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HealQuest helps hospital staff save money — and the planet
ASHE’s new, customizable program aims to help participants unearth hidden sustainability opportunities within their facilities.
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Resilient Design
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Sustainability
Simulations show future flooding risk at coastal hospitals
Harvard study reveals vulnerabilities by health care facilities against hurricanes
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CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY SERIES
Health care facilities prepare for worsening impacts of climate change
Past experience offers important insight into how hospitals can shore up facilities to stand against catastrophic adverse weather events
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Special report
Florida system shares lessons learned from Hurricane Ian
Lee Health reported wins in keeping emergency power on but faced battles with water supply issues during the Category 4 hurricane
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Emergency preparedness
How hospitals prepare for volcano and earthquake threats
Major volcanic eruptions and earthquakes might occur less regularly than other disasters, but the threat is still real
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Construction
Building hospitals that can withstand extreme weather events
Health care facilities on the Eastern Seaboard build to prepare for hurricanes and flooding
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Climate change response and recovery series
Today’s flood planning strategies reflect lessons from the past
A devastating storm over two decades ago changed the course of flood preparedness and response in health care facilities
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Sustainable design
Rebuilt hospital serves as model of sustainability
Following a 2007 tornado, Kiowa County Memorial Hospital comes back stronger than before with a LEED Platinum facility.
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Design
Resilient health care design
Constructing hospitals to help ensure continuous operation
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Design
Building resiliency becomes a priority for organizations
Government agency provides resource for designing for natural disasters
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Resilient health care design
In a practice known as "resilient design" health care design and construction professionals are developing facilities made to resist a variety of natural or human-induced disasters and to recover quickly afterward. View the related article "Resilient health care design."