Policies

Affinity Health System, Appleton, Wisc.

Covenant Health Systems, Lexington, Mass.

• Sustainable Design, Construction and Building Operations (.pdf)

Providence Health & Services – Washington/Montana Region, Renton, Wash.

• Environmental Stewardship Council (.pdf)

St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica, N.Y. (.pdfs)

• 2008 Notable Environmental Accomplishments
• Environmental Vendor Evaluation
• Environmental Management System Manual
• Environmental Aspects Management
• Environmental Legal and Other Requirements
• Environmental Operational Controls
• Evaluation of Compliance with Environmental Legal and Other Requirements
• Environmental Competency, Training and Awareness
• Environmental Record Retention
• Environmental Management System Roles and Responsibilities
• Mercury Minimization Plan
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy

St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich.

• SJMHS Safety Policy (.pdf)

St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, Mont.

• Environmental Stewardship – Recycling (.pdf)

Practices

• 8th & 8th Medical Office building with "green" design opens on Mercy campus — Grand opening & ribbon cutting scheduled for August 12 (.pdf)
• Wheeling Hospital Kicks Off Go Green Initiative (.pdf)
• Mercy offers reusable mugs to cut down on paper cup waste (.pdf)
• Hospitals prove green strategies can be inexpensive, low-tech, Catholic Health World, February 1, 2009
• Textiles in the Hospital Setting — St. Joseph's Medical Center, Catholic Healthcare West (video)