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Pakhi Chaudhuri, MD, has emphasized environmental friendliness ever since she opened her Durango, Colorado, pediatrics practice three years ago.

She buys “green” cleaning products and green office furniture. Her office’s exam tables and rolling stools are free of PVC, a plastic that can release toxic chemicals into the air.

Physicians swear an oath to “do no harm,” but many, like Chaudhuri, are growing increasingly concerned with the harm their industry inflicts on the environment and their patients. “As physicians, there’s only so much we can do,” she says, but she knows that her practice can set a good example for her patients and perhaps for other practices too. For Chaudhuri, that’s reason enough to justify her efforts.To address ever-growing environmental concerns, more physicians are taking steps to create greener practices. Some do it simply because it feels like the right thing to do, some do it to cut costs and boost efficiency, while others report that going green has improved public relations and positioned them as role models in their communities. Whatever the motivation, doctors who advocate going green say it can be good for business, and it can result in healthier and happier patients and staff.

And every little bit counts, environmental advocates say—even initiatives as rudimentary as encouraging employees to carpool or adding recycling bins to the kitchen and break areas.

“People might look at that and say, ‘My God, what minutiae!’ But it’s really about how much thinking about sustainability penetrates your culture,” says Charles Kilo, MD, an internist who founded the Portland, Oregon-based medical clinic Greenfield Health in 2001.

For Kilo, being green fits into his goal of running an innovative practice. Greenfield tries to be “a completely different doctor’s office,” he says, in part by offering e-mail and phone consultations, same-day appointments, online access to medical records, and home visits.

“We believe that we need to explore how to reduce our overall environmental impact and improve sustainability, right along with focusing on how we improve care and how we innovate in the improvement of care,” he says.

Kilo is not the only one to connect environmental friendliness to superior patient care. At its annual policy meeting in November, the American Medical Association voted to pass a resolution supporting “responsible” waste management practices, the use of ecologically sustainable products, and building practices that “contribute to a healthy environment.” In recent years, the AMA has adopted policies that encourage recycling in the medical community and called for physicians to be spokespeople for environmental stewardship.

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