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The Vizient PI Collaboratives team hosts podcasts throughout the year on issues related to leading and managing systems, engaging your workforce and optimizing care delivery.
Environmental Sustainability: A journey worth taking (UW Medicine’s story)
Knowledge on the Go
15 minutes 50 seconds
10 months ago
Environmental Sustainability: A journey worth taking (UW Medicine’s story)
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: Tara T. Biss, MBA, CSFAValue Analysis Portfolio Manager, Strategic SourcingUW Medicine Supply Chainbisst@uw.edu
Gabriella HenkelsSustainability and Waste Manager, Essential Services Harborview Medical Center
Louise Simpson, MHAAssociate Vice President, Clinical IntegrationOffice of the President, UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinicsljws@uw.edu
Host: LaTammy Marks, MBA, BSN, RNSenior PI Program DirectorPerformance Improvement ProgramsVizient
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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The Vizient PI Collaboratives team hosts podcasts throughout the year on issues related to leading and managing systems, engaging your workforce and optimizing care delivery.
