How to Use My Green Doctor
My Green Doctor is a practice management guide to adding environmental sustainability and climate change preparedness to healthcare clinics, offices, and outpatient centers. Our website shows you step-by-step how to do this by adding only FIVE MINUTES of My Green Doctor to the agenda of a regular staff meeting once a month.
My Green Doctor is for everyone in the office: Managers, nurses, aides, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, therapists, clerical staff, lab techs, administrators, cleaning staff, computer experts, and even the doctors. No scientific or environmental knowledge is needed. Anyone can register and use the website; it is free, confidential, and safe.
Make “going green” your official policy. Adopt environmental sustainability as one of your core values. Many businesses, large and small, have taken this step. It’s about saving money, a healthier office, and a healthier community. If you are a manager, we have an easy guide to introducing My Green Doctor to your leadership team, whether your are a single office or a large system with thirty practices: Guide for Managers
When to meet? Most offices add five-minute of My Green Doctor business once a month to the agenda of a regular clinic business or staff meeting. Our “Meeting-by-Meeting Guide” provides a full script for each five-minute session.
Stay on track with our Meeting-by-Meeting Guide: The Guide explains what to say and do at each of your first ten meetings using My Green Doctor. It directs you to the Action Steps that are easiest for most practices. In addition, Partner Society Members and Green Sustainer Members can access our seven Workbooks with the more than 140 Action and Education Steps to explore in the years ahead.
We provide a simple Green Doctor Notes form for tracking each Green Team meeting: see the “Resources” tab.
Commit to earning the Green Doctor Office Recognition Certificate in as little as six months. You will be saving money and creating a healthier community. Your patients and colleagues will be impressed!
What’s stopping you? Speak today to your practice manager or leader about adding five minutes of My Green Doctor to the agenda of you next practice planning meeting.
