Climate Change Poses Serious Risks to U.S. Health Care System

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna E. Shalala ◽  
◽  
Alfred Sommer ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haylee J. Weaver ◽  
Grant A. Blashki ◽  
Anthony G. Capon ◽  
Anthony J. McMichael

Climate change will affect human health, mostly adversely, resulting in a greater burden on the health care system, in addition to any other coexistent increases in demand (e.g. from Australia’s increasingly ageing population). Understanding the extent to which health is likely to be affected by climate change will enable policy makers and practitioners to prepare for changing demands on the health care system. This will require prioritisation of key research questions and building research capacity in the field. There is an urgent need to better understand the implications of climate change for the distribution and prevalence of diseases, disaster preparedness and multidisciplinary service planning. Research is needed to understand the relationship of climate change to health promotion, policy evaluation and strategic financing of health services. Training of health care professionals about climate change and its effects will also be important in meeting long-term workforce demands.


2019 ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Angus

The promise of a world without disease has been replaced by warnings of evermore virulent pathogens, created by the very drugs that were supposed to save us. Scarcely a day passes without more news of people contracting infections or infectious diseases that cannot be cured by the strongest medicines available. Antimicrobial Resistance is a global health crisis driven by two major factors: the spectacular ability of bacteria to adapt to threats, and a pharmaceutical industry and health care system that puts profit before people. In addition to devastating climate change, the Anthropocene may be defined by epidemics that medicine cannot cure.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania C. López-Martínez

Climate change poses a major challenge for all nations before the increasing alteration of the natural dynamics of the planet by human activities, since it has a social, economic and health impact on the population. It has been scientifically proven that climate change may originate and even make worse many diseases and health problems, this situation has led to take actions and implement public policies to address the issue in Mexico. This document presents a review of the legal and regulatory frameworks implemented by the Government of Mexico, focusing on the health care system to deal with the effects of climate change. This situation reveals the need to carry out more research on the subject, due to the wide variety of repercussions for the population’s health. To broaden the knowledge and the generation of scientific evidence, allows a better design of laws, strategies and programs before implementing policies in the country.


Author(s):  
Hill and

Climate change will introduce new stresses to human health, and not only from the geographical expansion of vector-borne diseases. Because climate change affects basic elements central to human survival—air, food, and water—more people in more places will face public health threats. Despite the clear and present danger climate change poses to public health, the efforts of the medical profession and public health authorities to date have not matched the urgency of the problem and remain too reactive. This chapter focuses on a relatively narrow but important element of the response—the reliability and effectiveness of the systems for delivering medical services. Communities, governments, and global institutions must develop ways to provide health care in a changing climate. It will be important to harden the infrastructure supporting the health care system so it can withstand climate impacts and still deliver services. Health care systems must also be made smarter, which means training health care providers about climate-exacerbated conditions, putting in place predictive and early-warning systems, and finding more effective ways to protect and attend to the most vulnerable people.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Constance Hilory Tomberlin

There are a multitude of reasons that a teletinnitus program can be beneficial, not only to the patients, but also within the hospital and audiology department. The ability to use technology for the purpose of tinnitus management allows for improved appointment access for all patients, especially those who live at a distance, has been shown to be more cost effective when the patients travel is otherwise monetarily compensated, and allows for multiple patient's to be seen in the same time slots, allowing for greater access to the clinic for the patients wishing to be seen in-house. There is also the patient's excitement in being part of a new technology-based program. The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS) saw the potential benefits of incorporating a teletinnitus program and began implementation in 2013. There were a few hurdles to work through during the beginning organizational process and the initial execution of the program. Since the establishment of the Teletinnitus program, the GCVHCS has seen an enhancement in patient care, reduction in travel compensation, improvement in clinic utilization, clinic availability, the genuine excitement of the use of a new healthcare media amongst staff and patients, and overall patient satisfaction.


2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
KEVIN GRUMBACH ◽  
ROBERT MOFFIT

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
KEVIN GRUMBACH ◽  
ROBERT MOFFIT

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