Tools and resources

Connecting climate and human health poster template

• Climate and Health
• Print Materials
• Poster
• Tool

Practice Greenhealth provides a template that can be edited to make a poster on climate and human health. Use the increasing levels of ozone smog and local data on asthma and respiratory disease to illustrate how climate and human health intersect.

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Greenhealth cost of ownership facility costs data template

• Cost of Ownership
• Sustainable procurement
• Toolkit
• Tool

(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Use this template to know your organization's cost for utilities and services and apply these costs for a more comprehensive cost analysis. These costs can be reused for each assessment.

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HIPAA Compliant Data Amendment - sample

• Waste
• Recycling
• Waste Management

Sample HIPAA compliant data amendment for use in contracts with suppliers. 

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Greenhealth cost of ownership product use data template

• Cost of Ownership
• Tool
• Toolkit
• Sustainable procurement

(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Use this template to capture data for the product scenarios planned for an assessment in the Greenhealth cost of ownership product use data template. 

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Greening the OR: Savings, trends, opportunities

• Greening the Operating Room
• Webinar

While crucial to patient care, the surgical department for many health care facilities can be a huge source of energy consumption, waste generation, and supply expenses, not to mention greenhouse gas emissions. During this call, we’ll examine the most recent Practice Greenhealth benchmark data and highlight national trends. We’ll share success stories from leading hospitals and lessons to bring…

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Data 101 series: Energy benchmarking – how to conduct an energy baseline

• Energy
• Webinar

Don’t know your hospital’s energy utilization index or Energy Star score? No problem. The Healthier Hospitals Leaner Energy Challenge, a program within Practice Greenhealth, has all the tools and tips to get a hospital started. Level 1 encourages facilities to establish a baseline, empowering users to understand where their hospital is performing in national benchmarks.

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Webinar: Detailed assessments of consumable/reusable goods using the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator

• Cost of Ownership
• Webinar
• Sustainable procurement
• Toolkit

(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) This webinar reviews and demos a detailed cost of ownership calculation on consumable/reusable goods. The speakers describe the data needed for a detailed assessment and the special considerations for consumable/reusable goods. Users view a demo, walking through a typical product scenario to fully understand how to use the calculator to compare consumable/…

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Webinar: Detailed assessments of durable goods using the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator

• Cost of Ownership
• Webinar
• Toolkit
• Sustainable procurement

(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) This webinar will review and demo a detailed cost of ownership calculation on durable goods. The speakers will describe the data needed for a detailed assessment and the special considerations for durable goods. Users will view a demo, walking through a typical product scenario to fully understand how to use the calculator.

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Webinar: Getting started with the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator

• Cost of Ownership
• Webinar
• Toolkit
• Sustainable procurement

(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Learn about the business case for using the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator and what product types are the best ones to target for an assessment. The GCO calculator provides a standard framework for evaluating and comparing the total costs to an organization of the products under consideration in the procurement process. Discover the data needed in…

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Connecting climate and human health poster template: Ohio example

• Poster
• Climate and Health

Practice Greenhealth provides a template that can be edited to make a poster on climate and human health. Use the increasing levels of ozone smog and local data on asthma and respiratory disease to illustrate how climate and human health intersect. This is an example of the poster with Ohio statistics.  

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