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Decarbonizing Health Care: Engaging Leaders in Change

(4 days ago) WEBThe Paris Agreement of 2015 contained national commitments across sectors and businesses. In close alignment, in 2022 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services charged stakeholders to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in half …

https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.22.0433

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TEAM Decarbonization and Resilience Initiative CMS

(6 days ago) WEBThe Decarbonization and Resilience Initiative is a proposed voluntary element of the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) designed to assist selected hospitals by collecting, monitoring, assessing, and addressing: 1) the threats of climate change to the nation's health and its health care system and 2) the effects of hospital carbon

https://www.cms.gov/team-decarbonization-and-resilience-initiative

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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 facilities (scope 1) and indirectly from

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2115675

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Reducing Healthcare Carbon Emissions - Agency for Healthcare …

(9 days ago) WEBReducing Healthcare Carbon Emissions: A Primer on Measures and Actions for Healthcare Organizations to Mitigate Climate Change. (Prepared by Institute for Healthcare Improvement under Contract No. 75Q80122P00007.) AHRQ Publication No. 22-M011. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2022.

https://www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/decarbonization/index.html

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Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization

(Just Now) WEBresilience in the health care sector unappreciated before. COVID-19 response and recovery also provides anopportunity to build back better and invest in climate-smart (resilient and zero emissions) health care as a disaster preparedness and …

https://healthcareclimateaction.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/Road%20Map%20for%20Health%20Care%20Decarbonization%20Executive%20Summary.pdf

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Mandatory Reporting of Emissions to Achieve Net-Zero Health Care

(1 days ago) WEBThe same holds true for health care decarbonization, which can appropriately be considered an additional dimension of quality of care. 16,24,25 Because health care–induced pollutants cause harm

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2210022

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The Commonwealth Fund Decarbonizing the Health Care …

(6 days ago) WEBExecutive Summary. The health care sector has played a significant role in the ongoing climate crisis, contributing ~8.5% of total U.S.-based greenhouse gases (GHGs) that are responsible for climate change.(1) This guide will draw references from the Decarbonization Action Guide published by BDHEA, the Commonwealth Fund, and …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2024-03/Decarbonizing%20the%20Health%20Care%20System%20Guide_20240304.pdf

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Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization

(1 days ago) WEBHealth Care Without Harm Annex C: Recommended interventions for implementing the seven high-impact actions 3 Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization Recommended interventions 1 - Power health care with 100% clean, renewable electricity Ensure that health care is powered by zero emissions electricity onsite, through purchased

https://healthcareclimateaction.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/HCWH%20Road%20Map%20for%20Health%20Care%20Decarbonization%20-%20Annex%20C.pdf

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How to read this Road Map - Health Care Climate Action

(7 days ago) WEBGlobal Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization This Road Map establishes a vision, a set of navigational tools, and a set of pathways by which the health care sector can chart a course toward zero emissions, while simultaneously building climate resilience and achieving global health goals (see Figure 3 for the Global Road Map infographic).

https://healthcareclimateaction.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/HCWH%20Road%20Map%20for%20Health%20Care%20Decarbonization%20-%20Guide.pdf

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The Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector

(7 days ago) WEBAbout the Program. Recognizing the critical need to address climate change through health sector leadership, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) launched the Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector (Climate Collaborative), a public-private partnership of leaders from across the health system committed to addressing …

https://nam.edu/programs/climate-change-and-human-health/action-collaborative-on-decarbonizing-the-u-s-health-sector/

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Crossing the Decarbonization Chasm: A Call to Action for Hospital …

(4 days ago) WEBBuilding the Case for Hospitals and Health Systems to Reduce GHGs. Currently, U.S. health care lags behind other industries in terms of sustainability management and disclosures (Senay et al., 2022).For instance, >90% of Standard & Poor’s 500 Companies and many private and nongovernmental entities publish annual sustainability reports …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11114593/

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Environmental footprint of regular and intensive inpatient care in a

(Just Now) WEBThe cost of healthcare in the United States (US) is the highest in the world, while the US ranks lower than other developed countries for health outcomes (CMS 2017).Improving the value of US healthcare requires us to reflect on the resources we consume in delivering care (Thiel and Horwitz 2019).In addition to the financial costs, …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-021-01998-8

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Crossing the Decarbonization Chasm: A Call to Action for Hospital …

(8 days ago) WEBJoin the conversation! Tweet this! Currently, U.S. health care lags behind other industries in terms of sustainability management and disclosures.A new #NAMPerspectives can help lead the way to mitigate health organization emissions: https://bit.ly/3uwBhv6 #ClimateActionforHealth. Tweet this! Authors of a new …

https://nam.edu/crossing-the-decarbonization-chasm-a-call-to-action-for-hospital-and-health-system-leaders-to-reduce-their-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

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Decarbonizing U.S. Healthcare Commonwealth Fund

(3 days ago) WEBThe NHS was the world’s first health care system to commit to net-zero carbon emissions. 4 Like many health systems around the world, the NHS is responsible for large portions of the nation’s overall carbon emissions (4%) and public-sector emissions (40%). 5 As global recognition of climate change as a health emergency has grown, the …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2022/jul/action-decarbonize-us-health-care-system-lessons-uk-nhs

