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Farmworker Health and Safety
As the health care sector steps forward in support of healthy and sustainable food systems, two critical considerations are the health and safety of the workers producing our foods. Between… Read MoreWellness and Sustainability
Health care needs to look at the “cause of the cause” when creating more sustainable hospitals. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that approximately 75… Read MorePositive Space
Carolyn BaRoss, principal of Perkins + Will, discusses the design of the new Johns Hopkins Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center and Sheikh Zayed Tower and how the facilities promote wellness for both patients and staff.Healing Gardens
Take a walk through three health care landscapes that offer restorative properties for mind, body, soul—and the environment.Medline
Sustainability Program Manager Francesca Olivier shares the company’s initiatives to help create a greener planet. Medline, a company that provided products and clinical solutions to the health care market, began… Read MoreWhat We Buy Matters for Good Health
Practice Greenhealth sets standardized questions for procuring more sustainable medical products for health care facilities. Companies Providing Sustainable Products Stryker Sustainable Solutions Reprocessing instruments HospiraPVC- and DEHP-free IV bags and… Read MoreSunny Disposition
Natural light and views can brighten the operating room and its staff. A growing trend in Europe—the idea of incorporating natural light into the operating room (OR)—is cycling back into… Read MorePractice Greenhealth’s New Energy Alliance
Practice Greenhealth has recently partnered with Innovative Software Technologies’ energy division, Znergy, Inc., to offer a new energy alliance to health care facilities.Changing Hospitals for the Greener
The System for Change Award recognizes health care systems that are working cohesively to set system goals, track and benchmark data, and share successes in environmental performance.Winners’ Circle
This year Practice Greenhealth inducts four health care facilities into the Environmental Leadership Circle—the top Award in the Environmental Excellence Awards program.← Older posts Newer posts →