Tools and resources

2017 Sustainability Benchmark Data Tables

• Benchmark Report
• Data

Practice Greenhealth’s benchmark reporting represents the nation’s premier analysis of sustainability performance data for the health care sector. The 355 hospitals in this year’s data set saved more than $826 million on a range of different sustainable programs over the course of 2016, while deepening relationships with their communities and better supporting a more expansive definition of…

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Advantages in Grey Water Applications

• Water
• White Paper

As much as thirty percent of potential grey water is sent for treatment in urban settings; water which could otherwise be utilized in a variety of applications ranging from agriculture, heating and cooling systems, and toilet flushing. The percentage of unused grey water in normal households is even higher. Reuse leads to advantages that include significant reductions in sewage treatment and…

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Advocate FAQs - Courier Stop Changes v.2

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Communications
• Policy

As part of the ongoing efforts to improve operational standardization and to decrease operating costs, Advocate will be reducing the number of courier stops, and in some instances, changing stop times at sites across the system. This change will result in significant savings, and it extends Advocate’s commitment to environmental stewardship by reducing its carbon footprint. This action will…

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Ambulance Engine Idle Reduction

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document

Medidock provides an alternative to idling the ambulance on the hospital campus, generating power for key ambulance needs at a lower cost than running the engine.

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Suggested RFP/RFI Questions for Asset Management Suppliers

• EPP
• EPP Resource
• Guide
• Waste
• Recycling
• Supply Chain

Practice Greenhealth provides a list of potential questions for asset management services that manage unwanted equipment. Electronic equipment contains numerous hazardous chemicals that require handling in a responsible manner to avoid release into the environment and that cause human health issues. The questions in this guide address options for handling unwanted equipment in an environmentally…

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Environmental Preferable Purchasing Policy Seattle Children's 2016

• EPP
• Exemplary Document
• Seattle Children's Hospital
• Purchasing
• Policy

Seattle Children’s Hospital has implemented a policy that demonstrates commitment to the principles of Environmentally Preferred Procurement (EPP) in support of the hospital's mission to improve the health of patients and families, staff, and the community. Seattle Children’s will evaluate the environmental impacts (e.g., waste, toxicity) of products and services in an effort to select healthy…

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Environmental Purchasing Policy Legacy Good Samaritan 2016

• EPP
• Exemplary Document
• Legacy Health
• Policy
• Purchasing

In support of our mission to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve, Legacy Health Supply Chain staff are committed to the principles of Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP). We will evaluate products and services for conformance to these principles (e.g., waste, toxicity). Legacy is committed to seeking suppliers that develop environmentally friendly products that…

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MedStar 2016

• Engaged Leadership
• Employee engagement
• Exemplary Document
• MedStar
• Report
• Marketing

The August 2015 monthly newsletter from the Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment features notable achievements by MedStar facilities. MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center implemented a successful waste segregation program that decreased regulated medical waste and increased recycling inside the operating rooms, while MedStar Montgomery Medical Center held ten sustainability and wellness…

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Seattle Children's 2016

• Engaged Leadership
• Exemplary Document
• Employee engagement
• Seattle Children's Hospital
• Guide
• Food

Open this resource to view examples of Seattle Children's Hospital's internal web pages on sustainability.

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Seattle Children's Goal Progress 2016

• Employee engagement
• Engaged Leadership
• Exemplary Document
• Waste
• Seattle Children's Hospital
• Report

Seattle Children's Hospital posts sustainability progress and goals on its employee web pages. Open the resource to view examples from the hospital's recycle refresh initiative and paper reduction initiative.

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