Welcome to the MDH2E June 2013 News Roundup! In this edition, read about:

• MD H2E’s new location: update those address books!
• Plus more announcements from MD H2E
• A reflection by Lionel Weeks, green leader from LifeBridge Health (congratulations on your retirement, Lionel!)
• MD H2E’s Earth Day photo contest winners: Holy Cross Hospital and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
• Copper surfaces bring down infection rates 60%
• A prescription for energy efficiency
• Union Hospital’s Holly Emmons wins national food award
• Sustainable Food Updates
• And more

Hope you enjoy, and remember to send us your questions/comments/stories/pictures!

Newsletter link: http://mdh2e.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/MDH2E-June-2013-News-Roundup.pdf

Welcome to the MDH2E May 2013 News Roundup! The MD H2E crew had an inspiring experience at the CleanMed conference in Boston, so in this newsletter we reflected on the conference and asked some of our MD health care colleagues to do the same!

In this edition, also look for articles on:

• Practice Greenhealth’s 2013 Maryland Award Winners
• Tools for Hospital Plastics Recycling
• New Energy Reduction Website from Premiere
• “Climate Change and Health Care” by Gary Cohen
• Chesapeake Food Leadership Council and the Health Care Sustainability Leadership Council Upcoming Meetings
• Interview with MD H2E’s Newest Staff Member: Gina Navarro

Enjoy! And send us your questions, comments, stories, and pictures!

- The MD H2E Team

Newsletter link: http://mdh2e.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/MDH2E-May-2013-News-Roundup.pdf

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.

Welcome to the MDH2E March 2013 News Roundup!

The snowstorm may have disappointed some, but we’ll have to make do with a sunny March day instead.

In this edition, find out about:

-          Bon Secours Clean & Green Initiative

-          MedStar Harbor Hospital’s Strategic Waste Program

-          Northwest Hospital’s Earth Day Ideas

-          Upcoming Event: Launching a Greenhouse at Your Hospital

-          Energy Star Combined Heat and Power award

-          And more!

And remember to send MD H2E your news! Have anything fun planned for National Nutrition Month or Earth Day?

Welcome to the MDH2E February 2013 News Roundup! It feels like winter just doubled down, but with the Orioles in spring training, it has to warm up soon, right?

Here’s a look at who’s been greening health care in Maryland this month:

• Trailblazer education event: April 4!
• LifeBridge Health is greening online
• UMMC’s new sustainability coordinator
• Hospitals prepare for more extreme weather
• Chesapeake Food Leadership Council meeting
• Green RN app
• And more!

Enjoy, and send us your news, photos, and questions!

Welcome to the MDH2E January 2013 News Roundup. Take a look to see what’s been happening in sustainable health care in Maryland in the first month of the year.

- Trailblazer Education Event: April 4

- Leadership Council Meetings

- Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Green Office Certification Program

- AAMC’s Electronic Recycling Event

- EPA’s Green Power Partnership

- Sustainable Food Updates

- And more!

Enjoy, and send us a line about what’s happening at your hospital!

March 14, 2013

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

The topic to be presented is:

Pharmaceutical Waste Regulation and Management Compliance

Rachel DeMunda, Senior Director,

Sustainability and Environmental Health & Safety, Providence Hospital

8a-8:15a—Networking/Breakfast
8:15-8:30 Business Meeting
8:30-10:00—Guest Speaker/Discussion

Please RSVP by March 7^th to Nicole.Bradfield@meritushealth.com

Please send one designee per hospital or organization. For health care providers only.