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WHO publishes guidance on climate resilient and environmentally

(9 days ago) WEBNew WHO guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities provides health professionals and health care facility managers with key tools and interventions to strengthen health care facilities in the context of …

https://www.who.int/news/item/12-10-2020-who-publishes-guidance-on-climate-resilient-and-environmentally-sustainable-health-care-facilities

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Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Health Care Facilities Toolkit

(7 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities Initiative (SCRHCFI) is an effort to help assure the continuity of …

https://toolkit.climate.gov/tool/sustainable-and-climate-resilient-health-care-facilities-toolkit

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Building Health Care Sector Resilience U.S. Climate Resilience …

(9 days ago) WEBHealth care organizations play a key role in community resilience. Climate change, by increasing the intensity and frequency of some extreme weather events, is creating …

https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/human-health/building-climate-resilience-health-sector

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Health Care Facilities Resilient to Climate Change Impacts

(3 days ago) WEBAbstract. Climate change will increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events and create risks that will impact health care facilities. Health …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276665/

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WHO Guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally …

(1 days ago) WEBGuide health care facility officials to work with health determining sectors (including water and sanitation, energy, transportation, food, urban planning, environment) to prepare for …

https://toolkit.climate.gov/reports/who-guidance-climate-resilient-and-environmentally-sustainable-health-care-facilities

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WHO GUIDANCE FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT AND …

(8 days ago) WEBSiting of new health care facilities follows assessments to avoid high-risk coastal areas, or areas that are prone to damage from hurricanes, windstorms, floods or water surges, …

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/climate-change/interventionstable-climateresilience-infrastructure-hcf.pdf?sfvrsn=e4aad2a8_5

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Towards Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health …

(3 days ago) WEBAs the climate continues to change, risks to health systems and facilities—including hospitals, clinics and community care centers—are increasing, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7731282/

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MEASURING THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF HEALTH SYSTEMS

(8 days ago) WEB4.1 WHO Health and Climate Change Global Survey 24 That guidance aims to enhance the capacity of health care facilities to protect and improve the health of target …

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/354542/9789240048102-eng.pdf?sequence=1

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Climate change impacts on healthcare needs renewed attention

(8 days ago) WEBClimate impacts are intensifying to become one of the most significant health crises this century. Quite apart from increasing and changing healthcare needs, …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/it-s-time-for-healthcare-to-accelerate-its-climate-journey/

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Decarbonizing Health Care: Engaging Leaders in Change

(4 days ago) WEBBesides helping communities adapt to climate change, health systems also play a key role in mitigating the dangers of excessive carbon emissions. For example, …

https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.22.0433

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Health care system resilience for climate change and pandemics

(5 days ago) WEBHealth system climate adaptation (referred to in this article as ‘climate adaptation’) consists of new or refined infrastructure, activities, or climate-specific …

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/future-proofing-health-systems-for-climate-risks-and-pandemics

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The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

(3 days ago) WEBAlthough our understanding of the impact of climate change on human health has increased in recent years, little is known about the negative environmental impact of …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(20)30121-2/fulltext

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Climate Change and Health National Institutes of Health (NIH)

(6 days ago) WEBThe new NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative is an urgent, cross-cutting NIH effort to reduce health threats from climate change across the lifespan and build health …

https://www.nih.gov/climateandhealth

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Environmental Effects of Healthcare Commonwealth Fund

(7 days ago) WEBScope 1: Emissions from sources owned or directly controlled by the health sector, including emissions from health care facilities, such as on-site boilers and …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/explainer/2022/apr/how-us-health-care-system-contributes-climate-change

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Adding A Climate Lens To Health Policy In The United States

(Just Now) WEBClimate change–intensified extreme weather events hamper access to and quality of care for patients and providers alike and can result in major financial losses to health care …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01352

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WHO Guidance for climate resilient and environmentally

(Just Now) WEBProvide tools to assist health care facility officials assess their resilience to climate change threats, and environmental sustainability based on appropriate use of …

https://reliefweb.int/report/world/who-guidance-climate-resilient-and-environmentally-sustainable-health-care-facilities

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Climate change and health care facilities: A risk analysis framework

(1 days ago) WEBIntroduction: Climate change (CC) has been identified as the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. Although health care facilities (HCF) play a central …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36343709/

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Patient-Centered Climate Resilient Clinics – C-CHANGE Harvard …

(1 days ago) WEBWhen climate shocks occur, people whose health is most at risk may never make it to a healthcare facility or a big urban hospital where most investments have been made. An …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/climate-resilient-health-clinics/

