More than 200 medical journals identified climate change as the greatest global threat.  In this podcast, UW Medicine describes how focusing on environmental sustainability improved their vendor selections, supply chain flow, patient care and saved them hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Guest speakers: 

Gabriella Henkels

Louise Simpson, MHA

Host: 

Show Notes:

[1:34] UW Medicine’s green team and their purpose

[3:45] Determining environmental sustainability opportunities

[6:00] What teams to include and how to get leadership buy-in

[7:45] Establishing goals

[8:30] Environmental sustainability success stories

[12:50] Lessons learned

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Another podcast on this same topic: Go Green: Why your healthcare system should be engaged in environmental sustainability: https://knowledgeonthego.podbean.com/?s=go%20green

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