???? Transforming Essential Hospitals: Unlocking Bottom Line Impact Oakwell is excited to help lead a groundbreaking innovative cohort in partnership with Health Care Without Harm and America's Essential Hospitals. Oakwell provides hospitals with specialized technical expertise resulting in deep financial savings and comprehensive energy conservation. Together, we deliver tangible benefits for essential hospitals and the communities they serve. This pioneering partnership will drive decarbonization while enhancing both operational resilience and financial sustainability across cohort hospitals. Case studies and key takeaways from the cohort will be amplified and extended to other essential hospitals and health systems across the country.? ? Read more about the pilot cohort here: https://lnkd.in/ez8qmvEt #HealthcareInnovation #Decarbonization #InfrastructureInnovation #HealthEquity #HealthcareEfficiency
"Essential hospitals – and the rest of the health care sector – can better serve patients and prepare for climate disruption by investing in sustainability and resilience...Fortunately, funding is readily available to build infrastructure resilience – if hospitals take action now to access it." Through a partnership between Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, America's Essential Hospitals, and Oakwell, an innovative pilot cohort of hospitals is embarking on a journey to uncover decarbonization and resilience opportunities, and secure funding sources like the Inflation Reduction Act to drive significant change. Read about the pilot cohort and how this partnership aims to remove barriers hospitals and health systems face in accessing funds for sustainability and climate resilience, and expand this work to a broader group of hospitals nationwide. Huge thanks to: ?Gary Cohen, Robert Biggio, and Kalpana Ramiah, DrPH, MSc, MBA for authoring this piece ?The participants in the pilot cohort – who hail from Grady Health System, Henry Ford Health, and Jackson Health System – and to Boston Medical Center (BMC) for their pilot participation ?The participating individuals from our pilot cohort hospitals, Steven Ziffer, MS, CHFM from Grady Health System, Philip Guster from Henry Ford Health, and Elizabeth Joseph from Jackson Health ?The individuals involved in this partnership from each of its sponsor organizations – Emily (Emmie) Mediate, Antonia Herzog, and Shanda Demorest from Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth; Kalpana Ramiah and Tanya Alteras from America’s Essential Hospitals; and Shane Dunne and Jack Nelson, P.E. from Oakwell