Carbon Footprint of Telemedicine Solutions - Unexplored Opportunity for Reducing Carbon Emissions in the Health Sector

BACKGROUND: The healthcare sector is a significant contributor to global carbon emissions, in part due to extensive travelling by patients and health workers. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the potential of telemedicine services based on videoconferencing technology to reduce travelling and thus carbon emi...

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Autores principales: Holmner, Åsa, Ebi, Kristie L., Lazuardi, Lutfan, Nilsson, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25188322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105040

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25188322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105040

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