Practice Greenhealth

Tools and resources

Energy efficiency in the OR: HVAC setback checklist

  • Greening the Operating Room
  • Tool
  • Checklist
Use this worksheet to identify key stakeholders and plan for and implement an HVAC setback program that meets your needs. Suggested key departments are listed with topics that could be used to aid in discussion. Some questions or factors may not be realized unless the conversation is started. There is no one-size-fits-all solution—each facility and team is unique and needs a program that meets…

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Empowering employees to green their office space at UC San Francisco Medical Center

  • Employee engagement
  • UCSF
  • Employees Case Study
  • Case Study
  • Engaged Leadership
  • Toolkit
(Employee engagement toolkit) University of California Medical Center San Francisco engages staff to bring sustainability programming to the next level through certification, awards, communications, and education. The goal of the engagement strategies is to show that leadership is supportive of environmental initiatives and that they are encouraged to act to support sustainability programs.

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Case study

Guidelines on sustainable product selection

  • Sustainable procurement
  • Cost of Ownership
  • Guide
  • Toolkit
(Greenhealth Cost of Ownership toolkit) Specific examples of the types of products to consider to assess a product's total cost of ownership along with associated costs that would be a factor in an assessment.

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Hackensack University Medical Center Sustainability Certification program

  • Employees Case Study
  • Employee engagement
  • Hackensack University Medical Center
  • Case Study
  • Engaged Leadership
  • Toolkit
(Employee engagement toolkit) Hackensack University Medical Center's Sustainability Certification program includes a one-hour lecture and thirty minutes for discussion. The educational content is in alignment with the Practice Greenhealth's six-category framework: Engaged leadership, leaner energy, healthier food, less Waste, safer chemicals, and smarter purchasing. The lecture connects these…

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Case study

Leadership spotlight: Lloyd Dean

  • Dignity Health
  • Engaged Leadership
  • Leadership
Leaders learn best from their peers. The Leadership spotlight profiles highlight engaged leaders and engage other hospitals and health systems. These leaders recognize the opportunity for personal and organizational transformation and are ready to walk, talk and envision a healthier future – a future where planetary and human health are interconnected – where the Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm" …

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Leadership spotlight: Leslie Davis

  • Engaged Leadership
  • Leadership
Leaders learn best from their peers. The Leadership spotlight profiles highlight engaged leaders and engage other hospitals and health systems. These leaders recognize the opportunity for personal and organizational transformation and are ready to walk, talk and envision a healthier future – a future where planetary and human health are interconnected – where the Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm" …

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Leadership spotlight: Jeffrey Thompson

  • Engaged Leadership
  • Leadership
  • Gundersen
Leaders learn best from their peers. The Leadership spotlight profiles highlight engaged leaders and engage other hospitals and health systems. These leaders recognize the opportunity for personal and organizational transformation and are ready to walk, talk and envision a healthier future – a future where planetary and human health are interconnected – where the Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm" …

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Landscaping integrated pest management template contract

  • Integrated pest management
  • Guide
  • Buildings
  • Green Building
  • Sustainable procurement
  • Chemicals
Generic template for contracting integrated pest management for landscaping services at a health care facility. 

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Environmental considerations for lab equipment using reagents

  • EPP
  • EPP Resource
  • Sustainable procurement
  • Greening the Operating Room
  • Guide
Many autoanalyzers and other laboratory equipment consume reagents. In some cases, the equipment warranty is voided if non-approved reagents are used, or the equipment is provided on loan for free as long as the facility purchases the appropriate reagents. Thus, it is important, when selecting laboratory equipment, to ask for information about the environmental attributes of the reagents that…

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Inova Health System Green Ambassador program

  • Employees Case Study
  • Case Study
  • Inova Health
  • Toolkit
(Employee engagement toolkit) The Green Ambassador program trains and certifies Inova employees in sustainability, specifically initiatives and activities which reduce environmental impact and promote health and well-being for patients, employees and the larger community. The goal of the program is to develop a culture of sustainability throughout the organization and incorporate sustainability…

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Case study

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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the health care value chain.