Best of CleanMed 2010 | Delaware Valley Green Building Council

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The Delaware Valley Green Building Council Green Healthcare Circle Presents:
Best of CleanMed 2010

Time: Monday, November 15, 2010, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Location: Annenberg Conference Center, Lankenau Hospital, 100 Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA 19096

Schedule:
5:00 - 5:45 pm Registration and Reception
5:45 - 6:00 pm Introduction & Keynote Speaker
6:00 - 7:00 pm Program Presentations in 2 tracks (Nursing and Facilities)
7:00 - 7:30 pm Networking

Best of CleanMed 2010 brings to Philadelphia two sessions from the CleanMed conference held in Baltimore in 2010. CleanMed is the premier global conference on environmentally sustainable healthcare. The conference brings together vendors of environmentally preferable products and services or nutritious, sustainable foods with healthcare leaders at the forefront of implementing sustainability projects, green building design, and environmentally preferable purchasing.

The first, “You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure,” details how the use of qualitative and quantitative base lining tools can contribute to a clear understanding of where an organization is starting from on the sustainability spectrum and how it informs strategic goal development, improves an organization’s environmental position and realize financial benefits.

The second, “Nurses Leading Change,” highlights how nurses, in their unique role of protecting public health and being highly trusted by the public, can create change in the hospital setting to manage environmental risks that can impact employees, patients, and the community.

JUST ANNOUNCED:
Keynote welcome address will be delivered by George W. Gephart, Jr., President & CEO of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences and Board Chair of Main Line Health System

Keynote closing remarks will be delivered by Larry Merlis, President & CEO, Abington Health and Abington Memorial Hospital

The evening will include an opportunity to network over appetizers and beverages and to meet hospital leaders engaged in moving hospitals toward more sustainable practices.

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Tracks:

“You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure”
Sister Rosemary Moynihan, Director of Ecology and Global Ministries, Bon Secours Health System Inc.
Cecilia DeLoach, HEM, MBA, LEED AP, Education and Training Director of Practice Greenhealth
The session will detail how the use of qualitative and quantitative base lining tools can contribute to a clear understanding of where an organization is starting from on the sustainability spectrum and how it informs strategic goal development, improves an organization’s environmental position and realize financial benefits.

“Nurses Leading Change”
Dr. Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, Director of Environmental Health Education Center, Professor at U of MD School of Nursing
Charlotte Wallace, RN, Anne Arundel Medical Center and Founder of EARTH Advisors Committee
This session highlights how nurses, in their unique role of protecting public health and being highly trusted by the public, can create change in the hospital setting to manage environmental risks that can impact employees, patients, and the community.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

ACHE
As a independent chartered chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley is authorized to award 1.0 hours of Category II (non-ACHE Education) continuing education credit for this program toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for Category II (non-ACHE Education) credit should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification. Participants are responsible for maintaining a record of their Category II (non-ACHE Education).

ASHE
Approved for 2 Credit Hours from ASHE ( the national American Society of Healthcare Engineering)

Nurses
The Nurses Leading Change Breakout session has been approved by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association's Continuing Education Committee's Reviewer Unit. ED I, 1 Contact Hour.

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Cost:
Student/In Transition Professional - $25
Member of Partner Organization - $35 (Listed above)
Non-member - $45

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED. WE ARE ACCEPTING WALK-IN REGISTRATIONS AT THE DOOR, PAID BY CHECK OR CASH. CHECKS CAN BE MADE OUT TO DVGBC.

Thank you to our Main Event Sponsor:

Thank you to our Beverage & Refreshment Sponsors:

Thank you to our Table Sponsors:

Environmental Control Services, Inc.

Thank you to our host:

Partner Organizations:

Healthcare Planning and Marketing Society of New Jersey
Healthcare Facility Managers’ Association Delaware Valley
Hospital Engineers Association of South Jersey
American Society of Healthcare Environmental Services
Health Care Improvement Foundation
Practice Greenhealth
Health Care Without Harm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
PA and DE State Nurses Association’s
Villanova University, College of Nursing Center for Global & Public Health
Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley
Southeastern PA Organization of Nurse Leaders
Lankenau Hospital