Becker's Healthcare January 25, 2024
Around 80% of clinicians care about the actions their hospitals and health systems are taking to address climate change, and 60% feel strongly enough to consider it a factor that affects whether they would take a job, according to a Jan. 24 report from The Commonwealth Fund.
Not only are healthcare systems and hospitals responsible for emitting around 8.5% of U.S. carbon emissions, but climate change also has significant effects on public health, too.
Both the HHS and the Environmental Protection Agency have acknowledged the threat climate change poses to healthcare, including how it can “disrupt access to health care services, threaten infrastructure, and pose physical and mental health risks.”
In its survey of 1,001 U.S.-based clinicians, The...
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