Our Health & Today’s Changing Climate: What We in Healthcare Can Do Laurie Kirkland, University of North Florida, MPH candidate, February 2016 The Earth’s climate is changing and already our health is threatened. This article offers a basic explanation of climate change, how climate threatens our
Read more →New Video: Starting Your Successful Office Green Team, plus free CME My Green Doctor was a featured topic at the September 19, 2014 annual symposium of the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health & the Environment at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, DC. In this 30 minute
Read more →“Green Cleaning” means keeping toxic chemicals out of your office and home. Many societies have the dangerous attitude that proper cleaning means using lots of strong chemicals. This approach is not only wrong, it is also dangerous. My Green Doctor learned this at a recent lecture
Read more →Is your practice missing Environmental Health? Here are 3 easy steps It is easy to add environmental health to your medical practice, whether you are a nurse, nurse practitioner, information officer, pharmacist, manager, technician, clerk, or physician. Environmental health can add a lot to what we accomplish
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With summer vegetables and fruits here, why not sign up to receive a local food box? Your family can join a food box service or this can be a project to share in your doctor office. This is a fun, healthy, and convenient service that tens of
Read more →A 2010 survey reveals that most US companies now have some program in place to assess and improve their environmental practices. The survey found that three out of five employers (60 percent) are measuring their cost savings from environmental programs, up from 39 percent the year before,
Read more →Safe Soap: Cheaper & Greener by Avoiding Triclosan www.mygreendoctor.org Your office may be wasting money on anti-bacterial soaps, and also hurting your patients and the environment. We all want “clean”– our hands, bodies & the objects we touch. This has led us to buy cleaning products for
Read more →My Green Doctor is a tool for saving money in the doctor office and for creating a healthier workplace. You will enjoy further benefits as you impress your patients. “Impress” has a double meaning here. First, your involvement in My Green Doctor will be impressive to your
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Lots of us are finding this. We have registered at My Green Doctor, maybe took The Pledge to “go green”, but the office Green Team isn’t going anywhere. So here is what you can do, whether you are the boss or someone else in your office: 1.
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It is time to eliminate bottled water in the doctor office. Why? Because everything about bottled water is bad: it’s costs, it’s unhealthiness, its waste, and its influence on your patients’ choices at home. Bottled water versus city water from faucet? Let’s run through these one by
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