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Environmental Effects of Healthcare Commonwealth Fund

(7 days ago) People also askWhat percentage of emissions are related to health care?These account for around 11 percent of emissions related to health care. Scope 3: All other indirect emissions from the production and transportation of goods and services procured by the health sector, such as those related to pharmaceuticals and other medical products and devices.Environmental Effects of Healthcare Commonwealth Fundcommonwealthfund.orgHow does air pollution affect mental health and well being?Dr. Anet Varghese

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/explainer/2022/apr/how-us-health-care-system-contributes-climate-change#:~:text=Worldwide%2C%20the%20health%20care%20sector%20is%20responsible%20for,emissions%20increased%206%20percent%20from%202010%20to%202018.

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Carbon footprint of healthcare systems: a systematic review of …

(4 days ago) WEBTo assess trends in GHG emissions of healthcare, data from all studies that reported total emissions for more than 1 year were taken. The data were normalised to the respective starting point of the report as a base year. Therefore, GHG emissions of time period t were divided by the GHG emissions of the base year t 0 and used in a descriptive

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e078464

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Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector — A Call to Action

(Just Now) WEBThe U.S. health sector is responsible for an estimated 8.5% of national carbon emissions. These emissions stem directly from the operations of health care facilities (scope 1) and indirectly from

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2115675

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Here's how healthcare can reduce its carbon footprint

(8 days ago) WEBReduce indirect emissions through sustainable use of materials and circular economy. Some 40-50% of global CO2 emissions are attributable to materials extraction, supply, and the manufacture of …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/cop27-how-healthcare-can-reduce-carbon-footprint/

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Reducing Healthcare Carbon Emissions

(9 days ago) WEBReducing Healthcare Carbon Emissions: A Primer on Measures and Actions for Healthcare Organizations to Mitigate Climate Change. The climate crisis is the single greatest public health challenge of the 21st century. As a significant contributor to climate change, the healthcare sector faces an urgent call to action to reduce its carbon …

https://www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/decarbonization/index.html

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The carbon footprint of healthcare settings: A systematic review

(8 days ago) WEBHealthcare systems are responsible for 4%–5% of the emissions of greenhouse gases worldwide. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol divides carbon emissions into three scopes: scope 1 or direct emissions secondary to energy use; scope 2 or indirect emissions secondary to purchased electricity; and scope 3 for the rest of indirect …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jan.15671

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Mandatory Reporting of Emissions to Achieve Net …

(1 days ago) WEBHealth care is responsible for approximately 8.5% of U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions. The authors note the need to measure and report emissions from health care organizations and propose ways to

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2210022

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Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In …

(Just Now) WEBThe health care industry is among the most carbon-intensive service sectors in the industrialized world. 1 It is responsible for 4.4–4.6 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and similar

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01247

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How Hospitals Fuel Climate Change - The New York Times

(1 days ago) WEBThe health care industry is a surprisingly large source of greenhouse gases, accounting for almost 5 percent of global CO2 emissions. If the sector were a country, it would be the fifth-largest

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/05/climate/climate-change-health.html

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FACT SHEET: Health Sector Leaders Join Biden - The White House

(5 days ago) WEBThe health care sector accounts for 8.5% of U.S. emissions, so these bold commitments advance President Biden’s goal to reduce nationwide greenhouse gas emissions 50-52% in 2030 and reach net

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/30/fact-sheet-health-sector-leaders-join-biden-administrations-pledge-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions-50-by-2030/

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U.S. health care emissions continue to rise YaleNews

(1 days ago) WEBGreenhouse gas emissions associated with the American health care system continued to rise in the past decade — accounting for 8% of total U.S. emissions — and remains the largest emitter of any country. A pair of new Yale-led studies described the increase, analyzed the outsized role of single-use medical devices in generating …

https://news.yale.edu/2020/12/07/us-health-care-emissions-continue-rise

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Reducing healthcare sector’s greenhouse gas emissions

(6 days ago) WEBThat’s when he learned that the healthcare sector is responsible for around 8.5% of total US greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). More specifically, anesthesia plays a big part, contributing to about 51% of hospital operating room GHG emissions. Many commonly used anesthetic gases, such as nitrous oxide, are also greenhouse gases …

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/09/reducing-healthcare-sectors-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

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Protecting planet and people: healthcare's climate roadmap

(3 days ago) WEBIronically, healthcare, whose mission it is to heal, is a major contributor to this crisis that is making the planet and the people who inhabit it sick. Healthcare contributes more than 4.4%of net global greenhouse gas emissions, making the sector (if it were a country) the fifth largest climate polluter on the planet.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/healthcare-climate-action-roadmap/

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Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization

(1 days ago) WEBEnsure that health care is powered by zero emissions electricity onsite, through purchased energy, and in the broader economy. Action taken to decarbonize electricity purchased by the health sector can provide a cumulative emissions reduction of at least 12.7Gt CO 2

https://healthcareclimateaction.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/HCWH%20Road%20Map%20for%20Health%20Care%20Decarbonization%20-%20Annex%20C.pdf

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Healthcare industry is a major source of harmful emissions

(3 days ago) WEBThe U.S. healthcare system contributes 10% of the nation’s carbon emissions and 9% of harmful non-greenhouse air pollutants. (Pollution was associate with an estimated 9 million premature deaths worldwide in 2015 or 16% of all deaths. The majority of harm was from air emissions.)

https://news.yale.edu/2019/08/02/healthcare-industry-major-source-harmful-emissions

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Priority setting and net zero healthcare: how much health can a …

