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Discover sustainable health systems

WEBIf you are interested in making a positive impact on the environment and improving the sustainability of healthcare, CASCADES can help. We provide a comprehensive range of resources, including courses, events, and networking opportunities, to help healthcare professionals gain the tools and knowledge they need to implement low-carbon, high …

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Sustainable Primary and Community Care

WEBThis project will produce a guide for Primary Care providers to introduce extreme heat events in Canada, outline the risks of heat on human health and healthcare, and discuss current responses to heat events.

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Global database of healthcare’s environmental impacts launched

WEBHealthcare provision is a major contributor to the climate crisis, accounting for more than five percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. To support the global transition towards sustainable health systems, researchers at Dalhousie University and Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) have today launched a new open-access, interactive …

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Measuring healthcare's environmental impacts

WEBCASCADES pan-Canadian Network. In partnership with the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, we support the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation in Canadian Healthcare Organizations Community of Practice. This network is made up of experts working in the healthcare system in facilities and/or energy management roles.

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Key Areas for Climate Action in Healthcare

WEBEquip yourself and your organization with effective strategies to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare and address climate risk. Our 10 priority action areas for high-quality, low-carbon, sustainable and climate-resilient health systems are supported by the clear evidence and experience needed for decisive movement forward.. For each action area, …

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HealthcareLCA Launch: The new home of healthcare

WEB18 January 2023, 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EST. To support the global transition towards sustainable health systems, researchers at Dalhousie University and Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) have launched a new open-access, interactive database of healthcare’s environmental impacts. The new HealthcareLCA database serves as an up …

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Introduction to Sustainable Health Systems

WEBCASCADES’ Introduction to Sustainable Health Systems is an asynchronous e-learning module designed for people who work in the Canadian health system. It will introduce you to the relationship between climate change, health, and health systems; familiarize you with the concept of sustainable health systems; and get you thinking about how you …

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Improving health through climate conscious clinical care

WEBCare pathways. Improving health through climate conscious clinical care. Employing strategies that improve population health through care delivery can help reduce the amount of healthcare services required, and in turn, their environmental impacts. This includes delivering healthy food, effective chronic disease management, and climate-adapted

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CASCADES in the news Creating a sustainable Canadian health …

WEBClimate and environmental change threaten patient health and the systems that deliver care. At the same time, modern health systems are themselves a significant contributor to global carbon emissions. Action […]

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Sustainable Primary Care Toolkit

WEBMaterials created by CASCADES are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).While it is not a requirement under the license, we would be grateful if you would let us know where and how you use, share or adapt our materials.

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Summer Institute on Sustainable Health Systems

WEBThis University of Alberta course is issued through the School of Public Health. The Toronto hub is offering an intensive for-credit Reading Course on Sustainable Health Systems that includes participation in the Summer Institute. This course will be delivered in person in Toronto over 7 sessions (June 10-13, 19, 26, & July 3).

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Sustainable occupational therapy playbook

WEBSustainable occupational therapy. Occupational therapy can contribute to transitioning current healthcare systems towards high-quality, low-carbon, sustainable and climate-resilient care. Here, find background information, resources, and considerations to guide more sustainable and climate-resilient occupational therapy.

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Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care

WEBThe Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care playbook is a validated playbook produced following the Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing Collaborative. The Collaborative was informed by a National Advisory Committee of interdisciplinary healthcare professionals. Primary care teams from across the country tested the resources

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Sustainable QI & Patient Safety

WEBThe Community. Our online community connects Canadian healthcare professionals and trainees from all backgrounds working towards environmentally sustainable health systems. Sustainability is intrinsically linked with both quality care and patient safety and can be embedded within these efforts.

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Climate conscious clinical specialties

WEBThe aim is to address the current deficit in climate education in internal medicine curricula, and to enhance the understanding—and change the behavior—of current and future practicing physicians in internal medicine. PI: Nabha Shetty, Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Dalhousie University.

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Sustainable Inhalers in Primary Care

WEBThe Sustainable Inhalers Initiative, which is supported by the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, and the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine, is one of several CoP initiatives aimed at reducing the carbon impacts of care.

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