VideoSep | 27 | 2022
We increasingly rely on single-use disposable medical devices, under misguided notions that they are proven safer and cheaper than reusable devices. This has resulted in increased health care expenditures, waste, pollution, and associated health damages. This also leaves health systems vulnerable to supply chain disruption and demand fluctuations. Should we move back to reusable devices?
This webinar is co-hosted by the Center for the Environment and Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Epidemiology in Environmental Health Sciences
Director, Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability (PHES)
Yale University
Dr. Wilkinson discusses some key challenges facing physicians managing chronic respiratory disease in 2023 and how we can reduce the environmental impact of inhaled treatments whilst simultaneously improving the quality of care delivered.
Extreme heat and air pollution are each individually responsible for a range of poor health outcomes. Learn more about the potential health effects of heat and air pollution, who is at risk, and some things you can do to lower your risk.
Learn the importance of communicating with individuals, communities, and populations about the public health problem of climate change.
Dr. Ed Maibach makes the case that climate change and its underlying major cause, burning fossil fuels, are the world’s #1 public health threat.
Barbara Belanger, DNP, RN, CNOR, focuses on the Mass General Food to Energy Program and the link between food waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
Shanda Demorest discusses how health professionals can engage in climate mitigation, resilience, and leadership.
