This tool is designed to assist health care providers in assessing the status of environmental best practices in the OR.
Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR initiative helps hospitals reduce environmental impact, decrease costs, increase efficiency, and improve worker and patient safety.
(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) The purpose of this tool is to support hospitals and group purchasing organizations in considering environmental costs in their procurement decision-making.
This is a checklist to help plan and implement an HVAC setback program
Health care’s response to climate change requires a multi-faceted, practical approach.
California government memo on purchasing and using only vehicles with solar reflective colors
Johns Hopkins Hospital reduced purchased meat by 15 percent overall in 2014 and then investing in purchasing healthier, more sustainably-produced meat products.
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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.