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Join our expert Keith Edgerton for quick, digestible advice on calculating a complete greenhouse gas inventory. This 75-minute real-time solutions forum gave partners tips and tricks from other Practice Greenhealth partners. This session specifically focused on Scope 3 categories 5 (waste generated in operations), 8 (upstream leased assets), 11 (use of sold products), 13 (downstream leased assets), and 15 (investments).
Type: Event
Last year, Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm guided hundreds of hospitals and health systems across the United States to write climate resilience plans in alignment with the HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge. This session will provide a brief overview of the HHS Pledge and summarize key lessons to help you through each stage of a resilience planning process. Planners from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Seattle Children’s will share takeaways from their climate resilience planning processes and perspectives on the value and the future of their plans.
Type: Event
As a member of Health Care Without Harm’s U.S. Climate and Health team, Dresser’s work focuses primarily on climate mitigation and resilience projects in Massachusetts. Current initiatives in Massachusetts include the Boston Green Ribbon Commission Healthcare Working Group, where partner health care systems collaborate on their latest climate challenges. His background includes natural resource management and community-centric project management. He has an MBA in social impact from Boston University and a B.S. from the University of Maine.
Type: Event Presenters
Reducing water consumption is a great place for hospitals and health systems to start improving their environmental impact and sustainability practices. There are many reasons water is and should be an area of focus:
Hospitals use approximately 7% of all water use in commercial and institutional U.S. facilities, which is costly when the price of water has slowly been rising over the last decade.
By 2030, it’s estimated that global water supply will only be able to meet 60 percent of our population’s needs.
Though hospitals are often exempted from water conservation regulations in times… Read More
Type: Basic page
Medical devices and equipment cost more than their initial purchase price. Maintenance, energy demands, disposal costs, and other long-term costs of ownership can drastically change the lifetime price tag of products and equipment.
The tool provides a framework to assess the financial costs and bring hidden costs to the surface, including:
Maintenance
Use
Disposal
Looking at the maintenance, use, and disposal costs to an organization means looking at costs, such as:
Energy use, water consumption, fuel, and waste disposal
Cleaning
Consumables
Taking all of these factors into account… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm guided hundreds of hospitals and health systems across the United States to write climate resilience plans in alignment with the HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge.
This recording will provide a brief overview of the HHS Pledge and summarize key lessons to help you through each stage of a resilience planning process. Planners from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Seattle Children’s will share takeaways from their climate resilience planning processes and perspectives on the value and the future of their plans.
Type: Resources
Gwyneth is a seasoned management professional with over 20 years of experience in public health, hospital administration, and higher education. She recently joined Practice Greenhealth after nine years as a director of professional operations at Boston Medical Center. She also worked in the Center for Clinical Effectiveness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health, and for the procurement departments of Yale University and Harvard University. She has extensive experience with change management, communications, metrics… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
38 case studies & guidance on sustainable health care
“It’s very exciting to be part of a strategy that is so ambitious and future thinking. It inspires us as health care workers to play our part in helping our district to achieve the goals we’ve set out.” – Amy Bernotas, Anaesthetic & Recovery Nurse, Hunter New England, Australia
Health Care Without Harm and partners convened health care organizations from 17 countries around the world to share their stories of proven practices and step-by-step guidance for dramatically reducing greenhouse gases and protecting life-giving… Read More
Type: Press
Chemicals are found throughout the health care setting, from conventional cleaning products to furniture that releases hazards into the air over time. Scientific evidence continues to grow about the potential impact of hazardous chemicals on human health. A few reasons to be concerned include the following:
Virtually all people are exposed regularly to a complex mixture of industrial chemicals and other hazardous pollutants, according to government studies.
Many commonly used chemicals are linked to a wide range of negative health effects, including cancer, birth defects, and infertility,… Read More
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Kervi brings several years of experience across diverse HR functions. Her journey at Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth began as an intern, before she was promoted to HR and administrative coordinator and then people and culture manager. She previously served in a local government HR role, advising on employee relations matters and conducting investigations. When not spending time with her kids and husband, she enjoys outdoor adventures, trying new restaurants, attending musical performances, and kicking back with a good book.
Type: Staff
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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 1,700 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.