Michigan Green Healthcare Committee

02/27/2014

Good afternoon,

The Michigan Green Healthcare Committee will meet Tuesday, March 11th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the new MHA Headquarters Building. The meeting will include a working lunch . The MGHC requests on-site participation for at least three meetings per program year. Attendance has been extremely low this program year so I urge you to make attending the meeting a priority.

Please RSVP to Kristen Cavanagh-Strong at the MHA by March 4th so we can secure an accurate count for the luncheon. A conference call option is available for all who cannot attend in person. The agenda and other meeting materials will be distributed electronically shortly.

I hope to see you all there!

Steven

Steven Johnson | Senior Director – Operations
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
University Park Drive | Okemos, MI 48864
517-323-3443 Phone | 517-323-1132 Fax
[email protected] | www.mha.org

Michigan Health & Hospital Association

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Participating Michigan hospitals include:

Henry Ford Health System
Sparrow Hospital – Lansing
Bronson Methodist Hospital
Sparrow Specialty Hospital
Metro Health Hospital
McLaren Northern Michigan
Beaumont Hospital Royal oak
Sparrow Ionia Hospital
Beaumont Troy Hospital
Ascension Health – St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe
Ascension Health – St. John Macomb Hospital
Vanguard - DMC – Huron Valley Sinai Hospital
Ascension Health – St. John River District Hospital
Vanguard - DMC – Sinai – Grace Hospital
Ascension health – Providence Southfield Campus
Vanguard – Detroit Receiving Hospital & University Health Center
Ascension Health – Providence Park Campus
Vanguard – Children’s Hospital of Michigan



Ascension Health – Genesys Regional medical Center
Vanguard – Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
Ascension Health – Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital
Vanguard – Harper University Hospital/Hutzel Women’s Hospital
Ascension Health – St. Mary’s Medical Center of Saginaw
Spectrum Health – Butterworth Hospital
Vanguard – DMC Surgery Hospital
Ascension Health – St. Mary’s Standish Community Hospital
Ascension Health – St. Joseph Hospital
Spectrum Health – Blodgett Hospital
Spectrum Health
McLaren Macomb Hospital
Ascension Health – Borgess Medical Center
Sparrow Health System
Sparrow Clinton Hospital
Beaumont Health System
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
Saint Joseph Mercy-Ann Arbor

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Current Action Items

Healthier Hospitals Initiative
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative, organized by Health Care Without Harm, Practice Green Health and The Center for Health Design, is a call-to-action for an entire industry. The HHI recruits the nation’s hospitals to participate in any of their initiatives: Engaged Leadership, Healthier Food, Leaner Energy, Less Waste, Safer Chemicals and Smarter Purchasing. The Michigan Green Healthcare Committee plans to spend the year engaging the MHA member hospitals to increase their involvement with HHI. With that, the MHA has signed a letter of agreement to become a supporting organization for this initiative. It is the goal of the MGHC to have 60% (80/133) of Michigan hospitals enrolled in at least one challenge from HHI by June 30, 2014. Currently, 28% (37/133) of Michigan hospitals are enrolled in at least one challenge from HHI.

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Michigan Green Healthcare Annual Conference

The Michigan Green Healthcare Conference is intended for individuals and organizations interested in promoting sustainability practices within the healthcare industry. We encourage sustainability officers, dieticians, clinicians, engineers, architects, pharmacists, environmental services, food and nutrition, and maintenance managers, energy coordinators, business partners, governmental agencies, public health professionals, non-profits, and anyone else with a passion for reducing the ecological footprint of the healthcare industry to attend the conference.
DEQ Log

The Michigan Green Healthcare Committee is pleased to organize this event in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.

Thanks to our 2013 conference sponsors!!

Lunch Sponsor: EAU3 Distributing Inc.
Breakfast Sponsor: Stericycle
Exhibitors: LiveWall, LLC, Heritage Environmental Services, LLC, EAU3 Distributing Inc., Key Green Solutions, LLC, Nichols, Practice Greenhealth, Barr Engineering Company, Food Cycle Science, MI Air, MI Health Coalition, Stericycle, U.S. Foods, Ecology Center, General Shredding, PM Environmental, Inc., Energy Finance Analytics, LLC, PSC Environmental Services, Advanced Technology Recycling, Moms Clean Air Force, Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. and Consumers Energy Business Solutions
Conference Friend: Resource Recycling Systems, Food Cycle Science, Pilgrim Manor Retirement Community, Herman Miller Healthcare

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Membership & Communications

Membership for this committee requires yearly enrollment.
The committee term runs from the beginning of July to June of the following year.
Members will receive communications to keep them informed about webinars, committee events, and new action items.

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Mission

MGHC recognizes the interconnection between human health and the environment. We support and encourage sustainability initiatives that improve human and environmental health and financial performance that strengthen Michigan’s healthcare sector.

MGHC will:

Examine how the design and operation of our health care facilities impact human, community and environmental health.
Identify cost savings achieved through sustainability programs.
Establish annual goals.
Promote sustainable strategies for healthcare facilities, including:
Reduced energy consumption.
Responsible waste management.
Healthy, sustainable and local food.
Safer chemicals.
Environmental preferable purchasing.