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Harborview Medical Center (Seattle). For the fifth consecutive year, Harborview Medical Center received the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award from Practice Greenhealth in 2016. Additionally, the hospital received four Circles of Excellence Awards this year for sustainability efforts in climate,…

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center. HackensackUMC boasts The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center, one of the first hospital-based programs with a specific mission to identify, control and prevent toxic exposure in the environment that could threaten children’s health. Last year,…

Gundersen Health System (La Crosse, Wis.). In 2008, Gundersen Health set a goal to control rising energy costs and improve health, and it reached a major milestone in 2014 when it became the first health system in the nation to…

Erie (Pa.) VA Medical Center. This 60-bed facility with more than 700 employees has a history of dedication to efficiency and sustainability. For instance, in 2015, Erie VAMC earned a Greenhealth Emerald Award from Practice Greenhealth. This year, the hospital…

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, N.H.). Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has a history of sustainability efforts — for example, it has had dedicated waste managers since 1991. But its green efforts don’t stop at waste reduction — it also has sound chemical…

Federal officials predict monthly enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace will increase in 2017, even with rising premiums and major insurers exiting the marketplace, reports The New York Times.

Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights, Ohio). This hospital opened a new surgery center in March 2012 that is LEED Gold certified, boasting water efficiency, energy savings and improved air quality through its design. Marymount Hospital has also had an…

Cleveland Clinic. In 2011, Cleveland Clinic committed to the Better Buildings Challenge issued by President Barack Obama to reduce energy use by 20 percent. Since then, it has reduced its energy demand by 12.3 percent through a range of programs,…

Children’s Health (Dallas). As of July, about a quarter of Children’s Health’s total electricity use is backed by renewable energy credits, equivalent to removing more than 16 million pounds per year of carbon dioxide from nature. Additionally, according to data…

Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, Mich.). Bronson Methodist Hospital is a sustainability leader in its community, starting on its sustainability journey in 1996 when it began a mercury-free initiative. Also, Bronson Methodist was Kalamazoo’s first LEED-certified healthcare facility and was also…