Search results for "Climate change"
Malaria, dengue, and traditionally tropical threats
Clinicians far outside the tropics should now keep an eye out for diseases that used to be limited to tropical areas, an expert advises.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/24/malaria-dengue-and-traditionally-tropical-threats.htm
24 Apr 2024
ACP calls for urgent action on climate change
The position paper calls on the health care sector to implement environmentally sustainable and energy-efficient practices and prepare for the impacts of climate change to ensure continued operations during periods of elevated patient demand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/20/4.htm
20 Apr 2016
The carbon footprint of care
Health care organizations' emissions are working against their efforts to improve health, and it's time for change, an expert says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/the-carbon-footprint-of-care.htm
7 Dec 2022
Fixing patients and the planet
Started in April 2012 by 16 entities, the effort to reduce the health care industry's contribution to environmental degradation and spur sustainable change has grown to more than 700 hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/coverstory.htm
15 Aug 2013
Here, there, but not everywhere
What do a bat with a white nose, rust-colored wheat and your pneumonia patient who winters in Arizona have in common? The answer might be fungus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/coverstory.htm
15 Apr 2012
You can reduce antibiotic resistance
Leading an antibiotic stewardship program is within the reach of hospitalists at even the smallest community hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/coverstory.htm
15 May 2011