Becker's Healthcare February 29, 2024
Ashleigh Hollowell

Hospitals in Arizona, Florida, Kansas and Oklahoma run by the Department of Veterans Affairs are among the system’s most at-risk facilities that are jeopardized by increasing climate threats, according to a report published by the VA and obtained by Inside Climate News.

The agency first established a Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan in 2021 and has measured its progress each year since. In the most recent report, the VA found that specifically hospitals in Florida and Kansas could be among the highest risk facilities with those regions likely to be affected by multiple extreme weather events in the coming...

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