mHealth Intelligence June 4, 2024
New research shows that telehealth can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with cancer care, including driving to in-person clinic appointments.
Using telehealth could significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to cancer care visits, new research reveals.
Published in JAMA Oncology, the study explores whether decentralizing cancer care through telehealth could reduce GHG emissions associated with outpatient clinic visits. Healthcare facilities play a significant role in the climate crisis. According to the Commonwealth Fund, the healthcare sector is responsible for 4.6 percent of total GHG emissions worldwide. In the United States, the healthcare system drove emissions up 6 percent from 2010 to 2018.
Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Massachusetts General Hospital set out to...
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