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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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The Latest…

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. Full story

Leadership in Green Health Care Program

Interactive Course Trains Health Professionals for the Green Economy
Register now for Leadership in Green Health Care, an online training program for health professionals seeking to promote sustainability and protect our limited environmental resources. Course materials provide strategies that inspire environmental action in communities and workplaces. Practice Greenhealth members get a $200 discount! Course starts July 24, 2009. Register online at www.teleosis.org

Register Now for CleanMed 2009!

Join us in Chicago, May 18-20, 2009 for the Global Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Health Care. Don’t miss it! www.cleanmed.org

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Health Care

The Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange and Premier, Inc. are collaborating with the Department of Energy and EPA to present this pre-conference on Monday, May 18, in Chicago. To learn more and register at cleanmed.org

Greenhealth Tracker Demo at CleanMed

Learn how Practice Greenhealth’s new web-based environmental data tracking system, Greenhealth Tracker™, can help your organization measure and monitor its waste stream activity, analyze opportunities to reduce costs associated with waste management and disposal, and benchmark against hospital organizations nationally. Learn more and register at cleanmed.org

Seeking LEED Gold Certification: A Tour of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s Tower Project

Get a behind-the-scenes view of this nearly complete building and hear how the hospital planners incorporated the LEED-NC Version 2.2 requirements for Gold certification into the design and construction process, including a projected energy savings of $200,000 per year. Learn more and register at cleanmed.org

Implementing Sustainability in Healthcare Facilities

Based on Practice Greenhealth’s popular Sustainability Coordinator training course, this workshop focuses on the practical aspects of ‘greening’ healthcare through presentation, case studies, exercise, discussion and networking. Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. Learn more and register at cleanmed.org

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Upcoming Webinars

May 15

Greening Operations Series: Mind your Ps & Us! Managing Pharmaceutical Waste Including an update of the 2008 10-Step Blueprint for Health Care Facilities in the United States

May 22

Making Medicine Mercury Free

Jun 05

Getting Started with Practice Greenhealth

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