Practice Greenhealth has named the recipients of its annual Environmental Excellence Awards, and dozens of Catholic health care providers are among the honorees.
The environmental leadership association honored winners during an awards presentation and gala at the 2012 CleanMed environmental conference in Denver in the spring.
The ministry honorees, and the categories in which they were recognized, are:
Environmental Leadership Award
The most competitive of the awards, this honor is for facilities that meet high standards for mercury reduction and recycling and that make progress on nearly every measure tracked for the award.
Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, Calif.
Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Milwaukie, Ore.
Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, Ore.
Providence St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, Mont.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Ore.
Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, Wis.
Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, Calif.
St. Francis eastside, Greenville, S.C.
St. Francis downtown, Greenville, S.C.
St. Joseph's Medical Center, Stockton, Calif.
St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center, Green Bay, Wis.
System for Change Award
For systems working cohesively to set goals, track data, benchmark and share successes for green efforts.
Bon Secours Health System, Marriottsville, Md.
Covenant Health Systems, Tewksbury, Mass.
Dignity Health, San Francisco
Hospital Sisters Health System, Springfield, Ill.
DEHP-Free Award
For hospitals and systems that reduce the use of devices containing Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, a general purpose plasticizer.
Partner for Change Award
For facilities that have established environmental programs and achieved certain benchmarks for waste reduction, mercury elimination and pollution prevention.
Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk, Va.
Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore
Bon Secours Maria Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, Va.
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center, Mechanicsville, Va.
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital, Richmond, Va.
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Midlothian, Va.
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, La.
Community Hospital of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, Calif.
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati
Marymount Hospital, Garfield Heights, Ohio
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, Calif.
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, Ashland, Ky.
Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, Wash.
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, Oregon City, Ore.
Saint Francis Medical Center, Grand Island, Neb.
St. Andre Health Care Facility, Biddeford, Maine
St. Anthony Hospital, Gig Harbor, Wash.
St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Ill.
St. Clare Hospital, Lakewood, Wash.
St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, Wash.
St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit
St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, N.H.
St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
St. Mary Health Care Center, Worcester, Mass.
Partner for Change with Distinction
For top performers in the Partner for Change category, or providers that achieve certain recycling benchmarks and demonstrate progress in both basic and advanced greening efforts.
Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, N.Y.
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va.
Columbia St. Mary's, Milwaukee
Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, N.Y.
Mary Immaculate Nursing-Restorative Center, Lawrence, Mass.
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, Spokane, Wash.
Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Wash.
St. Anthony Community Hospital, Warwick, N.Y.
St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard, Calif.
St. Joseph Regional Health Network, Reading, Pa.
St. Mary's Health System, Lewiston, Maine
St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, Wis.
Youville Place, Lexington, Mass.
Making Medicine Mercury-Free Award
For facilities that have virtually eliminated mercury and pledge to remain mercury-free.
Marymount Hospital, Garfield Heights, Ohio
Provena Mercy Medical Center, Aurora, Ill.
Providence Holy Family Hospital, Spokane, Wash.
St. Anthony Hospital, Gig Harbor, Wash.
St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Ill.
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Enumclaw, Wash.
St. Joseph Healthcare, Bangor, Maine
Partner Recognition
For facilities that have begun to work on environmental programs and have achieved some progress and that have met some basic benchmarks.
Chandler Regional Medical Center, Chandler, Ariz.
Providence Centralia Hospital, Centralia, Wash.
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, Hood River, Ore.
Providence Medford Medical Center, Medford, Ore.
Providence Newberg Medical Center, Newberg, Ore.
Providence Seaside Hospital, Seaside, Ore.
Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, In.
St. John Medical Center, Westlake, Ohio
St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Ill.
St. Joseph's Hospital, Breese, Ill.
St. Joseph's Hospital, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
St. Joseph's Hospital, Highland, Ill.
St. Mary's Hospital, Streator, Ill.
St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur, Ill.
St. Mary's Villa Nursing Home, Elmhurst Township, Pa.
St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, Wis.
Youville House Assisted Living Residence, Cambridge, Mass.