Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Yale Program for Innovation in Imaging Informatics, Department of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.
Acad Radiol. 2023 Mar;30(3):528-535. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2022.08.013. Epub 2022 Sep 13.
The health care sector is a resource-intensive industry, consuming significant amounts of water and energy, and producing a multitude of waste. Health care providers are increasingly implementing strategies to reduce energy use and waste. Little is currently known about existing sustainability strategies and how they may be supported by radiology practices. Here, we review concepts and ideas that minimize energy use and waste, and that can be supported or implemented by radiologists.
医疗保健行业是一个资源密集型产业,消耗大量的水和能源,并产生大量的废物。医疗保健提供者越来越多地实施策略来减少能源使用和浪费。目前对于现有的可持续性策略以及它们如何得到放射科实践的支持知之甚少。在这里,我们回顾了可以最大限度地减少能源使用和浪费的概念和想法,这些概念和想法可以得到放射科医生的支持或实施。