Search Tag: Environmental Sustainability
2025 15 Oct
Environmental sustainability has moved from aspiration to operational concern in healthcare owing to the sector’s footprint and growing climate risks. A national survey of Italian healthcare organisations assessed how sustainability is recognised by leadership, translated into formal commitments and implemented across key domains in the absence...Read more
2025 15 Oct
Environmental sustainability has moved from aspiration to operational concern in healthcare owing to the sector’s footprint and growing climate risks. A national survey of Italian healthcare organisations assessed how sustainability is recognised by leadership, translated into formal commitments and implemented across key domains in the absence...Read more
2025 15 Oct
Environmental sustainability has moved from aspiration to operational concern in healthcare owing to the sector’s footprint and growing climate risks. A national survey of Italian healthcare organisations assessed how sustainability is recognised by leadership, translated into formal commitments and implemented across key domains in the absence...Read more
2025 03 Jul
The climate crisis requires decarbonisation across all major emission sectors, including healthcare, which contributes 4–5% of global emissions due to its complex supply chains, high energy use, and waste. Ninety-three countries have committed under a WHO initiative to develop environmentally responsible health systems. Addressing healthcare emissions...Read more
2025 17 Feb
The healthcare sector plays a critical role in society, yet it is also a significant contributor to environmental harm. It is responsible for approximately 4.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions and causes further damage through pollution, resource depletion and waste. While regulatory agencies are beginning to acknowledge and address these issues,...Read more
2025 17 Feb
The healthcare sector plays a critical role in society, yet it is also a significant contributor to environmental harm. It is responsible for approximately 4.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions and causes further damage through pollution, resource depletion and waste. While regulatory agencies are beginning to acknowledge and address these issues,...Read more
2024 06 Feb
Healthcare's environmental sustainability has become a pressing concern, with hospitals, clinical services, and the pharmaceutical industry identified as key contributors to environmental impact. Hospitals, in particular, are responsible for most greenhouse gas emissions, with the ICU being a significant consumer of resources like electricity,...Read more
2024 16 Jan
A study conducted by Schranz et al. examines how integrating a Point-of-Care Clinical Decision Support Tool (POC CDST) into the workflow of head and neck cancer specialists alters referral behaviour for radiological tests. The findings, published in "Insights into Imaging," reveal significant improvements in imaging efficiency and patient safety. ...Read more
2023 30 Oct
An overview of the Canadian health system’s interest in environmental sustainability and efforts to build a more climate-resilient healthcare system. Key Points The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care is Canada’s premier green healthcare organisation. Canada is warming at a rate more than twice that of the global average, with...Read more
2023 30 Oct
An overview of the Canadian health system’s interest in environmental sustainability and efforts to build a more climate-resilient healthcare system. Key Points The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care is Canada’s premier green healthcare organisation. Canada is warming at a rate more than twice that of the global average, with...Read more
2023 26 Oct
On 26 October 2023, the IHF held its annual Award Ceremony and Gala Dinner to celebrate excellence in hospital and healthcare leadership. The exemplary work of hospitals from 26 countries and territories was recognized for initiatives that improve the level, quality, and sustainability of healthcare service delivery. The IHF Awards promote...Read more
2023 18 Sep
From the left: Mr. Prinsze (Head of CENV & SVP Business Operations of CENV), Mr. Kawagishi (President and CEO of CMSE), Mr. Takiguchi (President and CEO of CMSC), Mr. Ishizuka (President and CEO of Canon Europe Ltd.), and Mr. Poppens (the Mayor of Amstelveen). Canon Medical Systems Europe is thrilled to announce the move of its European headquarters...Read more
2023 26 May
Critical care must move to a way of working that recognises climate change is a medical emergency, necessitating us all to put sustainability at the forefront of our actions as a multidisciplinary team working together in the best interests of our patients, our environment and our resources. Planetary Health and Public Health People’s...Read more
2023 26 May
Critical care must move to a way of working that recognises climate change is a medical emergency, necessitating us all to put sustainability at the forefront of our actions as a multidisciplinary team working together in the best interests of our patients, our environment and our resources. Planetary Health and Public Health People’s...Read more