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New Report Serves As A Road Map To Decarbonize Healthcare
If it was a country, the healthcare sector would be the fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases. A new report launched at this year’s Skoll World Forum outlines how to bring down the sector’s emissions profile. The report, produced by the nongovernmental organization Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) and the global engineering and consulting firm Arup, serves as a road map to decarbonizing the healthcare sector. Globally, the sector accounts for 4.4% of greenhouse gas emissions, most of which come from burning fossil fuels for everything from powering facilities to transporting supplies. In the U.S., healthcare represents an even greater share of the total carbon footprint, 8.5% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. According to modeling in this new report, without intervention healthcare’s environmental impact will keep growing. In 2014, the sector produced two gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions, and that annual contribution could triple by 2050. Even if countries fulfill their nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement, the authors project that healthcare's annual carbon footprint will still increase to over three gigatons by 2050. The report outlines steps that could put global healthcare emissions on a decreasing trajectory, improving healthcare sustainability and quality. "Anytime we look at solutions to climate change, we're also going to see potential solutions to human health and environmental health at the same time," said Melissa Bilec, an associate professor in the civil and environmental engineering department at the University of Pittsburgh.
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FREE! Invitation to Wellness & Energy Increase & DOMS Reduction Technique
Ah wellness! How has yours been during the pandemic? In response to the current health, well-being, stress and anxiety challenges, the Keep Fit Kingdom team have developed a short, exciting wellness test study. Our hope is to inspire and encourage people to take care of their health using a simple, practical, step by step method, with lesser reliance on prescription drugs, medicines and overburdened health care services. This short study is also ideal for those who are involved regular exercise that may cause DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) for 24-48 hours post exercise. However, even if you are not engaged in much physical activity you are welcome and encouraged to participate as there are numerous other benefits to be gained.
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Check out GIANT Health's stand at the Virtual Health Careers Conference today!
Make sure you check out our stand at the Virtual Health Careers Conference today. #VHCC2021. Link to sign up here.
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The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine is inviting you to their very own “Question Time” Sleep event
The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine are bringing together a panel of experts, from the world of lifestyle medicine and the media, to answer questions posed by members and non-members of the BSLM. 12 July 2021 Register here.
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The No Surprises Act: How Healthcare Organizations Can Improve The Transition For Patients
Partner & Co-Founder at Kuroshio Consulting Inc., a management consultant with 20 years of international strategy consulting experience. Young female doctor is consulting a senior patient GETTY As a business owner, and one with more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare space, I know that maneuvering through the outrageous complexity of the provider and payor space to offer healthcare to our employees was beyond taxing. So, I can’t imagine what it must be like for the average consumer. Why is it that I can get a quote for just about any service these days through an app on my phone within minutes, but asking for transparency in what I might be charged as a patient is an insurmountable task? Case in point, if someone undergoes surgery at a hospital, the total cost is known only months after the date of care and flits into their mailbox through multiple invoices from different departments at the same hospital. This also might include “surprise” out-of-network bills, which can be exorbitant. So why do patients have to pay outrageous rates for out-of-network providers when they often lack the opportunity to choose? For surgical procedures, people can typically pick their hospital facility and primary surgeon, but they can’t select any other member of the surgical team (for example, anesthesiologist, radiologist). The same goes for emergencies when someone is transported to a hospital outside of their network or an in-network hospital that is staffed with out-of-network clinicians.
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Walk With Path are launching Floave, Soon!
Floave is a wearable fitness device designed to increase motivation and boost performance throughout your exercise journey. Be it an intense workout or a daily long walk, these podiatry insoles work to reduce post-workout pains through vibrations at the soles…
Read moreDoximity Jumps 69% In Debut After Company's $4.6 Billion IPO
Doximity Jumps 69% In Debut After Company's $4.6 Billion IPO
Read moreRejecting Silicon Valley, the CEO of Doximity built a multi-billion dollar company
Doximity co-founder and CEO Jeff Tangney now owns $2.9 billion in shares after the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange. According to CNBC, before his success with Doximity, founder Jeff Tangney, at the age of 48, started…
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Healthcare Innovation Through The Lens Of Interoperability And Privacy
Mifan Careem is Vice President and Head of Solutions Architecture and Head of Healthcare Solutions at WSO2. Concentrated doctor working with laptop at desk in office GETTY Dwight D. Eisenhower is often attributed with the following quote: “The things that are urgent are seldom important, and the things that are important are seldom urgent.” Healthcare organizations have known that interoperability is key for innovation, although not many organizations have prioritized the implementation part of it. The impact of the pandemic flipped this well-known adage on its head for healthcare innovation though, as interoperability and data access became the No. 1 priority overnight for healthcare organizations and consumers. The pandemic has accelerated consumer demand for newer and innovative healthcare solutions like never before. From telemedicine and digital front doors to aggregated health data apps, healthcare organizations are competing to better serve their consumer base with compelling digital solutions. And providers, payers, healthcare app developers and tech giants are scrambling to provide consumers with innovative solutions. McKinsey estimates that global digital-health revenues will rise from $350bn in 2019 to $600bn in 2024. Interoperability is a key driver for Innovation in healthcare. Accessibility and availability of the right data is the first step in innovation. Supporting a 360-degree aggregated view of a patient or member requires data pulled in from multiple sources, mostly from the user’s hospital and electronic health record systems, health insurance and claim management systems, wearable devices such as the Apple Watch and Fitbit, healthcare apps such as Apple Health or Epic MyChart, etc. This means access to multiple systems across multiple organizational boundaries. This requires the custodians of the data to expose accurate, timely information in a secure and controlled manner using a common language, whilst authorized users of the information such as providers should have the ability to pull (or push in some cases) data from multiple sources, integrate and augment the data and expose this data as aggregated information to a broader audience. Initiatives to promote interoperability have been in place since before the pandemic, although their importance and need are really being felt now. Application programming interfaces (APIs) and a widely accepted canonical model are the natural first steps for this integration ecosystem.
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BlackRock launches two themed equity funds
Investors should benefit from two major long-term trends with BlackRock's two new equity funds: the BGF Next Generation Health Care Fund, which focuses on the next generation of healthcare companies, and the BGF Future Consumer Fund, which focuses on the…
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Healthcare policy/innovation: Biron Groupe Santé wants to bet on the electronic health passport.
The French company Biron Groupe Santé wants to be a part of the solution for the implementation of electronic health passports, which will allow travellers to provide information on their health status to the authorities of the country they visit. This formula could be used during events or activities as well. "We know that the 'digitization' of health care paths is starting," Annie Cornellier, Biron's director of project management and operations, said to the Journal. "It's for travelling and events," she continued.
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We're supporting the #YourSkinCampaign2021 with Mediaplanet
Distributed inside the @guardian and online at http://ow.ly/i8bi50FjI6b featuring Marian Adejokun with British Skin Foundation.
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