Mercy Health—Lourdes Hospital Earns Greenhealth Partner for Change Award
(PADUCAH, KY) – As a mission-based organization, Mercy Health has a continued commitment to the health and wellbeing of the patients and communities it serves. That includes a commitment to developing a sustainable culture through environmental stewardships 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 Paducah implemented system-wide sustainable initiatives that earned environmental excellence awards from Practice Greenhealth, a leading sustainability member organization for hospital networks.
The Greenhealth Partner for Change Award recognizes superior performance in environmental sustainability, covering a range of different sustainability programs and activities. Winners have also made substantive progress on mercury elimination.
“I am proud of the efforts that went into achieving this recognition and our continued opportunity to move this important work forward. As a ministry, we are unified in a shared concern for our planet. I am honored to be part of a system like Mercy Health, which is doing its part to care for our environment and our communities,” said Mike Yungmann, President of Mercy Health—Kentucky.
Mercy Health —Lourdes Hospital received this same distinction in 2023.
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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—Paducah
Mercy Health—Paducah is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health, 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 over 60,000 associates serving communities in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, and throughout Ireland. Mercy Health— Lourdes Hospital is a 359-licensed-bed facility accredited by The Joint Commission and was named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission. Mercy Health—Paducah is home to the region’s largest multi-specialty physician network, Mercy Health Physicians-KY, which consists of more than 150 providers serving in over 25 locations throughout Kentucky. Consistent with its commitment to serving each patient with dignity, BSMH provided more than $600 million dollars in community investments across five states in 2023, ensuring that cost is not a barrier to health care for our patients in need. In addition to charity care, BSMH invests in programs that address chronic illness, affordable housing, access to healthy food, education and wellness programs, transportation, workforce development, and other social determinants of health that directly affect the communities we serve. The mission of Mercy Health – Paducah is to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities and bringing good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying, and underserved. For more information, visit www.mercy.com.