2019 Award Winners Recognized in Nashville
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AWARD WINNERS The Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award Honorees The Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards is Practice Greenhealth’s highest honor for hospitals. Selected from the pool of Partner for Change applicants, these hospitals are leading the industry in all-around sustainability performance, demonstrating comprehensive programs and are illustrating how sustainability is entrenched in their organizational culture. Each year, the competition for these top spots increases, as hospitals across the country continue to innovate. The Top 25 winners for 2019 are (in alphabetical order): Atlantic Health System - Overlook Medical Center (Summit, NJ) U.S. Army, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (Fort Hood, TX) Boston Medical Center (Boston, MA) University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle, WA) Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH) VHA 04 Erie VA Medical Center (Erie, PA) Hackensack Meridian Health - Hackensack University Medical Center (Hackensack, NJ) VHA 04 James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center (Altoona, PA) Harborview Medical Center (Seattle, WA) VHA 07 Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (Charleston, SC) Hudson Hospital & Clinic (Hudson, WI) VHA 08 VA Caribbean Healthcare System (San Juan, PR)* Lakeview Hospital (Stillwater, MN) VHA 12 Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY) VHA 23 Minneapolis VA Health Care System (Minneapolis, MN) NYU Langone Health - Main Campus (New York, NY)* VHA 23 St. Cloud VA Health Care System (St. Cloud, MN) Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (St. Louis Park, MN) Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle, WA) Regions Hospital (St. Paul, MN) Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital (Yakima, WA)* Seattle Children’s (Seattle, WA) Westfields Hospital & Clinic (New Richmond, WA)* The University of Vermont Medical Center - Main Campus (Burlington, VT) * First time appearing on the Top 25 list. AWARD WINNERS Circles of Excellence Award Honorees The Circle of Excellence Awards celebrate hospitals who have not only earned an award for all around sustainability achievement, but who have also been identified as the top scoring programs for each category of sustainability. Regions Hospital Regions Hospital Leadership Circle Seattle Children’s The Valley Hospital VHA 23 Minneapolis VA Health Care System (Minneapolis, MN) VHA 12 William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (Madison, WI) It all starts with leadership. The Leadership Circle represents high-performing hospitals that have a strong infrastructure VHA 23 Minneapolis VA Health Care System (Minneapolis, MN) supporting a long-term commitment to healthier environments VHA 23 St. Cloud VA Health Care System (St. Cloud, MN) through leadership vision, committee structure, reporting, Safer Chemicals Circle Virginia Mason Medical Center data tracking, communication and education. The Chemicals Circle celebrates facilities with sound chemical Atlantic Health System - Overlook Medical Center reduction policies and practices. Winners address toxicity through purchasing, change of products, services and equipment, and Hackensack Meridian Health - Hackensack University Medical Center Food Circle educate their staff and the community on hazardous chemicals. HealthPartners The Food Circle highlights leaders in sustainable food services, Seattle Children’s Advocate BroMenn Medical Center capturing leadership in meat reduction, procurement of better meat, local and sustainable sourcing, improving access to tap The University of Vermont Medical Center - Main Campus Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital water and healthy beverages, supporting healthy food access, Advocate Trinity Hospital The Valley Hospital and preventing food waste. Top contenders have demonstrated University of Washington Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack University Medical Center noteworthy programming in each area, and have an educational VHA 04 James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center (Altoona, PA) U.S. Army, Brooke Army Medical Center strategy that addresses the food system as a critical component in VHA 23 Minneapolis VA Health Care System (Minneapolis, MN) U.S. Army, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center an overall sustainability plan — for human and planetary health. VHA 04 James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center (Altoona, PA) VHA 23 St. Cloud VA Health Care System (St. Cloud, MN) Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital VHA 23 Minneapolis VA Health Care System (Minneapolis, MN) Atlantic Health System - Overlook Medical Center Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital Regions Hospital Less Waste Circle Seattle Children’s The hospitals in this Circle have excelled in waste prevention The University of Vermont Medical Center - Fanny Allen Campus and material handling, demonstrated through high Greening the OR Circle The University of Vermont Medical Center - Main Campus recycling rates, low regulated medical waste generation The Greening the OR Circle acknowledges leadership in The Valley Hospital and a focus on minimizing the total volume of waste implementation and innovation in the surgical department. A University of Washington Medical Center generated by the facility. These mature programs address number of practices in the OR were evaluated for this award, all facets of the complex health care waste stream. including: medical waste reduction and clinical plastics recycling, Virginia Mason Medical Center reformulation of OR kits, medical device reprocessing, use of Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital Atlantic Health System- Overlook Medical Center reusable sterilization cases, and sustainable anesthesia practices Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health along with other innovative programs in their operating rooms. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Harborview Medical Center Cleveland Clinic Hudson Hospital & Clinic Harborview Medical Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital 2 AWARD WINNERS EPP Circle Water Circle Green Building Circle The EPP Circle celebrates the best in environmentally The Water Circle recognizes hospitals for exemplary The Green Building Circle is presented to hospitals that have preferable purchasing (EPP) programs. Facilities were evaluated programs in water conservation and efficiency. These demonstrated LEED and other innovative green building on their supporting policies, interactions with GPOs and early adopters boast fewer gallons of water consumption achievements over the past five years. These hospitals emphasize suppliers, environmentally preferable contracts and use of per square foot, tracking of implemented conservation policies that show a commitment to the requirement of LEED- environmental attributes in RFPs and business reviews. projects, written plans to reduce water consumption over construction standards for all major new builds or renovations. time continue to innovate in driving down water usage. Their achievements include energy and water efficiency, safer Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center materials, regional sourcing, integration of nature and other Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center Amery Hospital & Clinic mechanisms to create high-performance healing environments. Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center Dignity Health Marian Regional Medical Center Advocate Christ Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center Lakeview Hospital Cleveland Clinic Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack University Medical Center Seattle Children’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Lakeview Hospital VHA 04 Erie VA Medical Center (Erie, PA) NYU Langone Health - Main Campus Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center VHA 07 Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (Charleston, SC) Seattle Children’s VHA 12 Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI) VHA 12 William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (Madison, WI) UC Davis Health VHA 23 St. Cloud VA Health Care System (St. Cloud, MN) VHA 17 Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital (San Antonio, TX) VHA 08 VA Caribbean Healthcare System (San Juan, PR) VHA 21 VA Palo Alto Health Care System (Palo Alto, CA) VHA 23 St. Cloud VA Health Care System (St. Cloud, MN) Energy Circle The Energy Circle celebrates hospitals that are leading the sector in energy efficiency. Leaders generally have energy Climate Circle managers and written programs to reduce energy use The Climate Circle highlights visionary hospitals taking the over time. They are tracking energy use intensity, ENERGY lead on tracking and measurement of CO2 emissions, and STAR performance metrics, and shared details on project overall climate program development. Hospitals in this Circle implementation and staff engagement strategies. demonstrate an understanding of the health impacts of climate change and are taking action to mitigate those impacts and Cleveland Clinic educate their staff and communities on playing a supporting role. Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack University Medical Center Harborview Medical Center Boston Medical Center Lakeview Hospital Cleveland Clinic Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Providence St. Patrick Hospital Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Regions Hospital Regions Hospital VHA 07 Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (Charleston, SC) Seattle Children’s VHA 23 Minneapolis VA Health Care System (Minneapolis, MN) UC Davis Health VHA 12 Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI) VHA 23 St. Cloud VA Health Care System (St. Cloud, MN) VHA 23 St. Cloud VA Health