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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
Drs. Patrice Nicholas and Suellen Breakey offer an overview of how extreme heat and weather, poor air quality, hurricanes, flooding, rising sea levels, and post-disaster health challenges affect our mental health.
Drs. Patrice Nicholas and Suellen Breakey review the impact of climate change as one factor that influences the spread of diseases carried by vectors such as fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes, as well as Lyme disease.
In this webinar, Dr. Paul Biddinger discusses how the healthcare system needs to change how it identifies climate-related threats and better prepares to preserve its ability to function in the face of future disasters.
Drs. Suellen Breakey and Patrice Nicholas review the impact of extreme heat, risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatment options, and ways to prevent a heat-related illness.
This summer, Haines is partnering with Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) of Cambridge to host three free workshops to address these disparities and provide attendees with the tools and knowledge they need to stay safe during extreme heat events.
In this webinar, Dr. Cassandra Thiel provides an overview of the emerging field of “clinical sustainability” and what it means for healthcare to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions.
