Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center Earns Practice Greenhealth Awards
Lima, Ohio (June 7, 2024) – As a mission-based health system, Mercy Health has a continued its commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of the patients and communities it serves. That includes a commitment to developing a sustainable culture through environmental stewardship and working with others to protect the environment and our communities’ health now and for future generations.
Through efforts coordinated by a collaborative council of multi-disciplinary stakeholders across our ministry, Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) and the Mercy Health – Lima market implemented system-wide sustainable initiatives that earned environmental excellence awards from Practice Greenhealth, a leading sustainability member organization for hospital networks.
Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center has been awarded with the Greenhealth Emerald Award, which recognizes the top 20 percent of Partner for Change applicants and is focused on advanced sustainability programs and exemplary scores in a range of categories. In addition, St. Rita’s received the Greening the OR Recognition Award, which honors facilities that have made substantial strides in improving environmental performance in the operating room.
“We are so proud of our teams for their commitment to improving our sustainability efforts at St. Rita’s Medical Center. As a faith-based ministry, we strive to be good stewards of our resources and we are proud to receive this recognition that we are doing our small part to care for the environment and communities we serve,” said Ronda Lehman, president of Mercy Health – Lima.
Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center received the Practice Greenhealth Partner for Change Award in 2022 and 2023.
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About Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth is a nonprofit membership organization founded on the principles of positive environmental stewardship and best practices by organizations in the health care community. Practice Greenhealth provides information, tools, data, resources, and expert technical support on sustainability initiatives that help hospitals and health systems meet their health, financial, and community goals.
About Mercy Health - Lima
Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center, is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) one of the 20 largest health systems in the United States and the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the country. The ministry’s quality, compassionate care is provided by more than 60,000 associates serving communities in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as throughout Ireland. Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center has been providing quality health care to the people of Allen County and west central Ohio since 1918. The mission of Mercy Health is to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. With more than 3,000 employees, physicians and volunteers in the area, the ministry provides quality, innovative, compassionate care to the greater Lima community. For more information, visit mercy.com.