The Value of Sound Environmental Practices in Healthcare Facilities Management. 2022

Jonathan J Flannery
Jonathan J. Flannery, FACHE, FASHE, CHFM, MHSA, is senior associate director, advocacy, for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association, Chicago, Illinois.

The time has come for healthcare organizations to improve their efforts regarding their impact on the environment, particularly on the communities they serve. For years, healthcare has been at the forefront in addressing social needs with public health initiatives but has lagged on environmental concerns. By carefully reviewing their energy usage and aging infrastructures, healthcare leaders and their facility managers can do a better job of controlling healthcare's environmental impact. Green practices are key indicators of an organization's ethically focused sustainability efforts. So, while healthcare has traditionally focused on its social impact-providing healthcare services is, after all, inherently social-it must expand its community engagement by considering the environmental impact of hospitals and health systems on their communities in the context of climate change.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003695 Delivery of Health Care The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population. Delivery of Dental Care,Health Care,Health Care Delivery,Health Care Systems,Community-Based Distribution,Contraceptive Distribution,Delivery of Healthcare,Dental Care Delivery,Distribution, Non-Clinical,Distribution, Nonclinical,Distributional Activities,Healthcare,Healthcare Delivery,Healthcare Systems,Non-Clinical Distribution,Nonclinical Distribution,Activities, Distributional,Activity, Distributional,Care, Health,Community Based Distribution,Community-Based Distributions,Contraceptive Distributions,Deliveries, Healthcare,Delivery, Dental Care,Delivery, Health Care,Delivery, Healthcare,Distribution, Community-Based,Distribution, Contraceptive,Distribution, Non Clinical,Distributional Activity,Distributions, Community-Based,Distributions, Contraceptive,Distributions, Non-Clinical,Distributions, Nonclinical,Health Care System,Healthcare Deliveries,Healthcare System,Non Clinical Distribution,Non-Clinical Distributions,Nonclinical Distributions,System, Health Care,System, Healthcare,Systems, Health Care,Systems, Healthcare
D006268 Health Facilities Institutions which provide medical or health-related services. Facilities, Health,Facility, Health,Health Facility
D006761 Hospitals Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients. Hospital

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