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This vetted list of criteria meets the definition of sustainable eggs for Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth.
Type: Resources
This vetted list of criteria and third-party certifications meets the definition of sustainable meat and poultry for Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth.
Type: Resources
Hackensack University Medical Center’s annual food and beverage budget is $5 million with an estimated $1.5 million spend on meat and poultry. They serve more than 2.8 million meals annually. In only 18 months, Hackensack University Medical Center now leads the country in achieving a 98 percent benchmark of meat and poultry raised without routine antibiotics. Leadership is driving change through their GPO and the broader marketplace so other hospitals can have access to and benefit from purchasing these products. The medical center received significant media attention for their leadership and… Read More
Type: Resources
(Health Care Without Harm) Across the country, health professionals are developing resolutions calling for an end to the procurement of meat produced with the routine (non-therapeutic) use of medically important antibiotics, to preserve the efficacy of these drugs for human medicine. Health Care Without Harm has developed a toolkit of helpful resources for facilities.
The toolkit includes a how-to guide for organizing the development and passage of a resolution in your facility, professional association or medical society; and sample resolution templates.
Type: Resources
There are numerous ways that hospitals can provide community benefit support for healthy food access programs. This brief outlines nine common role categories — and on-the-ground examples — that hospitals are playing in support of these programs:
Provide grant support
Provide use of hospital facilities
Conduct food insecurity or health screening
Conduct nutrition, food, or cooking education
Provide staff or financial support for program evaluation
Provide staff support for grant writing or securing sustainable funding of community benefit initiatives
Manage or coordinate a program or… Read More
Type: Resources
For the first time, we’re providing all Practice Greenhealth members with access to view the more than 60 CleanMed sessions for free. Take advantage of this added member benefit to learn from and be inspired by colleagues and experts from across the country to advance your sustainability goals.
Visit the Greenhealth Academy to access the CleanMed 2018 sessions.
You can also check out and share CleanMed photos, including Environmental Excellence Award winners. Please attribute images to Practice Greenhealth.
Type: Press
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.
For hospitals purchasing equipment that use resources, the calculator will provide them with the true cost of the device over its lifespan.– Dana Farber Cancer Institute, senior director of supply chain
Type: Toolkit
(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Below are some common questions individuals may have when using the Greenhealth cost of ownership (GCO) calculator.
How can I choose which types of products to assess in the GCO calculator?
Where can I find data that I don't have?
How can I approach suppliers to ask for some of this data?
Which discount rate should I choose?
How can I convert from uses per patient to uses per year?
Does the calculator provide guidance on unit conversions?
What can I do if the results I get when using the tool are zero?
How can I interpret and communicate the… Read More
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The huge quantities of medicines ending up as waste or in aquatic systems are a major environmental health issue. The increasing documentation of low dose effects makes pharmaceuticals a priorityarea from an environmental health perspective.
Type: Resources
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