Lessons from patient safety to accelerate healthcare decarbonization
Categories: Low Carbon Sustainable Health Systems, Action Plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Discussion paper, Global, Americas (Pan American Health Organization)
Publisher: Yale Center on Climate Change and Health
This article in the Journal of Hospital Medicine discusses accelerating healthcare decarbonization and reducing greenwashing based on key lessons learnt and best practices from the field of patient safety. It describes challenges and opportunities for the involvement of healthcare organizations in sustainability efforts, drawing from sustainability practices and accountability standards in other sectors. The article also provides several recommendations for additional steps needed to prevent greenwashing for voluntary sustainability programs in healthcare.