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(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) The user community will provide a welcome space for users of the calculator to share their experiences and learn from others.
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Greenhealth cost of ownership ambassador (members only) For users of the calculator, become an ambassador to share your experiences in a more formal way, such as through Sharing calls, articles, and more.
Case studies (members only) Use our template to share your experience and results with others to show your great work… Read More
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Providing incentives and programming to employees to improve the health of their homes, families, and friends is a way to extend the “culture of caring” beyond the walls of the organization. One program that can help reduce air pollution and climate impacts in your community is to provide employees with discounts on residential solar systems. Download the Practice Greenhealth Employee Home Solar Program guide to learn more and get started.
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(Employee engagement toolkit) This document offers evidence of the value of staff engagement in sustainability case studies demonstrating how Practice Greenhealth members are weaving organizational commitment and the passion of team members to make the organization's fabric even stronger, employee's dedication even deeper, and advancements in sustainability even more impactful and achievable.
Sustainability and Employee Engagement:
A Winning Strategy
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(Employee engagement toolkit) The Employee engagement presentation was developed to save you time. Topics covered include why employee engagement is important, what drives engagement, and case studies from within the health care business community. Download the presentation with notes to use as you see fit. The presentation could be used to present to a team, to educate others and to modify for your own use.
Sustainability and Employee Engagement Presentation
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Regulated medical waste (RMW) is regulated at the state level, with each state defining what material is legally considered to be RMW (also called infectious waste, biohazardous waste or special medical waste (depending on the state) within its borders. The state regulation also typically lays out the appropriate or acceptable treatment or disinfection methods for different classes of medical waste, as well as the proper storage, labeling, manifesting and disposal requirements for RMW. The agency defining RMW can vary by state but is typically the state department of health or the state… Read More
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What is composting?
Compost is created from the decomposition of landscape and food wastes. In a finished product, it is a dark, crumbly and earthy-smelling material that appears similar to soil. Composting provides institutions with a method to dispose of a large portion of these waste streams in a way that benefits their bottom line and the environment. By composting, an institution avoids high per ton incineration or landfill disposal costs for these dense and heavy materials. For some institutions that use an industrial food disposal system, composting avoids sludge issues at the… Read More
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Energy efficiency can enhance human health by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving outdoor air quality and decreasing acid rain. The energy needed to run commercial and industrial buildings in the United States produces 19 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, 12 percent of nitrogen oxides, and 25 percent of sulfur dioxide, at a cost of $110 billion a year.
The health care sector is in need of cost-effective solutions to address the rising cost of energy and the health implications of energy use. Once a facility has developed an energy baseline by tracking and measuring its… Read More
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Hospitals are seen by the community as a place for healing, and as such, can be a key force in community-wide collaborations that address social and environmental determinants of health such as food insecurity.
Through investments in programming and purchasing, hospitals are creating healthy food access for patients, staff, and visitors and simultaneously building healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems for their communities using tactics such as:
Farmers markets and farm stands on hospital campuses to provide easy access to healthy locally grown foods
On-site food gardens and… Read More
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Here you will find guidance, resources, tools, and ways to engage with your peers and other stakeholders across the value chain to support your food journey and help achieve your organization’s priorities and goals.
The way our food is produced, processed, transported, consumed, and disposed of has profound impacts on individual, community, and planetary health. Hospitals and health systems across the country are achieving their organizational priorities by focusing on food-related initiatives.
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Core values for a better food system
These values underpin the goals… Read More
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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.