(7 days ago) WEBCutting carbon emissions in healthcare requires trade-offs for clinicians, administrators, and global health policy makers and must be included when evaluating interventions, argue Anand Bhopal and Ole F Norheim The NHS net zero strategy,1 launched in October 2020, is the first national strategy of its kind and has helped inspire …

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-067199

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Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare

(Just Now) WEBGlobal healthcare systems need to recognise and redress climate change-related threats by designing new climate resilience programs with a focus on mitigation strategies (Scott et al. 2019).As shown in Table 1 and Fig. 1, these should emphasise the development of net zero roadmaps and decarbonisation pathways, thus lowering GHG …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-024-01487-5

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Health Care Sustainability Metrics: Building A Safer, Low-Carbon …

(Just Now) WEBA 2019 estimate places health care’s global carbon footprint at 4.4 percent of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, whereas health expenditure accounts for some 10 percent of global

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01103

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Telemedicine and the environment: life cycle environmental …

(Just Now) WEBSpending on healthcare typically accounts for a large proportion of a national budget, and this industry has also become one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 1,2.As a

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-023-00818-7

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Potential reduction in healthcare carbon footprint by autonomous

(Just Now) WEBHealthcare is a large contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions around the world, given current power generation mix. Telemedicine, with its reduced travel for providers and patients, has been

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-022-00605-w

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Stanford Health Care earns Joint Commission’s Sustainable …

(2 days ago) WEBHealth care has an important role to play in the fight against climate change, as its emissions make up 8.5% of the United States’ total amount. Hospitals also consume tremendous amounts of energy, and health care ranks near the top for waste generation, at 5.9 million tons annually.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/05/joint-commission-certification.html

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Penn Medicine Signs National Health Sector Climate Pledge

(2 days ago) WEBThe Health Sector Climate Pledge is a voluntary commitment by healthcare organizations to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Since it was created by the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2022, the pledge has been signed by …

https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/penn-medicine-signs-national-health-sector-climate-pledge

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Pressures grow on health care industry to reduce climate pollution …

(6 days ago) WEBOne agency that could step in and implement a mandated program for U.S. hospitals to reduce emissions is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which, as the largest payer to health

https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/27/health-care-hospitals-climate-pollution/

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Frontiers The potential of virtual healthcare technologies to …

(1 days ago) WEBIntroduction The potential of virtual healthcare technologies to reduce healthcare services’ carbon footprint. Healthcare services have become one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) globally accounting for 4.4% of net GHG emissions (1, 2) as modern medical technology has become carbon emission …

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1394095/full

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Could better asthma inhalers help patients, and the planet too?

(5 days ago) WEBThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recommends that hospitals looking to shrink their carbon footprint reduce inhaler emissions. Some hospital administrators see switching inhalers as

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/06/1248504466/could-better-asthma-inhalers-help-patients-and-the-planet-too

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Global healthcare emissions by production sectors Statista

(4 days ago) WEBDistribution of the healthcare sector's greenhouse gases emissions worldwide in 2018, by production sector [Graph], Arup, & Health Care Without Harm, September 29, 2019. [Online].

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463781/global-healthcare-emissions-by-production-sectors/

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Gas stoves emit unsafe levels of nitrogen dioxide Stanford Report

(6 days ago) WEBThe new research confirms that food emits little or no nitrogen dioxide as it cooks, however, and electric stoves produce no NO 2. “It’s the fuel, not the food,” said Jackson. “Electric

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/05/people-with-gas-and-propane-stoves-breathe-more-unhealthy-nitrogen-dioxide

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Concentrations of Volatile Methyl Siloxanes in New York City …

(8 days ago) WEBVolatile methyl siloxanes (VMS) are a group of organosilicon compounds of interest because of their potential health effects, their ability to form secondary organic aerosols, and their use as tracer compounds. VMS are emitted in the gas-phase from using consumer and personal care products, including deodorants, lotions, and hair …

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10752

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Global methane emissions automatically detected in satellite …

(2 days ago) WEBMethane is particularly targeted for curbing greenhouse gas emissions because its significant global-warming potential in the short term exceeds carbon dioxide by over 80-fold. However, monitoring

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240514213401.htm

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US Must Act to Slash Landfill Methane Emissions, Report Says

(6 days ago) WEBUS News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-05-16/us-must-act-to-slash-landfill-methane-emissions-report-says

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GOP attorneys general sue Biden administration and California …

(6 days ago) WEBFILE - Motor vehicle traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia, March 31, 2021. Dozens of Republican attorneys general on Monday, May 13, 2024, took legal action against the Biden Administration and California over new emissions limits for trucks.

https://apnews.com/article/trucks-emissions-epa-air-environment-566dc5d33637969c5c5413f8806dc755

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Adults who had difficult childhoods are not receiving sufficient …

(3 days ago) WEBAmong adults who had at least one adverse childhood experience, 47.9% of those ages 18–35 reported an unmet need for mental health services in the past year compared to 21.4% of adults 65 and older. Of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander adults, 70% reported having had one to three adverse childhood experiences, the greatest …

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/adverse-childhood-experiences-adult-psychological-distress

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Australian Federal Budget 2024 Analysis & insights - KPMG …

(5 days ago) WEBOn Tuesday 14 May 2024, Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the 2024-25 Australian Federal Budget with updates to key economic forecasts. From personal and business tax to banking, superannuation, infrastructure, health, defence, climate change, and more, the Federal Budget has implications for every corner of the Australian economy and impacts …

https://kpmg.com/au/en/home/insights/2024/05/federal-budget-australia.html?pageAccordionID=executive-summary&nocache=true

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