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We previously announced the expansion of the Practice Greenhealth network to industry partners by inviting value chain partners like manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, government agencies, nonprofits, and higher education to join.
Our new industry partner levels are affiliate (basic and premium), allied, and academic. Our hospital and health system levels remain the same. Organizations that join as industry partners will gain access to the same exclusive opportunities and resources as our hospital and health system partners.
We’d like to welcome our industry partners to Practice… Read More
Type: Press
A 2020 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) survey of more than 3,000 people across eight countries has found that in the wake of the pandemic, people are now more concerned – not less – about addressing environmental challenges and are more committed to changing their own behavior to advance sustainability.
These survey results clearly translate to health care.
Implementing sustainability initiatives and climate-smart strategies in health care facilities is challenging work, as those who are leading or involved in these efforts know first-hand. However, we know this work gets a little easier when… Read More
Type: Press
Nikhil Sahni is a partner at McKinsey and Company, advising health care organizations on corporate strategy, business-unit strategy, inorganic growth, and operational efficiency, and a leader in McKinsey’s Center for U.S. Health System Reform. Sahni serves as a fellow with Professor David Cutler at the Harvard University department of economics. In his previous role as senior director of strategy, planning, and operations at a health care IT company, he helped raise $25 million and tripled the company’s size. As policy director of cost trends and special projects for the Massachusetts Health… Read More
Type: Staff
[Plant-Forward Future] Educate and encourage your diners with these resources that explain the environmental benefits of choosing a plant-forward meal.
Type: Resources
With years of experience in health care sustainability program development and green building advocacy, Matt is inspired by how the environments we create can support wellness. He understands that while hospitals navigate their own sustainability initiatives, they can draw on the success of peers facing similar challenges to find a way forward. Based in Ohio near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Matt enjoys playing soccer and finding new ways to explore the world with his wife, baby, and dog.
Type: Staff
Once a quarter, up to four affiliate premium partners will be featured in an interactive session with breakouts to introduce, share, and spark conversation with the Practice Greenhealth network at large. Affiliate partners are manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, or other supply chain partners. As a key player in the health care supply chain, collaboration is paramount to our work.
“I really enjoyed the information and plan to share it with my colleagues.”
– Forum participant
Affiliate premium partners may share information about their company's sustainability efforts and… Read More
Type: Basic page
Presented by Health Care Without Harm in partnership with the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, this five-part virtual grand rounds series explores strategies to reduce health care emissions and features the leadership of climate-smart clinicians and researchers.
During the sessions participants will learn about:
Strategies to achieve net-zero health care emissions
Opportunities to bring climate-smart health care to the bedside
Emerging research that supports health care decarbonization
Register now for upcoming sessions and view summaries and recordings of past sessions… Read More
Type: Press
Finalists revealed, winner to be announced at CleanMed 2022
The 2021 Health Care Culinary Contest broke new barriers for plant-forward cooking, and our five finalists took the proverbial cake with plant-forward recipes as innovative and diverse as the chefs who created them.
NYU Langone Health’s butternut squash & green pea farrotto
Peace Health Saint Joseph’s Shoyu beet poke bowl
Stanford Hospital’s wild mushroom birria
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System’s curry sweet potato power crunch bowl
UW Health’s Afghan-style vegetable korma
We will announce the winning recipe and… Read More
Type: Press
Tim comes to us with diverse experience in climate and energy-focused policy and advocacy. His previous climate work includes roles at Climate XChange Education & Research and CABA-US, a business roundtable focused on clean energy and climate resilience. Most recently Tim led Health Care Without Harm’s Massachusetts work, including convening health sector leadership bodies for the Green Ribbon Commission and the City of Boston. Tim lives with his partner and their two crazy cats in his hometown of Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Type: Staff
After listening to our network partners, we've enhanced the way we guide partners to integrate sustainability as a strategic priority while expanding peer learning, networking, and access to industry experts. Investing in the Practice Greenhealth network and the broader health care sustainability movement positions hospital and health system partners as change agents in creating healthier, sustainable, and more resilient communities.
This new approach will:
Strengthen health care sustainability fundamentals
Accelerate adoption and performance
Transform your… Read More
Type: Basic page
Join Practice Greenhealth
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.
Who We Are
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.