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20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and eHealth: a promising strategy for health sector mitigation and adaptation
Climate change is one of today’s most pressing global issues. Policies to guide mitigation and adaptation are needed to avoid the devastating impacts of climate change. The health sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in developed countries, and its climate impact in low-income countries is growing ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Care Facility Climate Change Resiliency Toolkit
This tool kit has been developed to help health care facilities access their resiliency to climate change. The toolkit includes three components: Facilitator’s guide, a presentation which facilitators can tailor to the specific needs of their health care facilities. The presentation outlines instructions for conducting the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Geostellar Launches Nationwide Solar Program for Health Care System Facilities, Employees and Patients
Geostellar, the nation’s first and largest online solar marketplace, today announced at Intersolar North America the launch of Solar.Clinic, a program for health care systems to go solar and offer solar energy to their employees, patients and community members. Working in partnership with Health Care Without Harm and Practice ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Opinion: Health institutions should lead on green stewardship
Hospitals, nursing homes and clinics have been making incremental improvements in their environmental record since the oil crisis of the 70s and should be commended for their efforts. But today, it’s simply not enough. After all, health, the environment and health care are inextricably linked. There is growing evidence of the link ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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More Needs to be Done to Prioritize Climate Change
Climate change is a critical public health issue — one that hospitals need to do more to address. Every year, U.S. hospitals are emitting 8 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gases, generating more than 5.9 million tons of waste annually, and spending more than $6.5 billion on energy costs. While many hospitals are beginning to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Energy Burden and Environmental Impact of Health Services
Objectives. We reviewed the English-language literature on the energy burden and environmental impact of health services., Methods. We searched all years of the PubMed, CINAHL, and ScienceDirect databases for publications reporting energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, or the environmental impact of health-related activities. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The impact of incinerators on human health and environment
Of the total wastes generated by health-care organizations, 10%-25% are biomedical wastes, which are hazardous to humans and the environment and requires specific treatment and management. For decades, incineration was the method of choice for the treatment of such infectious wastes. Incinerator releases a wide variety of pollutants ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Environmental implications of anesthetic gases
For several decades, anesthetic gases have greatly enhanced the comfort and outcome for patients during surgery. The benefits of these agents have heavily outweighed the risks. In recent years, the attention towards their overall contribution to global climate change and the environment has increased. Anesthesia providers have a ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Healthy hospitals, healthy planet, healthy people: Addressing climate change in healthcare settings
The paper begins to define a framework for analysing and addressing the health sector’s climate footprint – including identifying seven aspects of a climate-friendly hospital. It also draws on a series of examples from around the world that demonstrate that the health sector is indeed already beginning to provide leadership in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Leading by Example: Emission Reductions in Public Health Agencies. A Climate Masters Guide for the Public Health Sector
This manual provides guidance on how public health departments can prioritize and implement the operational changes that allow public health agencies to shrink their climate impact, and it also provides guidance about how to demonstrate a commitment to a healthy future.Energy, buildings, transportation, food, purchasing, waste, and ...