Comments on: Healthy Health Care Leader – Kaiser Permanente http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/10/healthy-health-care-leader-kaiser-permanente/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healthy-health-care-leader-kaiser-permanente EPA's Blog About Our World Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Erika http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/10/healthy-health-care-leader-kaiser-permanente/comment-page-1/#comment-28934 Erika Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:43:34 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1121#comment-28934 Hi. I work for a fairly large medical center in St Louis. We are interested in recyling our surgical wrapppers. Can anyone steer me in the right direction to get that started? Thanks!

]]> By: Kate DuBois http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/10/healthy-health-care-leader-kaiser-permanente/comment-page-1/#comment-25785 Kate DuBois Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:48:58 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1121#comment-25785 Timonie, first of all, I’m so sorry that you lost your friend Stephanie. What a huge loss. And what a gift to know that Kaiser has acted on her legacy. Makes me want to switch insurance companies.

You asked about green healthcare ideas. One of my favorites is simply reminding people that the best green healthcare practices start with taking better care of themselves. If people invested in greening their own health the way Kaiser has in their green recycling and water conservation, imagine the world we could live in.

A book I recommend to help create a new healthcare model is Bend the Health Care Trend by Mark Guarya and Jill Borislow. There are some great tips on how to create a consumer driven healthcare plan (CDHP) either personally or within an organization that focuses on transparency, accountability, and responsibility, all factors that help support the green healthcare movement.

Best wishes,

Kate DuBois

]]> By: Sharron http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/10/healthy-health-care-leader-kaiser-permanente/comment-page-1/#comment-23210 Sharron Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:46:36 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1121#comment-23210 As a practitioner of Oriental Medicine and other wellness modalities for over 30 years LumaSun, I have witnessed over the years the difference preventative care can make in the life and wellness of hundreds of people. I have found it quiet astonishing that with all the knowledge that exists today about the impact of preventative care, we do not see more action from the government in the education of the public on this subject. Education needs to start at school and expand from there to the general public. It is my humble opinion and quiet frankly a well known fact that if humans would just drink more clean water, many of the symptoms we suffer from today would simply go away. On average we need to drink one half of our body weight in ounces per day of clean water. How many of us are drinking even half of that? and how many are aware of this fact? Just this little bit of knowledge and action taken by people could save many lives and greatly reduce health care costs.
No good healthcare reform can be complete without the critical attention to preventative care.

]]> By: Kathy Eliason http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/10/healthy-health-care-leader-kaiser-permanente/comment-page-1/#comment-22788 Kathy Eliason Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:21:54 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1121#comment-22788 I would really like our hospital in Richmond Ca. Kaiser to recycle the surgical wrappers. it is such a waste to see the trash full of this nice product. I know it could be better used else were. I have other articals on recycling this product but before I look further into this I just needed to know if other Kaisers already do it and who do they call to pick up the wrappers. My old job use to recycle them unisource our vendor would pick up the used wroppers. Can you help me out.

Kathy

]]> By: Jackenson Durand http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/10/healthy-health-care-leader-kaiser-permanente/comment-page-1/#comment-22412 Jackenson Durand Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:22:25 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1121#comment-22412 That would be a great example for new healthcare generations’ professionals.
This profession should be more compassionate than paychecks accumulations.
Volunteerism should be never stopping living in an individual life even, in the case of any life modification situation.
“This is in the critical time that we need best hands”.
Helping people for the rest of a life style should be dedicated indestructible in life course.

]]> By: Johnny R. http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/10/healthy-health-care-leader-kaiser-permanente/comment-page-1/#comment-22396 Johnny R. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:21:54 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1121#comment-22396 Doctors and hospitals are obliged to deal with the symptoms their patients present for treatment. Instead, if every person practiced a self-educating healthy lifestyle they would hardly ever need medical attention. But today the situation is exactly the opposite. Advertising lures people to indulge their appetites that cause disease, then offers risky medicines to releave the symptoms, never mind the underlying causes — all for huge profits. Call it social insanity.

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