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| Engaged Leadership - Book Launch! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, and HHI Director, Seema Wadhwa have authored a new book on health care sustainability. Sustainability for Healthcare Management: A Leadership Imperative challenges health care leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health values with sustainability drivers in order to enlighten leadership about the value of sustainability as we move toward a new paradigm of health. The book will be available for sale at CleanMed.For more information about the book or to order your copy, visit www.practicegreenhealth.org/Imperative or contact Sherry MacDonald at smacdonald@practicegreenhealth.org or 703.870.7494. |
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| Focus On HHI’s Christopher Bodkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Christopher Bodkin is HHI's Data Coordinator and Social Media Coordinator. He works closely with all of the enrolled hospitals and systems to assist with any question about data, enrollment, metrics, and data entry. Currently residing in Cambridge, MA, he attended Ithaca College and graduated in 2011 with a degree in Environmental Policy. He is the CEO of a blue wrap recycling company called Blu2Green that employs special needs individuals to repurpose the sanitary medical material. Christopher will be manning the HHI booth at CleanMed so swing by and say hello! Christopher hosts a monthly data submission check in call where enrollees can ask data questions and review submission details. Access details for Chris’ monthly call from the Webinars and Sharing Calls page.Christopher Bodkin Data Entry Customer Service Representative, Social Media Coordinator Healthier Hospitals Initiative (603) 491-6106 - cbodkin@healthierhospitals.org |
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| Leaner Energy Resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 HHI Supporting Organization Premier Health Care Alliance launched their new Health Care Energy Reduction and Efficiency site which has various tools and resources to help hospitals achieve the Leaner Energy Challenge. Premier has archived their November 24 Healthier Hospitals Initiative overview webinar. Does your business organization share the goals of HHI? Consider becoming a Supporting Organization of HHI. |
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| On the Road with HHI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Check out the upcoming Events Calendar for regional events. Let us know if you would like us to add anything to the calendar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April, 2-4, 2013
 Join Janet Brown, HHI Director, Content & Outreach and Mary Larsen, Manager, Environmental Stewardship for HHI Sponsoring system, Advocate Health Care, at the 2013 MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada where they will present - Supply Chain's Role in the Healthier Hospitals Initiative. |
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April 12, 2013 Health Care without Harm’s Founder and President, Gary Cohen will participate in a panel session at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford “Mapping Systems: A Key Step Towards Driving Systems Change” View Gary’s Presentation from last year. |
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April 19, 2013 Gary Cohen will provide an overview of Healthier Hospital inititive, Heath Care WIthout Harm, and Practice Greenhealth with global focus at Becton Dickinson in Newark for Earth Day. |
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 April 24-26, 2013CleanMed 2013, the conference on environmental sustainability in health care is confirmed for April 24-26 at the Boston Marriot Copley Place and has numerous HHI Friendly sessions! Health Care Without Harm’s Gary Cohen will kick things off with the Plenary. Health Care's Leadership Helps Boston Tackle Climate Change  Gary Gottlieb, MD, CEO of HHI Sponsoring Health System, Partners HealthCare, Brian Swett of City of Boston, Pat Brandes of the Barr Foundation, and John Cleveland of Innovation Network for Communities Four leaders from philanthropy, community innovation, municipal government and a major health care system will give a picture of health care's pivotal role in Boston's networked, forward thinking approach to addressing climate change in a major city. more |
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