Welcome to the MDH2E April 2013 News Roundup! Inside, find articles about:

• April 4 Trailblazer Education Event at GBMC
• MD H2E’s Earth Day Photo Contest
• MD H2E Bike-Friendly Hospital Case Study with AAMC
• Sustainability Roadmap Website
• Maryland Recycling Network Award Applications
• UMSOM Center for Integrative Medicine’s Health & Wellness Conference
• Sustainable Food Updates
• Preparing for Weather Disasters
• Gas Drilling Health Concerns
• Sustainable Laundry
• And more!

MD H2E is off to Boston this week for CleanMed. Hope to see you there!

Happy Earth Day from MD H2E! This is my third year celebrating Earth Day with MD H2E, and it’s a privilege to see the sustainability commitments and changes made in healthcare across Maryland. MD H2E is proud to contribute to and support environmental initiatives in Maryland’s hospitals.

Doing anything fun this Earth Day?

Email me – Englund@son.umaryland.edu – and send some photos for our newsletter!

– Molly

MD Health Care Sustainability Leadership Council Quarterly Meeting

June 13, 2013

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8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Topic to be presented:

Occupational Safety & Cleaning for Infection Prevention

Speakers TBA

Don’t miss this great event!

Please RSVP by June 6th to Nicole.Bradfield@meritushealth.com

Mark your calendars now for:

September 19^th, and December 12^th.

For more information about the HCSLC, go to

http://mdh2e.org/resources/hcslc/

Join the Maryland Environmental Health Network

on Thursday April 18th for

Environmental Health, Asthma, and the Affordable Care Act.

Health Care Reform carries the promise of an increased focus on prevention. Could home environmental assessments of asthma triggers be covered by insurance? Can environmental health advocates help make this happen?

Rebecca Morley, Director of the National Center for Healthy Housing will share with us some of the national conversation about home and community-based services becoming covered by Medicaid and private insurers.

Madeleine Shea, Director of Population Health Improvement for the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene will brief us on Maryland’s approach to health care innovation, and innovations in asthma care.

Leni Preston from the Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform and Leigh Cobb from Advocates for Children and Youth will join Maddy and Rebecca in a panel discussion about both opportunities and barriers, and who will benefit. Can asthma services pave the way for a wider range of Environmental Health assessments?
Date: April 18
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Location:

The Associated, 101 West Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore MD 21201.
RSVP: rebeccaruggles@verizon.net or allirich@gmail.com.

The MD H2E Trailblazer Case Studies are now available!

Find them listed under the Resources tab.

MD H2E, in collaboration with the 2012 Trailblazer Award winners, documented the goals, actions, measures, and lessons learned of each of the projects awarded for their forward-thinking sustainability initiatives, including:

• Healthy Food and Beverage Choices, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
• Bulk Waste Reduction Program, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
• Employee Plot-Based Garden, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
• Newborn Pesticide Reduction Pilot, University of Maryland Medical Center
• Energy Management Program, Deer’s Head Hospital Center (forthcoming)

• MD H2E is also releasing a case study of Anne Arundel Medical Center’s groundbreaking initiative to become a Bike-Friendly Hospital. Read it here!

http://mdh2e.org/resources/md-h2e-case-studies/

Take a look and learn from your peers!