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Health Care Without Harm urges Joint Commission to make sustainability standards required
The Joint Commission proposed new requirements to advance environmental sustainability for the Hospital and Critical Access Hospital programs in March. Just days before the feedback period is to close, the Commission disclosed they are planning...
Health Care Without Harm applauds CMS waiver for renewable microgrids as hospital emergency backup power
On Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Categorical Waiver for health care microgrid systems, allowing health systems to use clean energy microgrid systems to improve patient and community health while supporting...
An opportunity for health care to influence policy as climate risk increases
An opportunity for health care organizations to let policymakers know climate change and other sustainability threats pose material risks to the health care sector and these risks must be considered in corporate and investor decision-making to...
HHS shares update on U.S. progress toward transformation to climate-smart, resilient health care
At a COP27 event today, the HHS delegation expressed the importance of taking climate action to protect public health, provided an update on U.S. leadership at the nexus of these issues, and announced a joint plan with England’s National Health...
Health Care Without Harm celebrates HHS and NHS supply chain alignment
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (November 10, 2022) – At a COP27 event today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delegation announced a joint plan with the National Health Service (NHS) of England to align procurement requirements –...
