Resources
Webinar :: Zero Waste Hospitals
Exemplary Hospital Zero Waste Programs
Presented by: Kimball Sustainable Healthcare, in partnership with SF Environment
Implementing zero waste in hospitals can be challenging and requires a thoughtful strategy, standard processes, and continuous quality improvement. KSH works with the City of San Francisco’s Environment Department to convene hospitals in sharing challenges and best practices, understanding services offered by Recology, the City’s waste hauler, and ensuring compliance with the City’s zero waste requirements and Climate Action Plan goals. This online workshop showcases two programs from opposite sides of the country - one focused primarily on strategy and engagement and the other on operations - to inspire participants on strategies and practices they can employ to build more effective zero waste programs. Our presenters share their strategies and best practices for building effective zero waste programs. Contact us If you’re interested in exploring how KSH can help your hospital achieve Zero Waste.
Presenters: Avery Palardy, Climate and Sustainability Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, MA, and Michael Geller, Sustainability Program Manager at Providence Oregon in Portland, OR.
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Webinar :: Green Thinking Series
Advancing the Circular Economy in Healthcare
Presented by: Busch Systems and Kimball Sustainable Healthcare
Hard-to-recycle, single-use supplies, packaging and devices have become a defining feature of the healthcare system. Economic and safety concerns and a “culture of convenience” has long stymied efforts to reduce the flood of items like disposable gowns, never-used surgical instruments and endless volumes of blue wrap. This webinar, featuring KSH CEO, Erika Kimball, as well as other experts from UCLA Health and OSU’s Wexner Medical Center, reviews key elements of an effective implementation strategy for reusable and reprocessable clinical items as well as case studies from several successful programs.
Moderator: Alec Cooley, Senior Advisor @ Busch Systems
Podcast :: Trailblazing Nursing
Rx for Change: Nurses at the Forefront of a Bold Green Healthcare Revolution
KSH CEO, Erika Kimball, a graduate of the University of South Florida College of Nursing and healthcare sustainability leader with more than 15 years of experience in the field, is featured in this episode of Trailblazing Nursing. Erika shares where her sustainability began as a staff nurse leading volunteer waste reduction projects in clinical units, and where it has taken her, working with clients to build sustainable clinical practices and grow the circular economy for healthcare.
Case Study :: Data Management
Data Management Programs that Support Sustainability and Climate Action
KSH works with hospital clients nationwide to measure and report annual sustainability data and greenhouse gas emissions. Our work supports annual reporting to Practice Greenhealth, carbon footprint reporting for the HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge, as well as strategic sustainability planning and tracking.
Case Study: Data Management
Journal Article :: Annals of Emergency Medicine
The Climate-Smart Emergency Department
KSH CEO Erika Kimball, MBA, RN, contributed to this manuscript which highlights the opportunities for GHG reductions in emergency departments. Climate change is a health crisis for which emergency physicians are front-line experts, seeing firsthand acute and chronic effects of climate change on patients. This journal article offers emergency providers a guide to sustainable healthcare and includes an overview of the issues contributing to climate change, their impacts, reasons to act, what can be done to adopt climate-smart health care, and key resources to guide implementation of these changes.
Annals of Emergency Medicine: Volume 76, Issue 2 p155-167August 2020
