Tools and resources

NorthShore University Health System: Community benefit report

• Food
• Engaged Leadership
• Exemplary Document
• Community Benefit
• NorthShore University Health System

This exemplary document describes findings of the community health needs assessment, the implementation plan, and how NorthShore University HealthSystem addressed community needs through community benefit programming, projects, and partnerships.  At NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore), we believe in serving and investing in the health and well-being of people who live in our…

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University of Vermont Medical Center: Community benefit report

• Food
• Engaged Leadership
• Exemplary Document
• Community Benefit
• UVM Medical Center
• University of Vermont Medical Center

This exemplary document describes findings of the community health needs assessment, the implementation plan, and how the University of Vermont Medical Center addressed community needs through community benefit programming, projects, and partnerships. 

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Virginia Mason: Community benefit report

• Food
• Engaged Leadership
• Exemplary Document
• Virginia Mason
• Community Benefit

This exemplary document describes findings of the community health needs assessment, the implementation plan, and how Virginia Mason addressed community needs through community benefit programming, projects, and partnerships. 

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Bronson Healthcare: Serving local eggs

• Food
• Food and Beverage Purchasing
• Food Case Study
• Case Study
• Bronson Healthcare

Bronson Healthcare,the largest employer in southwest Michigan, serves nearly two million meals per year. Bronson Healthcare has a goal to source 70 percent of their food locally.

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Gundersen Health System: Tech-based measuring for food waste prevention

• Food
• Food Case Study
• Case Study
• Gundersen
• Waste
• Food
• food waste
• Toolkit

 A Practice Greenhealth Case Study “If you can do something to reduce the waste, you’re doing the right thing for the environment, you’re saving money, and you’re doing something that’s socially responsible. It’s a win-win-win all the way around.”  – Tom Thompson. Gundersen Health Systems' baseline revealed they were throwing out an average of half a ton of food every week — approximately 24…

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Gundersen Health System: Tech-based measuring for food waste prevention

• Food
• Food Case Study
• Case Study
• Gundersen
• Waste
• Food
• food waste
• Toolkit

 A Practice Greenhealth Case Study “If you can do something to reduce the waste, you’re doing the right thing for the environment, you’re saving money, and you’re doing something that’s socially responsible. It’s a win-win-win all the way around.”  – Tom Thompson. Gundersen Health Systems' baseline revealed they were throwing out an average of half a ton of food every week — approximately 24…

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HealthPartners: Composting and animal feeding to reduce food waste

• Food
• Case Study
• HealthPartners
• food waste
• Waste
• Toolkit

A Practice Greenhealth Case Study “Organics recycling and food waste diversion remain very important to us, and we are slowly but surely working to expand both the number of facilities with organics recycling and the types of materials that can be recycled.” – Allison Egan, HealthPartners Sustainability Consultant HealthPartners wanted to reduce sending organic waste to the landfill. They…

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Advocate Health Care: Introduction of antibiotic-free meat

• Food
• Antibiotics
• Exemplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Food Tool

Advocate Health Care provides a list of frequently asked questions and answers about phasing in antibiotic-free meat to their hospital as part of their environmental stewardship and antibiotic stewardship programs.  

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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center: Local food procurement and provision

• Food
• Food and Beverage Purchasing
• Food Case Study
• Case Study
• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) has been working to change its food offerings to more nutritious and locally sourced and sustainable meals since 2009. The FNS department has expanded its network of New England vendors to provide greens, baked goods, eggs, meat, and dairy to customers.

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10 ways to drink water model flyers and poster

• Food
• Exemplary Document
• Amery Hospital
• Poster

A better option for hydration and quenching thirst than sugar-sweetened beverages is water, and in the United States, tap water has been proven to be just as safe, or safer, than the bottled version.  This poster from Amery Hospital displays 10 ways to make drinking water more flavorful.   

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