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Patel (she/her) is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine and executive director at the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, which represents 56 major medical societies and 29 state clinician groups who work to advocate, communicate, and educate on climate change as a crisis of public health. She is also a member of the executive committee for the AAP's council on environmental health and climate change, and a board member for Our Children's Trust and Undaunted K12. Patel is a former Presidential Management Fellow with the EPA. She has been… Read More
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Schoen (she/her) is a community radiologist at the University of Michigan, Climate and Health Fellow at Health Care Without Harm, and Climate and Health Policy Fellow at the University of Colorado. She is founder and chair of Radiologists for a Sustainable Future, part of the Health Care Without Harm Physician Network. Schoen is a member of several radiology society sustainability task forces including the Radiological Society of North America, Association of Academic Radiology, and American College of Radiology, where she serves as co-chair. Schoen served as a guest editor for the Journal of… Read More
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Wohlford (she/her) is the director of sustainability at Carilion Clinic, where she has been leading sustainability efforts for more than 10 years. She oversees programs for the health care system that reduce inefficiencies and waste, and promote environmental sustainability. Wohlford conceptualized and proposed her current position, created a work structure for sustainability for Carilion’s seven hospitals, and developed the Carilion Clinic environmental stewardship council. Wohlford’s programs increase recycling, decrease energy utilization, decrease natural resource consumption, and divert… Read More
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Armand (she/her) practices primary care at Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Healthcare Center. She co-directs Primary Care Office Insite, a resource hub available to clinical teams and patients across Mass General Brigham. Armand is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, affiliated faculty at Harvard Chan Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE), a contributing editor at Harvard Health Publications, and on the board of directors for Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. She received her medical degree and residency training from… Read More
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Leading U.S. hospitals recognized for transforming health care's response to the climate crisisRESTON, VA (DATE) – We are living through a historic convergence of global crises. Among them, the climate crisis stands as humanity's most urgent and widespread health threat – and also the greatest opportunity in a century to advance public health. Health care, with its healing mission and responsibility to protect community well-being, must lead the way toward a sustainable, low-carbon, and resilient future.Practice Greenhealth is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Environmental… Read More
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CleanMed 2025 took place in person at in Atlanta May 6-8. CleanMed featured a STAT! Talks plenary session, a series of captivating, 10-minute talks, featuring thought-provoking stories on a variety of health care sustainability topics.Investing in sustainable health care clinician education, Dr. Wynne Armand Clinical care is the largest factor driving health care GHG emissions, yet health systems are rarely informing their clinicians of these climate impacts. Hear lessons learned from a hospital-wide physician quality incentive program addressing this issue. From bedside to… Read More
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We updated our free Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator to make it easier for health care organizations to capture a detailed map of their greenhouse gas emissions and hosted a live walkthrough with our expert. They guided participants through a quickstart tutorial on completing a GHG inventory and demonstrated the calculator’s new simplified features.Attendees learned how to assess key emissions areas like energy use, medical waste, and patient transport to help measure what matters and make meaningful progress on their sustainability goals. They brought their questions and discovered… Read More
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A public health nurse by training, Kasey completed her doctoral studies in health innovation and leadership at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, focusing on planetary health, global nursing leadership, and health care design. She previously held health care innovation and design roles at the American Nurses Enterprise and Ariadne Labs, as well as roles spanning health care, public health, and nursing education, and has been involved in local, national, and international climate advocacy efforts. She lives just south of Boston and spends her free time volunteering for a local… Read More
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In support of our mission to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve, Legacy Health Supply Chain staff are committed to the principles of Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP). We will evaluate products and services for conformance to these principles (e.g., waste, toxicity). Legacy is committed to seeking suppliers that develop environmentally friendly products that are price competitive and that are manufactured using environmentally responsible processes.
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