New blog: Making the business case for sustainable healthcare

Healthcare leaders know the facts. Nearly 10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from its healthcare sector. In addition, not everyone is equally at risk from the effects of climate change. The individuals least able to compensate for its effects are those already burdened with adverse social determinants of health, making decarbonization an imperative for improving healthcare equity and patient safety.

However, knowing that decarbonization is an imperative is one thing – and having the tools and the business case to make significant changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and further sustainability is another.

Read the entire blog, “Making the business case for sustainable healthcare,” by Kathryn Petrovic, MSN, RN, director of the Department of Standards and Survey Methods.