Sergeant Myles, Zahid Danish, Zvereva Elizaveta, Douglass Rebecca, Kroeker Laura, Tieu Martin, Mckenna Brian, Nash W Scott
Hamilton Family Health Team, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Canadian Coalition for Green Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Healthc Manage Forum. 2025 May 14;38(4):8404704251333639. doi: 10.1177/08404704251333639.
Primary care practitioners are optimally positioned to reduce the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions produced by the healthcare system, which pose great risk to the health of people and the environment. This narrative review discusses 19 initiatives that can be implemented into primary care practices to reduce GHG emissions and financial costs through decreasing highly intensive emergency room visits and hospitalizations. This article also summarizes the time it may take for primary care practitioners to embed each of these initiatives into their care delivery. Lastly, this article demonstrates how best practice initiatives in primary care may show a higher GHG reduction than commonly conducted initiatives aimed at reducing GHGs.
基层医疗从业者处于最佳位置，能够减少医疗系统产生的温室气体（GHG）排放，这些排放对人类健康和环境构成巨大风险。这篇叙述性综述讨论了19项可在基层医疗实践中实施的举措，这些举措可通过减少高强度的急诊就诊和住院来降低温室气体排放及财务成本。本文还总结了基层医疗从业者将这些举措逐一融入其医疗服务中可能所需的时间。最后，本文展示了基层医疗中的最佳实践举措如何可能比通常开展的旨在减少温室气体的举措实现更高的温室气体减排。
