Press Releases
| Practice Greenhealth Launches Initiative for Greening the OR On April 27, 2010, in Scottsdale, AZ, Practice Greenhealth will convene a Symposium for Greening the OR, the first phase of an initiative to identify strategies to reduce the environmental footprint of the operating room, identify cost savings, and improve or maintain worker and patient safety. |
March 4, 2010 |
| Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council Partners with Practice Greenhealth The Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) has established a partnership with Practice Greenhealth (PGH), a non-profit, membership-based organization, dedicated to the reduction of the healthcare industry’s environmental impact through education, training and advocacy. The new partnership was created to mutually support environmentally sustainable health care operations and green building practices via education and training to be provided to MCHC’s membership. |
December 8, 2009 |
| Health Care Leaders Ask President Obama to Protect Public Health Letter calls attention to the impact of climate change on public health, and the resulting challenges to the health care sector. Those signing include the American Public Health Association, the American Nurses Association, and several other health organizations representing the interests of nearly three million health care professionals. Read the press release and download the letter. |
November 9, 2009 |
| Pickett Design Associates Joins National Health Organization Supporting Environmental Practices PIckett Design Associates is pleased to announce that it has made a significant commitment to environmental sustainability by joining Practice Greenhealth, a membership organization for institutions and businesses in the health care field who are engaged in reducing their environmental footprints. |
November 6, 2009 |
| Vestara Joins Practice Greenhealth to Further Support Environmental Practices Vestara, provider of the industry’s only automated pharmaceutical waste management solution, is pleased to announce that it has made another significant commitment to environmental sustainability by joining Practice Greenhealth, a membership organization for institutions and businesses in the healthcare field who are engaged in reducing their environmental footprints. |
October 21, 2009 |
| HotDog USA Joins National Health Organization Supporting Environmental Practices HotDog USA is pleased to announce it has made a significant commitment to environmental sustainability by joining Practice Greenhealth, a membership organization for institutions and businesses in the healthcare field who are engaged in reducing their environmental footprints. |
September 23, 2009 |
| HCA Joins Practice Greenhealth Hospital Corporation of America, (HCA), which is composed of locally managed healthcare facilities that include 163 hospitals and 112 outpatient centers in 20 states and England, has joined Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading group for organizations in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices. |
September 1, 2009 |
| COOL‐VIEW, LLC, Announces Practice Greenhealth Membership COOL‐VIEW, LLC, a leading manufacturer of Eco‐Friendly Surgical Lighting products, is pleased to announce it has made a significant commitment to environmental sustainability by joining Practice Greenhealth, a membership organization for institutions and businesses in the health care field who are engaged in reducing their environmental footprints. |
August 28, 2009 |
| Practice Greenhealth Announces Winners of 2009 Environmental Excellence Awards Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s only membership association devoted to environmentally responsible healthcare, has announced its 2009 Environmental Excellence Award winners. These competitive awards are given within the healthcare sector to institutions for outstanding programs to reduce the facility’s environmental footprint. |
May 19, 2009 |
| EnviroSolutions Joins National Health Organization Supporting Environmental Practices EnviroSolutions is pleased to announce that it has made a significant commitment to environmental sustainability by joining Practice Greenhealth, a membership organization for institutions and businesses in the health care field who are engaged in reducing their environmental footprints. |
May 5, 2009 |
| Nation’s Hospitals Make Great Strides to Go Green Many of the nation’s health facilities are undertaking extensive efforts to reduce their environmental footprints. According to a member survey released today by Practice Greenhealth, more than 90 percent of member hospitals have implemented measures to improve energy efficiency; almost 80 percent are making efforts to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals and materials, and more than 60 percent have implemented waste reduction plans. |
April 22, 2009 |
| Practice Greenhealth, HealthTrust Purchasing Group, and Ascent Healthcare Solutions Forge Industry-First Partnership Practice Greenhealth, HealthTrust Purchasing Group and Ascent Healthcare Solutions have formed a first-of-its-kind partnership to encourage clinical practices that contribute to sustainable operations in hospitals and other health care facilities. The partnership will provide an education-based program for clinicians, whose participation is critical to the overall greening efforts in the healthcare sector. |
April 13, 2009 |
| PharmWaste Technologies Joins National Health Organization Supporting Environmental Practices PharmWaste Technologies Inc., an industry leader in providing solutions for pharmaceutical waste through a combination of industry experience and innovative software, has joined Practice Greenhealth. |
April 1, 2009 |
| Practice Greenhealth Enters Partnership with Johnson & Johnson for Health Care Sustainability Research and Training Practice Greenhealth announces partnership with Johnson & Johnson to launch a sustainability research and training program within the U.S. healthcare sector. The partnership aims to prepare professionals at hospitals and other healthcare facilities to reduce environmental impacts and develop sustainable operations at their facilities. |
March 16, 2009 |
| Practice Greenhealth Unites With Teleosis Institute Practice Greenhealth has united with the Teleosis Institute to help transform healthcare into a model for sustainability. Teleosis brings to Practice Greenhealth the additional focus of providing services for clinics and medical offices, as well as training services for health care leaders. |
March 13, 2009 |
| Healthcare Sector Leaders Urge Obama, Congress to Invest in Alternative Energy and Green Jobs in Healthcare More than 57,000 new jobs, 26,800 of which will be new clean energy jobs, could be created in the United States through the Renewable Energy and Green Healthcare Jobs Initiative offered to Congress and the Administration by Health Care Without Harm, Practice Greenhealth and Global Health and Safety Initiative. |
February 2, 2009 |
| Practice Greenhealth Announces Energy Impact Calculator for Health Facilities Practice Greenhealth has launched a new web‐based tool to calculate the public health impact and costs of electricity consumed by health facilities in the United States generated from non‐renewable fossil fuel. |
January 28, 2009 |
| Green Guide for Health Care Announces New Senior Director The Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC) is pleased to announce the selection of Kumkum M. Dilwali, MS, LEEDTM‐AP, as Senior Director. |
January 27, 2009 |
| Revised Green Guide for Health Care Operations Section Released The most significant revision to the Green Guide for Health Care Version 2.2 Operations section to date has been released. “The revised Operations section heralds a new era in sustainable facility operations in health care,” said Janet Brown, director of Sustainable Operations at Practice Greenhealth. |
January 14, 2009 |
| Practice Greenhealth Hires First Exec A new member-based organization, Practice Greenhealth, has named Robert N. Jarboe as its Executive Director. |
April 14, 2008 |
| More Hospitals Using Integrated Pest Management to Reduce Pesticides Pest control company Orkin, Inc. and Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) today announced that an increasing number of hospitals implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs in their facilities, according to the results of a poll of health care professionals… |={width:100px}. June 5, 2007 |
