Sustainable practice in gastroenterology: travel-related CO2 emissions for gastroenterology clinic appointments in Canada
We demonstrate that a relatively modest change in the number of in-person visits can save thousands of litres of gasoline emissions annually from each practicing clinician. While we cannot avoid emissions related to travel for procedure-based appointments, the use of telemedicine is one potential strategy to reduce healthcare-related emissions.
Authors
- Sama Anvari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-8735)
- Ciarán Galts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2186-218X)
- David Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-1479)
- Amy Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8877-3777)
- Grigorios I. Leontiadis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5072-7599)
Institutions
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwae049
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.13