Tools and resources

Advocate 2020 A3 Strategy 2016

• Green Building
• Engaged Leadership
• Exemplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Report

The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) is a comprehensive national campaign to implement and improve environmental health and sustainability in the health care sector. To achieve 100% of the HHI goals, Advocate Health Care aims to implement proven environmental practices as standard processes and procedures, which contribute to improved patient outcomes, workplace safety, illness prevention,…

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Advocate's environmentally preferred purchasing policy, 2016

• EPP
• Exemplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Supply Chain
• Sustainable procurement

View Advocate Health Care system's environmentally preferred purchasing policy, prepared by supply chain management for the entire system in 2016.

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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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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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Advocate Health Care: Food resolution antibiotics

• Food
• Antimicrobial
• EPP
• Purchasing
• Advocate Health Care
• Exemplary Document

While Advocate has a robust antimicrobial stewardship program for prescribing practices, the organization continues to purchase meat, poultry, seafood and dairy products that are produced with large amounts of non-therapeutic antibiotics. Their goal is to adopt a system-wide food procurement policy that includes the preferential purchasing of meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products produced…

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University of Washington Medical Center: Food resolution antibiotics

• Food
• Antibiotics
• Exemplary Document
• University of Washington
• Exemplary Document

Antibiotic resistance directly impacts patient care in the hospital setting as an increasing number of hospital-acquired infections are now caused by highly resistant bacteria. This threat is growing in healthcare due to the widespread use of antibiotics, much of which is given needlessly and non-therapeutically to animals intended for food. University of Washington Medical Center is trying to …

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Kaiser Permanente: Sustainable food policy

• Food
• Environmental Nutrition
• Food Service
• Exemplary Document
• Kaiser Permanente

This is a sustainable food policy for Kaiser Permanente Health System.  Kaiser Permanente aspires to improve the health of our members, employees, our communities and the environment by increasing access to fresh, healthy food in and around KP facilities. Kaiser Permanente supports food systems that are ecologically sound, economically viable and socially responsible by the way food is purchased…

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Washington Hospital and Healthcare: Sustainable food policy

• Food
• Environmental Nutrition
• Food Service
• Exemplary Document
• Washington Hospital

This is a sustainable food policy from Washington Hospital and Healthcare. In accordance with Washington Hospital Healthcare System’s Statement of Environmental Goals, we will strive to be an environmental leader in a manner that protects environmental and human health. In establishing a healthy and sustainable food policy, Washington Hospital recognizes its responsibility to carry out its…

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University of Washington Medical Center: Sustainable food services policy

• Food
• Environmental Nutrition
• Food Service
• Exemplary Document
• University of Washington Medical Center

This is a sustainable food services policy from the University of Washington Medical Center. Implicit in the University of Washington Medical Center’s (UWMC) mission statement is its “commitment to the ongoing health of the people of the region.” This is a commitment to the wellbeing of UWMC patients, staff, visitors, students, the City of Seattle and the broader Northwest community it serves.…

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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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