Practice Greenhealth has named this year's recipients of its environmental excellence awards, and dozens of ministry health care providers are among the honorees.
The Reston, Va.-based nonprofit membership organization presents its annual awards at a gala at CleanMed, which this year took place in Cleveland in June.
Ministry members honored this year follow.
Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award
The organization's highest honor for hospitals, for facilities with exemplary sustainability programs
Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, N.Y.
Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk, Va.
Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center, Mechanicsville, Va.
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital, Richmond, Va.
St. Francis Downtown, Greenville, S.C.
St. Francis Eastside, Greenville, S.C.
Greenhealth Emerald Award
For hospitals with well-developed environmental programs
Bon Secours Maria Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, Va.
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Midlothian, Va.
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond, Va.
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Suffern, N.Y.
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, Gilbert, Ariz.
St. Anthony Community Hospital, Warwick, N.Y.
System for Change Award
For health systems that are setting environmental system goals, tracking data, benchmarking and sharing successes
Bon Secours Health System, Marriottsville, Md.
Covenant Health Systems, Tewksbury, Mass.
Hospital Sisters Health System, Springfield, Ill.
Partner for Change Award
For hospitals that have implemented a significant number of green programs and that are continually working to improve upon these programs
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va.
Community Hospital of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, Calif.
Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, Calif.
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, N.Y.
Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, Wis.
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, Ashland, Ky.
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, Hood River, Ore.
Providence Medford Medical Center, Medford, Ore.
Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Milwaukie, Ore.
Providence Newberg Medical Center, Newberg, Ore.
Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, Ore.
Providence Seaside Hospital, Seaside, Ore.
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Polson, Mont.
Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Wash.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Ore.
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, Oregon City, Ore.
Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, Wis.
Saint Francis Medical Center, Grand Island, Neb.
Schervier Nursing Care Center, Bronx, N.Y.
St. Andre Health Care Facility, Biddeford, Maine
St. Anthony Hospital, Gig Harbor, Wash.
St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Ill.
St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino, Calif.
St. Clare Hospital, Lakewood, Wash.
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Enumclaw, Wash.
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Ill.
St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, Wash.
St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield, Ill.
St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Ill.
St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Oxnard, Calif.
St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard, Calif.
St. Joseph Healthcare, Nashua, N.H.
St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, Maine
St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
St. Joseph Regional Health Network, Reading, Pa.
St. Joseph's Hospital, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
St. Joseph's Hospital, Highland, Ill.
St. Joseph's Medical Center, Stockton, Calif.
St. Mary Health Care Center, Worcester, Mass.
St. Mary's Health System, Lewiston, Maine
St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur, Ill.
St. Mary's Hospital, Streator, Ill.
St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center, Green Bay, Wis.
St. Mary's Villa Nursing Home, Elmhurst Township, Pa.
St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, Wis.
St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, Mont.
St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, Wis.
Youville House, Cambridge, Mass.
Youville Place, Lexington, Mass.
Making Medicine Mercury-Free
For hospitals that have virtually eliminated the use of mercury and are committed to remaining mercury-free
St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, Colo.
St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Ill.
Partner Recognition
For facilities beginning to work on and achieving progress in green programs
Chandler Regional Medical Center, Chandler, Ariz.
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Binghamton, N.Y.
Providence Centralia Hospital, Centralia, Wash.
St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City, Kan.
St. Joseph's Hospital, Breese, Ill.
Circle of Excellence
A new category for 2014, for hospitals that have excelled in a particular area of environmental performance
Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, N.Y. (environmentally preferable purchasing and waste)
Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk, Va. (environmentally preferable purchasing)
Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore (environmentally preferable purchasing)
Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, Va. (food)
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Midlothian, Va. (food, greening the OR and leadership)
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond, Va. (chemicals)
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Suffern, N.Y. (environmentally preferable purchasing)
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, Ashland, Ky. (food)
Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Wash. (greening the OR)
St. Anthony Community Hospital, Warwick, N.Y. (energy and environmentally preferable purchasing)
St. Anthony Hospital, Gig Harbor, Wash. (climate)
St. Clare Hospital, Lakewood, Wash. (climate)
St. Francis Eastside, Greenville, S.C. (leadership, chemicals and energy)
St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash. (climate)
St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, Mont. (energy)
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