VideoSep | 27 | 2022
We increasingly rely on single-use disposable medical devices, under misguided notions that they are proven safer and cheaper than reusable devices. This has resulted in increased health care expenditures, waste, pollution, and associated health damages. This also leaves health systems vulnerable to supply chain disruption and demand fluctuations. Should we move back to reusable devices?
This webinar is co-hosted by the Center for the Environment and Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Epidemiology in Environmental Health Sciences
Director, Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability (PHES)
Yale University
This lecture provides an overview of efforts which address the intersection of climate change and health, with an aim to raise awareness about the immediate threats to patient health and build a proactive path forward for the health sector.
Open burning of plastic waste is practiced widely across the globe and exposures to air pollution from plastic waste is harmful to human health. In this presentation, the effects of plastic waste burning/incineration on global climate change will be discussed by Dr. Lisa M. Thompson.
Dr. Ng-Kamstra explores the profound impact of climate change on surgical practice.
A panel of experts from various backgrounds discusses how climate change contributes to injury risk and how to build resilient communities.
A panel of sustainability experts discuss the environmental impacts of the health care system and ways to reduce it.
Jonathan Slutzman, MD, director of the MGH Center for the Environment and Health, discusses sustainability efforts across Massachusetts General Hospital.
This lecture provides an overview of efforts which address the intersection of climate change and health, with an aim to raise awareness about the immediate threats to patient health and build a proactive path forward for the health sector.
Open burning of plastic waste is practiced widely across the globe and exposures to air pollution from plastic waste is harmful to human health. In this presentation, the effects of plastic waste burning/incineration on global climate change will be discussed by Dr. Lisa M. Thompson.
Dr. Ng-Kamstra explores the profound impact of climate change on surgical practice.
A panel of experts from various backgrounds discusses how climate change contributes to injury risk and how to build resilient communities.
