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

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jan/us-health-care-workers-want-employers-address-climate-change?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=291183600&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8wDHiR8RK9XXz1knRsJq6ApS2qI7qxudi7vKTq7TGvLOSe_JKTKS2G-BF8TWWrPGAMGthhhy_dCEazEsVKgBDfql7JBA&utm_content=291183600&utm_source=hs_email Clinicians want health care to do better on climate Health care workers on the front lines — nurses, physicians assistants, nurse practitioners, primary care physicians, and specialists — want their institutions to move the needle on climate change, a new Commonwealth Fund survey out today says. Hospitals and other health care services contribute 8.5% of greenhouse gas emissions, as the report notes and STAT’s Karen Pennar has described. Reducing that number could be significant, whether it’s achieved by lowering carbon dioxide output or tying executive compensation to progress toward a greener future, respondents said. Other findings: Three in four clinicians say they themselves should act to reduce their environmental impact, at work and at home. Respondents in leadership said most hospitals are reducing energy consumption (69%) and waste (76%) or setting emissions targets (35%). About six in 10 said a prospective employer’s policies and actions on climate change would affect their decision to apply for a job. ‘If I were a hospital, I’d be reading the tea leaves’: Pressures grow on the health care industry to reduce its climate pollution Karen Pennar By Karen Pennar https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/27/health-care-hospitals-climate-pollution/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=291183600&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_kbw7oEbLgWkSht8hWUIXkrrMklVjQN58mxp36NzlH-xGnZhYCEdWlnvBx56qbqExdDRZpq3AeHpKQBqgSTz37mESCOw&utm_content=291183600&utm_source=hs_email