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UnitedHealth Group Releases 2023 Sustainability Report

(1 days ago) WEBReport highlights efforts to help people live healthier lives, empower health care consumers and seek ways to sustain a healthy environment. UnitedHealth Group, …

https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/posts/2024/2024-05-unitedhealth-group-releases-2023-sustainability-report.html

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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 …

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) WEBHealthcare systems account for over 4% of global CO2 emissions. Climate change affects a wide range of human health outcomes. Health systems can drive sustainable change to deliver better patient …

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

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Stanford Health Care earns Joint Commission’s Sustainable …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Joint Commission certification comes on the heels of another achievement for sustainability programs at Stanford Medicine: In 2024, Practice Greenhealth …

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

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Sustainable Healthcare The Joint Commission

(Just Now) WEBSustainable Healthcare Certification is available to U.S. hospitals, critical access hospitals, and health systems. The certification provides a framework to help organizations expand …

https://www.jointcommission.org/our-priorities/sustainable-healthcare/

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

(Just Now) WEBThe health sector’s contribution to damaging and degrading the natural environment has become increasingly clear in recent years. A 2019 estimate places …

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

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Leading the Way in Sustainable Health Care - Penn …

(Just Now) WEBThis is according to Practice Greenhealth, a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing sustainability in health care. Recognizing the impact of health care on the environment, leaders throughout Penn …

https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-blog/2021/november/leading-the-way-in-sustainable-health-care

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Sustainable health care Stanford News

(1 days ago) WEBThe health care sector accounts for almost 10% of U.S. emissions and is one of the country’s largest producers of waste. What can be done to make it more …

https://news.stanford.edu/2022/10/06/sustainable-health-care/

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Sustainable health systems Nature Sustainability

(Just Now) WEBSustainable health systems. Nature Sustainability 5 , 637 ( 2022) Cite this article. The provision of good healthcare is one of the top priorities of modern societies. …

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-022-00951-3

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Chair File: Making Health Care More Environmentally Sustainable

(6 days ago) WEBApr 22, 2024 - 11:14 AM by. Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., Chair, American Hospital Association. Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970. What started in the U.S. …

https://www.aha.org/news/chairpersons-file/2024-04-22-chair-file-making-health-care-more-environmentally-sustainable

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Environmental sustainability of health systems: time to act

(3 days ago) WEBThe health-care sector faces a great climate change paradox: health-care facilities and health-care givers are responsible for providing care to those who face …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00730-4/fulltext

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Sustainability in Healthcare: Perspectives and Reflections …

(3 days ago) WEBINTRODUCTION. Sustainability is an important point of attention for the public at large, for governments, and for the healthcare system [1-3].Previously, the term …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7591295/

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Environmental sustainability in healthcare systems: role of frugal

(7 days ago) WEBGreater use of frugal innovation has the potential to provide affordable healthcare with a lower environmental footprint, argue Cyan Brown , Yasser Bhatti , and …

https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj-2023-076381

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Making sustainable healthcare decisions: three turns towards

(3 days ago) WEBThis broader understanding of sustainability has been adopted most notably in the 17 United Nations Sustainable Developments Goals that include well …

https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/10/10/bmjebm-2023-112352

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‘Two-Sided Green’: How 4 Health Systems Are Saving Money With …

(5 days ago) WEBIn 2021, the health system completed construction of a new medical office building in West Oahu that gets 75% of its power from a green microgrid, Hemstreet …

https://medcitynews.com/2024/05/healthcare-renewable-energy-sustainability/

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How can the healthcare system deliver sustainable performance? A

(4 days ago) WEBBackground Increasing health costs, demand and patient multimorbidity challenge the sustainability of healthcare systems. These challenges persist and have been amplified …

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/5/e059207

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Sustainability and Health McKinsey & Company

(6 days ago) WEB“Healthcare industry is a major source of harmful emissions,” Yale News, Yale University, Aug 2, 2019; “Healthcare pollution and public health damage in the United States: An …

https://www.mckinsey.com/mhi/focus-areas/sustainability-and-health

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A multi-stakeholder perspective on sustainable healthcare: From …

(3 days ago) WEBVisualisation of the current multi-stakeholder system related to sustainable healthcare. The three main actors - health industries, health providers, and patients - …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7375280/

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Making change last? Exploring the value of sustainability …

(3 days ago) WEBHealthcare research continuously produces new and innovative findings but there is evidence that these improvements are often forgotten, changed or replaced in …

https://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12961-020-00601-0

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25 hospitals setting the standard for sustainability in health care

(9 days ago) WEBBoston Medical Center. Boston, Mass. Energy resilience saves lives in good times and in bad. Boston Medical Center’s co-generation power plant provides 43% of …

https://practicegreenhealth.org/about/news/25-hospitals-setting-standard-sustainability-health-care

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Health Care Sustainability and Public Health - Yale Center on …

