Establishing goals that align with overarching organizational strategy and rely upon data collection for benchmarking allows hospitals to generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability initiatives and improve resource efficiency.
The adoption of SMART goals has gained traction in health care in recent years. Health systems find including data governance in the goal setting process leads to improved alignment of goals with the overarching organizational mission, garners leadership buy-in, and allows for tracking progress against goals.
One-hundred percent of the 2023 Leadership Circle of Excellence Awards honorees have established an ongoing process for evaluating data and setting targets with associated key performance indicators.
Hospitals and health systems are often unsure whether data collection or goal setting should come first.
Introduction to data and goal setting
This on-demand session is part of the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series. Viewing it and taking a short quiz qualifies as one of four required sessions to receive the Sustainability Program Fundamentals Certificate of Completion.
Data governance
Practice Greenhealth offers core metrics & annual impact area benchmarks
A core set of sustainability performance metrics are provided for each impact area. Explore data and awards to learn more about comprehensive metrics to support programmatic tracking over time.
Thorough data collection tracking progress over time allows facilities and health systems to be recognized for their achievements. Practice Greenhealth hosts the annual Environmental Excellence Awards, helping sustainability programs gain recognition for their achievements and facilitating year-over-year comparison across numerous impact area benchmarks. Explore core areas for recognition, and guidance for data collection and opportunities for analysis over time.
