VideoDec | 16 | 2024
Health Care Sustainability: Transforming Clinical Practice in the Face of Climate Change
The U.S. health care sector is responsible for a substantial amount of environmental pollution with negative impacts on planetary and human health. This presentation provides information on the sources of this pollution using a recent carbon footprint of the Mass General Brigham system, and demonstrates how clinical activities can drive pollution and represent opportunities for improvement. Two examples relevant to internal medicine are highlighted, including single use vs. reusable products and low carbon asthma care.
Featured Speakers
Gregg Furie, MD, MHS
Medical Director for Climate and Sustainability at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Preeti Mehrotra, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Director for Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Beth Israel Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Wynne Armand, MD
Associate Director for the MGH Center for the Environment and Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School