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Health care sector decarbonization to accelerate in 2023: How to …

(2 days ago) WEBThe health care sector in the United States represents 8.5 percent of U.S. carbon emissions and over 17 percent of U.S. GDP. Decarbonization of the health care sector has started and will

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/3801276-health-care-sector-decarbonization-to-accelerate-in-2023-how-to-do-it-best/

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Decarbonizing Health Care: Engaging Leaders in Change

(7 days ago) WEBAlthough high, the energy intensity of inpatient facilities (in BTU per square foot) has declined 16% from 2012.3. Inpatient health care facilities represented the third most energy-intensive among all commercial buildings, operating at an intensity “ of 193,300 British thermal units per square foot, nearly three times.

https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/CAT.22.0433?download=true

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Assessment of the dynamics of inpatient health care delivery

(Just Now) WEBA retrospective analysis of the National Health Fund database was performed (NHF - the only public payer in Poland; database status of NHF as of 29th April 2022) in the area of hospital treatment

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-62671-2

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Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization

(1 days ago) WEBentire health care system, all emissions from health care organizations should be considered as Scope 1. The SPA allows us to transfer these emissions from Scope 3 to Scope 1, changing slightly the estimate for Scope 1 health care emissions (for the United Kingdom, Scope 1 changes from 12.3% to 13.8%, with Scope 3 reducing by the same …

https://healthcareclimateaction.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/HCWH%20Road%20Map%20for%20Health%20Care%20Decarbonization%20-%20Annex%20A.pdf

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Governor Hochul Announces $30 Million to Expand Inpatient …

(7 days ago) WEBThe budget includes $20 million to continue expanding school-based mental health clinic satellites, $19 million to provide critical care to young people outside of school environments, $33 million to build supports for individuals living with a mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system, and $55 million to add 200 inpatient

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-30-million-expand-inpatient-psychiatric-capacity-statewide

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Vail Health's crisis care center provides much needed relief for …

(5 days ago) WEBThe 28-bed inpatient facility is designed to provide swift help to those experiencing a mental health crisis. Currently, residents in the high country must travel to bigger city hubs for inpatient

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/vail-healths-mental-health-crisis-care-center-relief-mental-health-desert-high-country/

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Clinical Testing Guidance for Tuberculosis: Health Care Personnel

(5 days ago) WEBU.S. health care personnel without latent TB infection should not undergo routine serial TB screening or testing at any interval after baseline (e.g., annually). Health care personnel should have a timely symptom evaluation and additional testing, if indicated, after known exposure to a person with potentially infectious TB disease, or ongoing

https://www.cdc.gov/tb-healthcare-settings/hcp/screening-testing/index.html

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STATEWIDE RESPITE CARE PROGRAM FACT SHEET

(8 days ago) WEBMicrosoft Word - 27_2020 FACT SHEETBERGEN COUNTY RESPITE PROGRAM.doc. COUNTY OF BERGEN. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. One Bergen County Plaza • 2nd Floor • Hackensack, NJ 07601-7076 (201) 336-6500 • FAX (201) 336-6510. James J. Tedesco III. County Executive. Melissa H. DeBartolo, Esq.

https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/Departments__Services/Human_Services/Disability_Services/2020/07/2020_FACT_SHEETBERGEN_COUNTY_RESPITE_PROGRAM.pdf

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For Markus Johnson, Prison and Mental Illness Equaled a Death …

(7 days ago) WEBIt was 1:19 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2019, in the Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security prison a few hours south of Chicago. Mr. Johnson, 21 and serving a short sentence for gun possession, was

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/politics/prison-mental-health-care.html

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Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization

(8 days ago) WEBMobile: +1 415-730-0105. The Global Road Map for Zero Emission Health Care. The first-ever guide for how the health sector can align with the Paris Agreement ambition to keep warming below 1.5 degrees. On April 14, 2021, Health Care Without Harm, in collaboration with Arup, will launch The Global Road Map for Health Care …

https://healthcareclimateaction.org/road-map-press-release

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Bergen County Intensive Outpatient Program Treatment Centers

(5 days ago) WEBResidential inpatient treatment in Bergen County consists of 24-hour care at a live-in facility. Full treatment services, including medical and behavioral therapy, are provided all at one location.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/treatment-rehab/nj/bergen-county?category=intensive-outpatient-program

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Hospice Care - Ennoble Care

(3 days ago) WEBHOSPICE CARE. Hospice Care is an interdisciplinary palliative care program delivered primarily in a home or skilled nursing setting, to individuals with life limiting conditions and who are no longer candidates or seeking aggressive treatments. Hospice provides a holistic approach to caring, by taking the patient and their loved ones under

https://www.ennobleliving.com/hospice-care/index.html

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The Road Map Health Care Climate Action

(3 days ago) WEBHealth leaders from around the world launch Healthcare Decarbonization, Resilience, Equity: A Road Map. Speakers include Dr. David Nabarro, World Health Organization Special Envoy on COVID-19, Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India, Dr. Maria Neira, Director, Environment, Climate Change and Health, World …

https://healthcareclimateaction.org/roadmap

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