press@practicegreenhealth.org.
Membership inquiries
If you work for a Practice Greenhealth member facility, the best way to get in touch is directly through your member engagement specialist. If you are interested in your facility joining Practice Greenhealth, please contact join@practicegreenhealth.org.
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“I don’t sell plant-based, I sell delicious looking and tasting food that just happens to be plant-based." - Dan Henroid, University of California San Francisco Medical Center
The University of California San Francisco Medical Center is a signatory of the Cool Food Pledge, a new platform to help hospitals offer diners more of what they want while slashing food-related greenhouse gas emissions.
UC San Francisco is one of 64 signatories from health care.
Here are some thoughts from Dan Henroid, UC San Francisco's director of nutrition and food services:
Why have you focused on… 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.
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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.