(7 days ago) WEBThe Yale Program on Health Care Environmental Sustainability (Y-PHES) within the Center on Climate Change and Health is dedicated to improving the environmental …

https://ysph.yale.edu/yale-center-on-climate-change-and-health/healthcare-sustainability-and-public-health/

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Advocate Health recognized with national awards for advancing

(Just Now) WEBAdvocate Health has been recognized as a national leader in environmental sustainability by Practice Greenhealth, a nationally leading organization dedicated to …

https://newsroom.wakehealth.edu/news-releases/2024/05/advocate-health-recognized-with-national-awards-for-advancing-sustainability

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Environmental Sustainability in the World of Health care

(2 days ago) WEBEnvironmental Sustainability in the World of Health care. There is growing awareness in the health care field that becoming a better steward of the environment is …

https://www.aha.org/advancing-health-podcast/2023-06-05-environmental-sustainability-world-health-care

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A decade of environmental sustainability in health care at the

(5 days ago) WEBFor the tenth year in a row, the Minneapolis VA Medical Center has been named one of the Top 25 hospitals in the country by Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s …

https://www.va.gov/minneapolis-health-care/news-releases/a-decade-of-environmental-sustainability-in-health-care-at-the-minneapolis-va/

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Sustainability in Health Care Annual Reviews

(4 days ago) WEBThe academic public health and biomedical communities have a long history of researching and documenting the adverse impacts of pollution on human health. However, the …

https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-environ-112320-095157

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Sustainability for Health Care - Achieving Your Sustainability Goals …

(4 days ago) WEBIn health care, sustainability refers to the integration of environmental stewardship, social equity and fiduciary responsibility to support healthy, equitable and resilient …

https://www.aha.org/sustainability

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What is sustainable healthcare? Bupa.com

(2 days ago) WEBSustainable healthcare is about understanding that our health – and that of our environment around us – are intrinsically linked, and acting in a way that supports …

https://www.bupa.com/news/stories-and-insights/2022/what-is-sustainable-healthcare

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UCI Health — Irvine: A model of sustainability

(1 days ago) WEBIN THE NEWS: Sustainability has not been the norm for hospitals, but the construction of UCI Health — Irvine could have ripple effects throughout the healthcare …

https://www.ucihealth.org/news/2024/05/uci-health-irvine-sustainability

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Abbott Scholars Ready to Join the Fight Against Diabetes

(2 days ago) WEBSustainability May 16, 2024. “My mom had diabetes for the longest time. I didn’t know,” Harry Ma begins. “She kept it a secret from everybody.”. A secret until she …

https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/sustainability/abbott-scholars-ready-to-join-the-fight-against-diabetes.html

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Our nurses, our future: Addressing the critical issue of …

(9 days ago) WEBOur nurses, our future: Addressing the critical issue of sustainability in SA’s healthcare sector. 13 May 2024. With only 22,090 nurses to serve the country’s public …

https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/our-nurses-our-future-addressing-the-critical-issue-of-sustainability-in-sas-healthcare-sector-451189a

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Oregon hospitals, patient advocates battle over Sustainable Cost …

(2 days ago) WEBA state committee set the Sustainable Health Care Cost Growth Target at 3.4%, mirroring Oregon’s Medicaid and public employees’ and teachers’ plans, and …

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2024/05/10/cost-growth-target-oregon-hospitals-insurers.html

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UnitedHealth Group’s affordable housing investments surpass $1B

(2 days ago) WEBWe are a health care and well-being company made up of a diverse team around the world dedicated to making health care work better through two distinct and …

https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/posts/2024/2024-05-uhg-1b-housing-investment.html

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Exclusive: Corporate climate watchdog document deems carbon …

(7 days ago) WEBInformation you can trust. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people …

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/corporate-climate-watchdog-document-deems-carbon-offsets-largely-ineffective-2024-05-09/

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Patients love telehealth—physicians are not so sure McKinsey

(1 days ago) WEBTo help our clients understand responses to COVID-19, McKinsey launched a research effort to gather insights from physicians into how the pandemic is affecting …

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/patients-love-telehealth-physicians-are-not-so-sure

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Emerging AI Technology Trends and More: Participate in ISOIEC AI

(3 days ago) WEBHear from leading AI experts about emerging AI technologies impacting healthcare, sustainability, data, and more during an upcoming virtual workshop …

https://www.ansi.org/standards-news/all-news/2024/05/5-16-24-emerging-ai-technology-trends-and-moreparticipate-in-iso-iec-ai-workshop

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Consumers willing to pay 9.7% sustainability premium, even as

(4 days ago) WEBLONDON, 15 May 2024 – Consumers are willing to spend an average of 9.7% more on sustainably produced or sourced goods, even as cost-of-living and inflationary …

https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/news-room/press-releases/2024/pwc-2024-voice-of-consumer-survey.html

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