Tools and resources

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Responding to customer demand

• Case Study
• Food

  “I just wanted to send some quick feedback about the menu.  The new lentils dish along with the tofu today were both fantastic!  I also especially like when you have legume-based salads as part of the salad bar.  In any case, thank you so much for continually expanding the healthy vegetarian options!”  - Medical resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical…

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How Stony Brook University Hospital reduced pharmaceutical waste

• Case Study
• Stony Brook University Hospital
• Less Waste
• Waste

  The problem It is estimated that over 30 million people in the United States, or roughly 10% of Americans, have diabetes. About 30% of people who have been diagnosed with diabetes are managed with some form of insulin. Additionally, many critically ill hospitalized patients who have not been diagnosed with diabetes will require insulin while in the hospital. It is therefore no surprise that…

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Overlook Medical Center: Challenging customers to 'try something different'

• Case Study
• Food

  "Adding novelty to an item can entice an individual to try something that they may not otherwise try." - Michael Atanasio, Overlook Medical Center  Overlook Medical Center in New Jersey is a signatory of the Cool Food Pledge, a new platform to help hospitals offer diners more of what they want while slashing food-related greenhouse gas emissions.  Overlook is one of 64 signatories from…

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Climate co-benefits of healthy food access interventions

• Community Benefit and Wellness
• Food
• Tool

(Health Care Without Harm) This issue brief provides an introduction to bringing climate risks into the community health needs assessment process and identifying valuable climate co-benefits of new or existing food-related initiatives in the community benefit implementation strategy.  By aligning environmental stewardship activities at the hospital with community health activities, there is a…

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Evaluating healthy food access interventions

• Community Benefit and Wellness
• Food
• Tool

(Health Care Without Harm) This brief contains recommendations to assist community benefit staff and community partners in conducting program evaluation for healthy food access programs. It contains guidance for evaluation planning and links out to validated, frequently used surveys and data collection tools to bolster support for programs nationally and develop a common set of indicators,…

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Data sources to assess food access, environments, and behaviors

• Community Benefit and Wellness
• Food
• Tool

(Health Care Without Harm) This brief provides an overview of secondary data sources to assess food access, food environments, and diet-related health needs commonly used in community health needs assessments (CHNAs), along with some less frequently utilized sources that may complement widely used measures.  The brief also discusses recommendations for collecting primary data on food-related…

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Engaging the community to understand food needs

• Community Benefit and Wellness
• Food

(Health Care Without Harm) Understanding the built, social, and economic environments in which community members make food decisions as well as the availability of resources to meet daily food needs is critical to effectively address rising rates of diet-related health conditions. Efforts to improve healthy food access and promote healthier community food environments can have a significant…

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Washington State Department of Transportation guide to employee surveys

• Transportation
• Employee transportation
• Guide

(Washington State Department of Transportation) As the employee transportation coordinator or onsite coordinator for your commute trip reduction (CTR) program, you already understand how important this program is to the employees you represent. The CTR survey is one of the most significant contributions toward growing and sustaining an effective, successful CTR program. The feedback from your…

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Hospital highlight: Harborview Medical Center

• Anesthetic Gas
• Greening the Operating Room
• Greenhouse Gas
• Clinician engagement
• Case Study

(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Purchasing new anesthesia machines presented an opportunity for the sustainability and anesthesia teams at Harborview Medical Center to partner with supply chain and clinical engineering to select equipment with environmental attributes like fresh gas flow monitors. New machines helped the organization reduce GHG emissions and costs related to anesthetic gases.

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Hospital highlight: Seattle Children’s Hospital

• Anesthetic Gas
• Case Study
• Greenhouse Gas
• Greening the Operating Room
• Clinician engagement

(Anesthetic gas toolkit) As a teaching hospital, Seattle Children’s has a high volume of new residents and anesthesia providers, posing a challenge for education and compliance. Learn about the thorough monthly orientation and education strategy they used to reduce GHG emissions from anesthesia. 

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