Spring has been a busy and productive time for Maryland Hospitals. Check out the MD H2E News Round Up and learn about:

* Eight MD Organizations Win Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards

* LifeBridge Health Wins Baltimore Business Journal Green Policy Award

* Maryland H2E Hosts Delegation from China

* Pharm Waste Seminar a Huge Success

* Nurses in the Lead: Heather Keller, R.N., St. Joseph Medical Center

* Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital Launch Farmers’ Markets

* Food Med 2009: The Third International Conference on Healthy Food in Healthcare

* New EPA Rule Requires Many Hospitals to Monitor Device Sterilization

* Get FREE Organic Cotton Mattresses for the NICU

* Notes from the Field – What’s that Smell; Why are My Eyes Burning

* And more…

 MD H2E June 2009 Newsletter

Read the July 2009 newsletter to learn about green initiatives at GBMC, Bon Secours, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Peninsula Regional Medical Center; Sustainable food policy at the American Medical Association; and information on the Buy Local Challenge included as well.

MD H2E July 2009 Newsletter

Check out August 2009 newsletter to read about AAMC and Shady Grove’s sustainable initiatives; Buy Local Challenge; energy efficency in health care; and Carroll Hospital Center nursing conference agenda.

MD H2E August 2009 Newsletter

Check out the September 2009 Newsletter: new farmer’s markets, Kennedy Krieger goes green; and MDH2E Nursing Coordinator spends a summer at the World Health Organization.

Four new Farmer’s Markets launched: Civista Medical Center, Holy Cross Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center, and Washington County Hospital.

MD H2E September 2009 Newsletter

Check out the December 2009 Newsletter for a summary of the Annual MDH2E conference and an in depth description of Trailblazer 2009 award winners and their initiatives.

Trailblazer Award winners are:

• Atlantic General Hospital
• Franklin Square Hospital Center
• LifeBridge Health
• Montgomery General Hospital
• University of Maryland Medical Center
• VA Maryland Health Care System

MD H2E December 2009 Newsletter