It is recognised that health and care systems are undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling a more sustainable health system. To facilitate the completion Continue reading “Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at ULS de Braga, Portugal”
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Environmental Impact of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
This case study from Sustainable Healthcare Coalition member, Baxter Healthcare Limited assesses the care pathway impacts of four different scenarios for intravenous antimicrobial therapy administration, including delivery to inpatients and three Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) scenarios. The inpatient scenario was found to have significantly higher climate change, water use and waste impacts per patient Continue reading “Environmental Impact of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy”
Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada
Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling health systems undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. To facilitate the completion of care pathway assessments, it is necessary to generate data that characterises Continue reading “Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada”
An environmental impact assessment of Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) surgery
It is recognised that health and care systems are undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling a more sustainable health system. Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), Continue reading “An environmental impact assessment of Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) surgery”
Carbon Calculators for Healthcare
The growing demand for carbon accounting has driven a proliferation of carbon calculators enabling organisations to calculate their overall carbon footprint or wider environmental impact. Given the number of carbon calculators now available – some extending beyond carbon to other environmental impacts – this landscape review assesses 21 tools. The tools reviewed span eight levels of measurement across healthcare: care pathways, clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, products, healthcare organisations, clinical specialties, and project/service evaluation. Each tool is reviewed against a consistent set of criteria to understand how well the current landscape serves the range of users and use cases now demanding carbon and other data from the health sector.
A Perspective on Environmental Sustainability Assessments in the Healthcare Sector
A discussion paper titled “Challenges and recommendations for environmental sustainability assessments of pharmaceutical products in the healthcare sector” has been published in Green Chemistry by Wouter De Soete of Ghent University, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition and the American Chemical Society. Healthcare represents a significant portion of the global economy so, it Continue reading “A Perspective on Environmental Sustainability Assessments in the Healthcare Sector”
A Manifesto for Global Sustainable Health
A manifesto has been produced that attempts to summarise the thoughts explored by the Sustainable Health Symposium that was held in Cambridge in July, 2017 and sponsored by the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition. Across the globe, the health of individuals, their communities and the planet is in crisis as key drivers including rising inequity, food insecurity, Continue reading “A Manifesto for Global Sustainable Health”
Healthcare, Circular Economy Principles and Sustainable Wellbeing
Global expenditure on healthcare represented close to 10% of GDP in 2015, a proportion that is anticipated to grow because of increasing access to healthcare, as a consequence of an ageing global population and the higher demands placed on healthcare services as we age. At the same time, the provision of healthcare plays a part Continue reading “Healthcare, Circular Economy Principles and Sustainable Wellbeing”
Decarbonisation of CKD treatment in the UAE
A discussion paper. It is recognised that global health and care systems are undergoing transformative change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling a more sustainable health system. As Continue reading “Decarbonisation of CKD treatment in the UAE”
Building environmental considerations into the evaluation of health interventions
The past decade has seen encouraging commitments from health system leaders, professional societies and industry to identifying environmentally sustainable practices that can be built into the future of healthcare. Making these commitments a reality will require accurate ways of measuring the environmental impact of health interventions, as well as transparent decision-making frameworks to guide how Continue reading “Building environmental considerations into the evaluation of health interventions”
