This October we have a special pre-conference edition of the MD H2E News Roundup. With our 3^rd annual conference, Environmental Excellence in Health Care: A Showcase of Best Practices, less than a month away, we wanted to share our excitement with you and show you what it’s going to be all about!

In this special edition, find information on:

-          Registration

-          Our two panel discussions, “Green Physicians” and “Climate Change: Renewable Energy Procurement Panel”

-          A breakdown of our breakout sessions

-          Nurses presenting at the conference

-          And more!

MD H2E October 2010 News Roundup

Enjoy, and we hope to see you at the conference!

MD H2E’s own Joan Plisko and Johns Hopkins’ Colleen Cusick will be appearing on a radio show based in Phoenix, AZ, called “Your Triple Bottom Line” tonight, October 27th, at 10 pm EST.

“Your Triple Bottom Line” focuses on corporate sustainability, and tonight is the second installment of a series focusing on green teams! Joan Plisko, Technical Director for MD H2E, and Colleen Cusick, co-creator and current chair of the green team at Johns Hopkins Hospital, will have lots of interesting things to say.

To stream it live tonight at 10pm, go to:

http://your3bl.com/guests/this-week-green-teams-part-ii/

It will also be available later for download.

To listen to the first part of the series, which aired last week, go to:

http://bit.ly/your3bl13

We hope you’ll all get a chance to listen, if not tonight, then later at your convenience!

Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment and
University of Maryland School of Nursing present:

Environmental Excellence in Health Care:
A Showcase of Best Practices

NOVEMBER 18, 2010
7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Visit the conference website to view full schedule and to register:
http://nursing.umaryland.edu/events/environmental/november/index.htm

Join regional and national health care professionals, environmental industry experts, and educators for this learning and networking event designed to showcase the best practices of hospitals as they journey toward more sustainable environments for hospital staff, patients, and communities. Session topics will include best practices for environmentally preferable purchasing, environmental best practices in the operating room, green design and construction, energy conservation, management of hazardous pharmaceuticals, and procurement and service of sustainable foods.

Keynote Address:
Gary Cohen, president and co-founder, Health Care Without Harm

Green Physicians: A Panel Discussion

Facilitated by Delegate Dan Morhaim, MD, Maryland House of Delegates 11^th District, Baltimore County

Cynthia Bearer, MD, PhD, FAAP, chief, Division of Neonatology, University of Maryland School

of Medicine and chair, Board of Directors, Children’s Environmental Health Network

Martin Makery, MD, associate professor of surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution,

and associate professor of health policy and management, Johns Hopkins School of Public

Health

Noedahn Copley-Woods, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Magee

Womens Hospital

Fees:

Registration Deadline – October 28*      $55

Student Rate      $25
*See website for details.

Location:
University of Maryland School of Nursing

655 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

For additional information: pe@son.umaryland.edu

The American Medical Association, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Health Care Without Harm are pleased to present

Antibiotics Overuse: Why Healthcare Should Care about Agriculture Use, on October, 7, 2010, at 5:00pm Eastern.

Of all the antibiotics consumed each year in the U.S. only an estimated 15 percent are used for human therapy. The bulk of the remaining antibiotics, an estimated 70 percent, are routinely given to poultry, beef cattle, and swine in their feed, not to treat diagnosed disease, but to promote faster growth and for routine disease prevention. In 2003, the U.S. Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Science stated that decreasing “antimicrobial use in human medicine alone will have little effect on the current [antibiotic-resistant] situation” and that “substantial efforts must be made to decrease inappropriate overuse [of antibiotics] in animals and agriculture.” This webinar will highlight the human health implications of agricultural overuse of antibiotics and provide health promoting policy and practice examples for the medical community. This second in a four part series will be moderated by Preston Marring, M.D., Kaiser Permanente, and feature David Wallinga, M.D., MPH., Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Diane Imrie, R.D., MBA., Fletcher Allen Health Care, Robert Martin, Senior Officer at the Pew Environment Group. To register visit http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5140/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=2672

The American Medical Association, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Health Care Without Harm are pleased to present

Antibiotics Overuse: Why Healthcare Should Care about Agriculture Use, on October, 7, 2010, at 5:00pm Eastern.

Of all the antibiotics consumed each year in the U.S. only an estimated 15 percent are used for human therapy. The bulk of the remaining antibiotics, an estimated 70 percent, are routinely given to poultry, beef cattle, and swine in their feed, not to treat diagnosed disease, but to promote faster growth and for routine disease prevention. In 2003, the U.S. Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Science stated that decreasing “antimicrobial use in human medicine alone will have little effect on the current [antibiotic-resistant] situation” and that “substantial efforts must be made to decrease inappropriate overuse [of antibiotics] in animals and agriculture.” This webinar will highlight the human health implications of agricultural overuse of antibiotics and provide health promoting policy and practice examples for the medical community. This second in a four part series will be moderated by Preston Marring, M.D., Kaiser Permanente, and feature David Wallinga, M.D., MPH., Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Diane Imrie, R.D., MBA., Fletcher Allen Health Care, Robert Martin, Senior Officer at the Pew Environment Group. To register visit http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5140/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=2672