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There are solid financial reasons for reducing energy use in your data center, for eliminating medical waste, and for increasing the diversity of your staff. But these initiatives also have impacts on your patients and the community. Erin Jospe, MD, Chief Healthcare Advisor at World Wide Technology, explains the connection in this video interview.
For instance, the medical waste and other pollution you generate can end up in the local water and air, exacerbating respiratory and other problems among the very people your healthcare institution serves. And a video from The Medical Futurist says that the health care industry globally is one of the biggest carbon polluters.