Tools and resources

HealthPartners EV Philosophy

• Exemplary Document
• HealthPartners
• Transportation
• Electric Vehicles
• Policy

HealthPartners is committed to supporting sustainable transportation, including accommodating electric vehicles on our campuses. As an enterprise, we intend to offer EV charging at facilities where this is reasonably possible and where the need has been identified.

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HealthPartners Supply Chain Services Policies 2016

• HealthPartners
• Exemplary Document
• Policy
• Supply Chain
• Transportation
• Fleet Vehicles

HealthPartner's policy on vehicle fleet management. This guidance includes steps to ensure a consistent purchasing process that takes advantage of volume discounts, best pricing, and promotes standardization as well as communication about options for maintenance and repairs to fleet vehicles and the re-use and proper disposal of vehicles.

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MSK 511 Rideshare Portal

• Exemplary Document
• Memorial Sloan Kettering
• Transportation
• Presentation

This resource is a screenshot of the portal to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Rideshare matching service, a collaboration of MSK and 511NY, the New York State Department of Transportation’s travel service. The service aims to assist employees who are looking to be a "greener" commuter, save money, or get to work when their regular commute is interrupted.

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Nissan LEAF Sept 30

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document
• UCSF
• Poster

Exemplary document of a promotional offering to UCSF students, faculty, and staff on the purchase of a Nissan LEAF. Qualified individuals can receive up to $20,000 off.

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EPP Criteria for Autos

• Transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Policy
• Purchasing

Memo from the State of California informing its agencies that solar reflective colors (white, silver metallic and gold metallic) are now mandatory to order on all light-duty passenger vehicles unless specifically exempted. Studies have shown that darker colors can raise a vehicle’s cabin temperature significantly, thereby requiring greater use of the air conditioning system and increasing fuel…

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Transportation checklist

• Transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Toolkit
• Checklist

(Transportation toolkit) The following checklist is an accumulation of transportation strategies gathered during a review of best transportation practices among Practice Greenhealth members, and via online, publicly sourced literature review. Practice Greenhealth would like to acknowledge and thank these organizations for sharing those resources. The checklist has been designed to provide a quick…

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Advocate FAQs - Courier Stop Changes v.2

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Communications
• Policy

As part of the ongoing efforts to improve operational standardization and to decrease operating costs, Advocate will be reducing the number of courier stops, and in some instances, changing stop times at sites across the system. This change will result in significant savings, and it extends Advocate’s commitment to environmental stewardship by reducing its carbon footprint. This action will…

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Transportation definitions

• Transportation
• Toolkit
• Definitions

(Transportation toolkit) Definitions of terms used to describe transportation considerations including fuel-efficient transport, renewable energy options, and terms common to the transportation supply chain. 

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Ambulance Engine Idle Reduction

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document

Medidock provides an alternative to idling the ambulance on the hospital campus, generating power for key ambulance needs at a lower cost than running the engine.

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UH Celebrate 2016 Sustainable Transportation

• Poster
• Exemplary Document
• Transportation
• University Hospitals

University Hospital poster for 2016: The Year of Sustainable Transportation event

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