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Practice Greenhealth is the nation’s leading membership and networking organization for institutions in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices. Members include hospitals, healthcare systems, businesses and other stakeholders engaged in the greening of healthcare to improve the health of patients, staff and the environment. Join Now

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Extend Your Learning Experience at CleanMed
and attend these Special Programs

Pre-Conference

Tuesday, May 11, 2010; 9am – 12pm

Strategies for Greening the Operating Room

This pre-conference session will examine best-in-class strategies for reducing the environmental impact of the operating room (OR), along with potential cost-savings and worker safety improvements. The OR has one of the largest environmental footprints of any department across the hospital—generating huge amounts of medical waste, using large volumes of expensive (and often disposable) equipment and materials and requiring energy-intensive technologies that can be improved upon.

Get your questions answered and learn how your hospital can take a leadership role by piloting and implementing these cutting edge technologies and management strategies at your facility.

Post-Conference

Thursday, May 13, 2010; 2:30pm – 6:30pm

Implementing Sustainability in Healthcare Facilities

Presented by Practice Greenhealth and sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

How can you make an environmental sustainability program a practical reality for your facility? This program is focused on focused on giving busy healthcare professionals the tools they need to get a sustainability initiative off the ground. The session will be conducted by Cecilia DeLoach Lynn, Director of Sustainability Education and Training, Practice Greenhealth. An opportunity to interact and learn from people who have experience in hospitals all over the country, this workshop focuses on the practical aspects of ‘greening’ healthcare:

• The primary drivers for sustainability in healthcare; including an introduction to the “sustainability spectrum” in healthcare;
• How to set up an internal infrastructure to manage sustainability initiatives;
• How to develop a sustainability baseline and tips for developing priorities and goals;
• An overview of the sustainability tools and resources at your fingertips across the sector.

Register Now for CleanMed 2010
May 11-13, 2010 | Baltimore, MD | CleanMed.org

2010 Environmental Excellence Awards

Applications are now officially closed.

Practice Greenhealth appreciates all the effort you and your associates devote to driving healthcare to a sustainable future. With a record number of entries in this year’s program, we thank you for the time you have devoted to preparation of your Environmental Excellence Award applications.

Winners will be recognized during the gala celebration program, on May 12 at CleanMed in Baltimore.

Announcing Practice Greenhealth’s First Environmental Excellence Awards Metrics Benchmark Report

Useful for healthcare facilities to learn about Practice Greenhealth award-winning health care facilities’ environmental sustainability activity and material/waste data provided by Practice Greenhealth’s 60 2009 Partner for Change award winners.

• Environmental Excellence Awards Benchmark Report

• Join Practice Greenhealth to access this members-only report

Practice Greenhealth Business Member Listings Now Available

Find Practice Greenhealth Business Members that offer the green products and services you need in our new Business Member Listings

Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange Helps Hospitals Buy Clean Energy, Reduce Costs and Counteract Climate Change

In recent months, three U.S. hospitals signed energy contracts that will save more than $1.7 million in energy costs and provide them with up to ten percent clean energy. The green energy will avoid 11,829 metric tons of CO2 being released to our atmosphere, which is equivalent to taking 2,052 cars off the road or not burning 56 railcars’ worth of coal. These hospitals are among the first participants in Practice Greenhealth’s Clean Energy Solutions program, established to help the U.S. healthcare sector switch to cleaner, renewable energy sources. Read the full story (PDF).

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Upcoming Webinars

Mar 18

Greening Operations Series: EPP 101: Building a Successful and Cost-Effective Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program

Mar 19

Green Construction Series: Advanced Energy Design Guide for Health Care

Mar 25

Healthcare Suppliers: Trends in Healthcare Sustainability—Don’t Miss out On New Opportunities

Mar 26

Healthy Food in Healthcare: Creating a Menu of Change in your Food Service Operations

Apr 02

New Member Welcome to Practice Greenhealth

Apr 09

Greening Operations Series: Developing a Pharmaceutical Waste Management Program for Compliant, Safe and Sustainable Solutions

Apr 14

Introduction to Greenhealth Tracker

Apr 16

Green Construction Series: Pioneering the Platinum Path for Healthcare -A 2010 Update

May 07

10 Reasons to Join Practice Greenhealth

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