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Climate Change and Health Care

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Climate Change and Health Care

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Improving Health Care Quality

How Hospitals and Health Systems Can Help Clinicians Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Act on Climate Change

Blog / Mar 13, 2024

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Controlling Health Care Costs

How Funding Opportunities in the Inflation Reduction Act Can Help Move Health Systems Toward Sustainability

Blog / Mar 05, 2024

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Improving Health Care Quality

Tackling Climate Change: Health Care Professionals Can Do More by Using Less

Blog / Feb 23, 2024

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Improving Health Care Quality

Medical Professional Societies Are Well Positioned to Work Toward Climate Change Reform in Practice and Policy

Blog / Feb 07, 2024

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Improving Health Care Quality

U.S. Health Care Workers Want Their Employers to Address Climate Change

Issue Briefs / Jan 24, 2024

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Improving Health Care Quality

How Clinicians Can Lead Climate Action to Protect Patients and the Planet

Blog / Dec 01, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

How Health Care Contributes to Climate Change — and How We Can Reverse the Trend

Blog / Oct 26, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

Greening the Health Care Safety Net

Case Study / Aug 14, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

Lowering Carbon Emissions Through Redesigned Health Care

Blog / Aug 08, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

National Incentives to Promote Health Care Climate Action

Blog / Jul 26, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

The Untapped Potential of Medicaid to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Blog / Jul 19, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

A Hidden Contributor to Climate Change — Asthma Inhalers

Blog / May 16, 2023

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