Climate Change for Health Care

This article from The Commonwealth Fund describes how health care organizations have contributed to climate change and what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint.

This article from the Association of American Medical Colleges details steps hospitals can take to examine their carbon footprint and reduce its negative impact on the community at large.

What are some solutions health care organizations can implement to help reduce their impact on climate change? This article from The World Economic Forum lists several options to consider.

How could educating health care professionals on the effects of climate change help improve patient outcomes? This article from The New England Journal of Medicine explores the answer to that question as well as the effect the health care industry has had on climate change overall.

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response lists tool kits from various state health care organizations. These tool kits provide more information to help health care facilities create emergency preparedness plans.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed this primer to help health care organizations address climate change, one of the leading threats to public health.

This article from the Association of American Medical Colleges describes how certain health care industry sectors are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint.