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Sustainability-Embedded Quality Improvement
This playbook introduces the SE-QI framework and provides background information, resources, and considerations for embedding sustainability in healthcare improvement projects. It was developed in collaboration with key partners and experts in QI across Canada. It serves as a resource for clinicians, health care professionals, students, trainees, and decision-makers involved in QI work, aiming to inform them of: Sustainability-Embedded Quality Improvement (SE-QI) positions quality improvement (QI) as a practical pathway for embedding sustainability within clinical and operational practice. This playbook introduces the SE-QI framework and provides background information, resources, and considerations for embedding sustainability in healthcare improvement projects. It was developed in collaboration with key partners and experts in QI across Canada. It serves as a resource for clinicians, health care professionals, students, trainees, and decision-makers involved in QI work, aiming to inform them of: Why SE-QI is an essential and practical approach to quality improvement in healthcare, What tools are available to support planning and implementation, and how to effectively implement SE-QI into practice to advance high-quality, low-carbon, resilient healthcare.
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Sustainable Perioperative Care Dashboard
This dashboard showcases the great work sites are doing across Canada to improve the sustainability and environmental impact of perioperative care.
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My Green Lab
My Green Lab® is empowering scientists to make real change — from lab operations to purchasing supplies, our proven tools drive measurable progress. Because better science starts with better data.
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Choosing Wisely & Climate Action
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Simple carbon footprint for a dental practice
This paper introduces a specialised carbon calculator for dental practices to compute and monitor their carbon footprints (CFPs). The carbon calculator is developed using recent carbon modelling, utilising methodologies and data from estimating the average NHS dental practice’s CFP.
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Strengthening internal organizational capacity for change
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the fourth of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. These practices are presented in the upcoming CASCADES playbook Strategic Planning for Sustainable Healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners
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Maximizing impact through external partnerships and networks
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the fifth of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. These practices are presented in the upcoming CASCADES playbook Strategic Planning for Sustainable Healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners
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Operationalizing healthcare sustainability at program level
This webinar explores how programmatic change initiatives connect high-level provincial strategy with frontline organizational action to advance sustainability in healthcare. It features sustainability leaders David Smith and Caroline Stigant, who share insights on operationalizing sustainability within clinical sectors, including surgical quality improvement, planetary health initiatives, and environmentally sustainable kidney care. The session is part of the Leadership and Strategy for Sustainable Health Systems series.
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