Carbon emission& Tele medicine

 Carbon emission &

Tele medicine 

Introduction :

Carbon emissions  means release of

Carbon dioxide CO2.This traps heat

In the atmosphere and changes climate.

Ref 1   Global warming  and world wide

Climate change cause by increasing carbon

Emissions.

        Global climate changes such as high

Temperature ,heat waves rising sea levels

Extreme weather cause by massive carbon 

Emissions are becoming increasingly 

Prominent.

Ref 2

1) Rapid urbanization may lead to high

    Levels of carbon emissions ,endangering 

 The environment and human well-being.

2)Studies show that 1% increase in carbon

  emission is associated with a 0.298%

  increase in out patients and a 0.162 % increase

In inpatients .

3) Many countries have  recognised the

     Urgency of energy conservation and

     environmental protection and have

    attempted to employ various policies

   Mechanisms and and strategies .

4) Carbon emissions trading system has

     been adopted as a market based 

incentivizing instrument.

Ref 3 Tele medicine &

              Carbon emission

Cross sectional study included 49329

Telemedicine  visual at National Cancer

Institute 

Period 1st April to June 30,2021

    Patients Living within a driving

Distance of 60 minutes from Cancer

Center ,an estimated 424471Kg  carbon 

Dioxide (CO2) emissions were saved

(Per-visit mean saviings of 19.8Kg CO2

Emissions) due to Telemedicine the

 equivalant of a 91.5 passenger vehicles

Driven for 1year .

  For patients whose driving distance

Was greater than 60minutes

2744248Kg CO2 emissions were saved

(Per visit mean savings of 98.6Kg

CO2 emissions),the equivalent of

591 pasenger vehicles driven for

1year.

 Conclusions : These results

highlight  the carbon emissions

Savings that gained with use of

Telemedicine  in Oncology . 

      This has important implications

In reducing health care related

Carbon foot prints .

Ref 1 Internet Jou Environ Research Public

Health 2022 Dec 7 

doi 10.3390/ijer ph 192416424

Kerong   Zhang

Liangyu  Jiang

Paul B Tchounwou 

Yanzhi Jin

Wuyi Liu

Ref 2 Int J Environ Res Public Health 

          2023 April :17 doi10.3390/ijerph

         20085549

         Yue  Yu and Yishuang Xu

Ref 3

           JAMA Net work Open 2023 Jan 6(1)

           e2753788

          Published on line 

           doi 10.1001/jama network open

         2022 .53788 

           Krupal  B Patel.        Brian D Gonzalez

         Kea Turner      Amir  Alishahi Tabriz

         Dana E Rollison     Edmondo Robinson

          Cristina Naso        Xuefeng Wang and

           Philippe E Spiess