On The Front Lines of Health Care and Climate Change: What Can We Learn from Crisis Response?
January 9, 2025
On The Front Lines of Health Care and Climate Change: What Can We Learn from Crisis Response?
3–4 pm ET (12–1 pm PT)
Asheville, NC was described as “climate proof”—until Hurricane Helene dropped 20 trillion gallons of water on North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia over 72 hours in September 2024. The fact is that nowhere is “climate proof”—and our hospitals, health systems, and local communities must be prepared.
Join the Climate Action and Sustainability in Academic Medicine community to learn about four lessons from crisis operations and how to apply them to tackling climate change in health care:
• Forge nontraditional partnerships
• Employ a model of assess, align, and act
• Create a team of teams built on trust and common purpose
• Move beyond communications to information operations
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Launched in 2023, the Climate Action and Sustainability in Academic Medicine Community forum is designed for individuals at academic health systems who have a professional or educational interest in sustainability and climate action across their organizational missions (clinical care, research, education, community engagement, and operations and facilities). This community is supported by the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE), the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and Practice Greenhealth.
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Practice Greenhealth is the health care sector’s go-to source for information, tools, data, resources, and expert technical support on sustainability initiatives that help hospitals and health systems meet their health, financial, and community goals.
Who We Are
Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the health care value chain.