Maryland Hospitals win big in Oregon!

MD H2E would like to congratulate the following Maryland Hospitals for their recent achievements as honorees of Practice Greenhealth, the nation's leading health care community that empowers its members to increase their efficiencies and environmental stewardship while improving patient safety and care through tools, best practices and knowledge. Practice Greenhealth held their annual conference and awards ceremonies last week in Portland.

  Circles of Excellence:
Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore (Leadership)
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital (Chemicals)
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Greening the OR)
University of Maryland Medical Center (Greening the OR, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing)

Greenhealth Emerald Awardees:
Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center
Northwest Hospital
Sinai Hospital
University of Maryland Medical Center

Greenhealth Partner for Change:
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
Medstar Harbor Hospital
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital

Making Medicine Mercury Free:
Medstar Harbor Hospital

Partner Recognition Award:
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

For more information on Practice Greenhealth and its awards, visit  https://practicegreenhealth.org/Awards

What is wellness? What is health?

Rachel Druckenmiller, of Rachel's Nourishing Kitchen blog, attended the Center for Integrative Medicine Health and Wellness Conference last weekend.

Rachel is

• Certified Culinary Nutrition Expert with Honors, Academy of Culinary Nutrition, December 2014
• Certificate in Plant-based Nutrition, The T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, April 2014
• Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, December 2013

Her message and testimony sum up the event very nicely!  MD H2E is proud to be affiliated with the Center for Integrative Medicine and applauds them for a job well done at the conference.

Read Rachel's blog post here:
"An inspiring day of health, happiness and integrative health in Baltimore"

Weaving Environmental Health into Everyday Operations

MD H2E has been serving the Maryland health care community for almost ten years! We have assisted health care facilities and systems in developing green teams, establishing goals and measuring results, and in implementing a myriad of programs. We pride ourselves in bringing people together. We connect hospital managers and directors to their peers in other facilities AND we connect them to product and service suppliers as well. We serve to educate both the demand and supply side of the environmental sustainability economy.

We partner regularly and often with government agencies, industry associations, and non-profit organizations that have overlapping missions with ours – a Maryland health care system that integrates environmental health and sustainability into daily operations. 

Along those lines, MD H2E, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Care Education Institute is holding an inaugural education event, Weaving Environmental Health into Daily Operations, on June 9, 2015 at the Maryland Hospital Association. Be part of this pilot class for only $25! Enjoy the day of learning, networking, and sharing. I will be facilitating the class and look forward to sharing information and hearing from you about your successes, your struggles, and your partnerships! Register now as space is limited.

-Joan Plisko