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John (he/him) is a corporate sustainability professional with over 10 years of experience focusing on renewable energy, data analytics, and the built environment. He enjoys serving as the bridge and translator for those who understand the benefits associated with sustainability and those who are at the beginning of understanding the opportunities that lay ahead.
Type: Event Presenters
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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Regulated medical waste, also called red bag waste, biohazard waste, or infectious medical waste is one of the most expensive waste streams to manage.
Though it can make up less than 8 percent of a hospital’s total waste production, it can cost more than 40 percent of their waste management budgets to handle.
Over the last 20 years, we’ve learned a lot about the impacts of regulated medical waste and its disposal from the hospitals we work with.
By narrowing down the scope of regulated medical waste into several sub-categories based on levels of risk they pose, hospitals can more narrowly… Read More
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Adam (he/him) is the Sustainability Manager at SSM Healthcare, a healthcare system consisting of 23 hospitals and over 600 medical facilities across Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Adam is responsible for various environmental sustainability initiatives, including reducing SSM Health’s carbon footprint to Net Zero by 2050. Adam holds a degree in Architectural Sustainability from Boston Architectural College, where he completed an award-winning thesis on “How Cultural Sustainability helps to overcome marginalization and gentrification.” Adam is also passionate about serving the… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is here to guide your health care organization to integrate sustainability as a strategic priority and become a change agent for creating healthier, sustainable, and more resilient communities.
Health care organizations and companies of all sizes are realizing the many benefits that come from embedding sustainability into their operations including efficiency improvements, cost savings, reduced regulatory risk, enhanced employee engagement and retention, greater stakeholder satisfaction, improved public health, and public relations gains.
Following key elements of a… Read More
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At Practice Greenhealth, we’re dedicated to coaching hospitals through their sustainability journey by targeting key areas like operating rooms. Anesthetic gases, like desflurane, are crucial in surgeries but can also be significant contributors to the climate crisis. To address this, our partner hospitals and health systems are prioritizing the reduction and elimination of one of the most costly anesthetic gases with the highest global warming potential – desflurane.
But there’s great news, according to our Sustainability Benchmark Report – 40% of our partners have eliminated desflurane… Read More
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Catch the latest episode of Fierce Healthcare: Podnosis, featuring two of our experts, Dr. Ted Schettler and Dr. Emily Sbiroli. They dive into the plastics crisis and how it’s impacting health care, and explore potential solutions and share real-world examples of innovations in the health sector to address this issue.
"There are many opportunities in health care for getting rid of single-use plastics that wouldn't have any impact on patient care"
– Dr. Ted Schettler
Dr. Schettler, one of our science advisers, brings decades of experience to the table, while Dr. Sbiroli, recognized as… Read More
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Health care systems have unique responsibilities when it comes to making sure building design and construction is sustainable and safe for staff, patients, and other occupants, including making sure:
People with any ability or disability may move around freely and safely
The facility stands ready for any emergency and is prepared to provide continuous care no matter the external circumstances
The indoor and exterior environments maximize patient healing and decrease the length of stay
The indoor environment does not expose staff or patients to pollutants and chemicals of concern
The… Read More
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Callender is an organizational sociologist with more than 10 years of experience building networks and leaders. Her international and intercultural experience informs her current work focused on DEIB, cross-cultural communications, building high performance, and organizational development. Her experience includes leading the “Addressing Inequality” initiative at the United Nations, the largest and most successful consultation in UN history. Most recently, Callender served as the head of diversity, equity, and inclusion for Thinx, Inc. In her free time, she is dedicated to maintaining her… Read More
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Tim comes to us from Climate XChange, where he led their in-state team and local policy work as the Massachusetts state director, led the Green Future Now coalition, and authored the Green Future Act. He also worked as a policy manager for the Climate Action Business Association, a business round table that organized the private sector on clean energy and climate resilience. Tim enjoys exploring local bookstores and state parks with his partner. He can be regularly found volunteering for something in his hometown of Weymouth or being meowed at by his cat.
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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.