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Climate Change Impacts on Health US EPA

(4 days ago) WEBHealth care facilities, communities, and individuals can reduce climate change’s impacts on human health in many ways. Some actions include: Use clean …

https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-health

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Reducing Health Risks From Warming Temperatures and …

(7 days ago) WEBlocal health care systems that provide services, such as dialysis, chemotherapy, prenatal care for pregnant women, and assistance for people with disabilities. • Basic laboratory …

https://www.nih.gov/sites/default/files/research-training/initiatives/climate-change/202404-climate-health-crisis-factsheet.pdf

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Climate change impact on healthcare services worldwide Statista

(9 days ago) WEBDistribution of opinion of health professionals on the effect of climate change on disruptions to healthcare worldwide as of 2020 [Graph], Lancet, April 6, 2021. [Online].

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461610/climate-change-impact-on-healthcare-services-worldwide/

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Climate change health hazards hit 2.4 billion workers: ILO World

(8 days ago) WEBThe climate crisis could expose 2.4 billion workers to health hazards like cancer, cardiovascular illness, kidney dysfunction and physical injury, says a new ILO …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/05/climate-change-health-global-workforce/

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Governor Hochul Launches First-in-the-Nation Climate Action Pilot

(3 days ago) WEBGovernor Hochul today launched a first-in-the-nation, voluntary climate action pilot program for hospitals, focused on improving worker health and safety while …

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-launches-first-nation-climate-action-pilot-program-help-new-york-hospitals

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Oregon Health Plan (OHP) Climate Supports

(8 days ago) WEBHow to Ask for HRSN Climate Supports. Coordinated care organization (CCO) members can ask their CCO. Open card members can call 1-888-834-4304 or email …

https://www.oregon.gov/oha/hsd/ohp/pages/climate-supports.aspx?ftag=MSF0951a18

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Oregon using Medicaid funds for climate-change-related health

(1 days ago) WEB"Climate change is a health care issue," so helping Oregon's poorest and sickest residents prepare for potentially dangerous heat, drought, and other extreme weather makes …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/oregon-using-medicaid-funds-for-climate-change-related-health-challenges/ar-AA1nQEvV

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The climate crisis is a sexual health and reproductive rights …

(1 days ago) WEBClimate change calls on us to radically re-imagine health service delivery. Brick and mortar clinics will not serve us if they are washed away or are without …

https://www.salon.com/2024/04/27/the-climate-is-a-health-and-reproductive-rights/

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Indigenous doulas lead the fight for reproductive care access gap …

(6 days ago) WEBClimate change has exasperated Guam’s reproductive access issues A 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report found that pregnant women were …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indigenous-doulas-lead-fight-reproductive-care-access-gap-gaum-rcna147918

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Almost all US hospitals took financial hit from Change hack, AHA …

(4 days ago) WEBNEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - Almost all U.S. hospitals were hurt financially by the cyberattack on United Health Group’s (UNH.N) , opens new tab Change Healthcare …

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/almost-all-us-hospitals-took-financial-hit-change-hack-aha-says-2024-04-30/

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CT's legislative session is over. Here are some bills that crossed the

(4 days ago) WEBThe bipartisan proposal creates a home care services provider registry to help people find aides more feasibly, and facilitate background checks of providers. It also …

https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2024-05-08/cts-legislative-session-is-almost-over-modest-increases-to-education-and-changes-to

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Walmart Health Is Closing

(1 days ago) WEBBENTONVILLE, Ark., April 30, 2024 — Back in 2019, we launched Walmart Health centers. During our five-year journey, we made meaningful impacts with patients while continuing …

https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/04/30/walmart-health-is-closing

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Three things patients should know about Steward Health Care’s

(8 days ago) WEBRead more Globe coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis. While the long-term fate of Steward’s facilities in Massachusetts remains unclear, state officials and company …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/three-things-patients-should-know-about-steward-health-care-s-bankruptcy-filing/ar-BB1lV2K0

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Brazil floods death toll rises to 83, dozens remain missing CNN

(3 days ago) WEBThe death toll from a series of catastrophic floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 83, the state’s civil defense unit said …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/06/americas/brazil-flood-deaths-climate-intl/index.html

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RWJBarnabas Health’s PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) and …

(5 days ago) WEBRWJBarnabas Health nurses, conference presenters and CPDIR educators. May 6, 2024 – In late April, RWJBarnabas Health’s The Institute for Nursing Excellence …

https://www.rwjbh.org/blog/2024/may/rwjbarnabas-health-s-pacu-post-anesthesia-care-u/

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