Webinar tomorrow featuring UMM’s own Justin Graves as a panelist!

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 – 3:00pm to 4:15pm EDT

Challenge Type:   Engaged Leadership, Leaner Energy, Smarter Purchasing, Safer Chemicals, Less Waste, Healthier Foods

As healthcare organizations take on sustainability initiatives and include the environment when making decisions, ensuring an actively engaged leadership is critical to the success of these programs.  Engaging clinicians – nurses, physicians, and all healthcare providers – and gaining their commitment will help ensure that sustainability becomes embedded within the culture and everyday practice of these organizations.  Learn from two nurses and two physicians strategies for engaging various types of clinicians, successes, and suggestions for overcoming barriers. Click the link below, or the icon above to register, or visit http://healthierhospitals.org

Maryland Clean Energy Summit: October 15th and 16th

Marriott Inn & Conference Center

3501 University Boulevard,

East

Hyattsville MD 20783

http://www.mcecsummit.org/

Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (MD H2E) Presents:

Reducing Energy Costs in Maryland’s Hospitals

October 10^th 2013, 8 a.m. – 1p.m. at the Maryland Hospital Association

• Results and Observations from MD H2E Hospital Environmental Sustainability Practices and Energy Benchmarking Surveys, Joan Plisko, PhD, Technical Director, MD H2E
• Incorporating “High Tech” Tools and Processes with “High Touch” Employee and Staff Engagement, Rich Morgan, Senior Director Facilities and Real Estate, AtSite Inc
• Correlating Energy Projects to Environmental and Health Benefits, Laura Anderko, PhD, RN, Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Endowed Chair in Values Based Health Care, Fellow, Center for Social Justice, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University
• GBMC Energy Management Journey, Mike Forthman, Vice President Facilities and Support Services, GBMC

Breakfast and Lunch included!

Register here for this free event: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DYHJKBC

This event is organized in collaboration with the Maryland Hospital Association and the Maryland Health Care Sustainability Leadership Council, and with sponsorship and analytical support from AtSite Inc. Email Joan Plisko with any questions: jplisko@som.umaryland.edu

Welcome to the  MD H2E October Newsletter.  In this month’s edition, read about:

Our upcoming event, Reducing Energy in Maryland Hospitals, on October 10th

Two Maryland Hospitals were recently named one of the “Nation’s 50 Greenest”

How switching to an a la carte admission kit can save big on purchasing

Welcome our newest staff member

Food Day is October 24th

The next Chesapeake Food Leadership Council meeting on October 30th

Results from our hospital survey.