Strategies and tactics to reduce the impact of healthcare on climate change: systematic review

J Braithwaite, CL Smith, E Leask, S Wijekulasuriya… - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Objective To review the international literature and assess the ways healthcare systems are
mitigating and can mitigate their carbon footprint, which is currently estimated to be more …

The environmental impact of health care for musculoskeletal conditions: A sco** review

BJ McKenzie, R Haas, GE Ferreira, CG Maher… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Health care has significant environmental impact. We performed a sco**
review to map what is known about the environmental impact of health care for …

Does a Female Director in the Boardroom Affect Sustainability Reporting in the US Healthcare Industry?

H Alkayed, E Shehadeh, I Yousef… - Journal of Risk and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this in-depth study, we explored the nuanced dynamics of boardroom gender diversity
and its consequential impact on sustainability reporting within the US Healthcare sector …

How we can reduce the environmental impact of our operating theatres: a narrative review

R Roscioli, T Wyllie, K Neophytou, L Dent… - ANZ journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is projected to become the leading cause of adverse health outcomes
globally, and the healthcare system is a key contributor. Surgical theatres are three to six …

The carbon footprint of hospital services and care pathways: a state-of-the-science review

LHJA Kouwenberg, ES Cohen… - Environmental …, 2024 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Climate change is the 21st century's biggest global health threat, endangering
health care systems worldwide. Health care systems, and hospital care in particular, are also …

Environmental sustainability in obstetrics and gynaecology: A systematic review

ES Cohen, LHJA Kouwenberg… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The healthcare sector is responsible for 4%–10% of global greenhouse gas
emissions. Considering the broad range of care that obstetricians and gynaecologists …

Decarbonizing surgical care: a qualitative systematic review guided by the Congruence Model

L Kloevekorn, O Roemeling, A Fakha, E Hage… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background The healthcare sector must navigate the challenge of caring for individuals
affected by climate change while being a significant emitter of carbon emissions. This study …

Environmentally sustainable orthopaedics and trauma: Systems and behaviour change

H Baid, J Holland, F Pirro - Orthopaedics and Trauma, 2022 - Elsevier
Healthcare creates a significantly sizeable environmental footprint, worsening the climate
crisis, polluting air, soil and water, damaging biodiversity and causing ecological damage …

How can the environmental impact of orthopaedic surgery be measured and reduced? Using anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction as a test case

NSSL Cano, ID Engler… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2025 - journals.lww.com
Background The healthcare sector in the United States has increased its greenhouse gas
emissions by 6% since 2010 and today has the highest per capita greenhouse gas …

Environmental sustainability in orthopaedic surgery–where we are and where we are going

ID Engler, AJ Curley - Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, 2022 - Elsevier
“The triple bottom line” is an approach to mitigate the environmental consequences of any
business endeavor by considering three important stakeholders-Profit, People, and Planet …