How You Can Save Money in Your Practice by Going Green Read Abigail Cukier’s December 2020 Medscape article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/942979 “How You Can Save Money in Your Practice by Going Green” Abigail Cukier December 21, 2020 Ted Shieh, MD, developed a passion for environmental advocacy after an oil tanker crashed
Read more →“Green” Offices are Healthier: New Analysis Author: Todd L Sack MD FACP We know that hospitals create a lot of hazardous pollution: air pollution, chemical waste, bio-hazards, dirty water, and greenhouse gases. A 2016 study by Matthew Eckelman and Jodi Sherman from Northeastern and Yale and Northeastern
Read more →Save Money This Year by “Going Solar” Authors: Todd L Sack MD FACP Pete Wilking, MBA, NABCEP, Licensed Solar Contractor Now may be the time to add solar panels to your home or healthcare practice. We offer six reasons why “going solar” could be your best financial
Read more →Medical Student Quality Improvement Projects on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change: Five Quality Improvement Projects This document is a template that any medical school can use to develop medical student quality improvement projects on topics of environmental sustainability and climate change. It can be customized to suit
Read more →The Climate Communicator’s Guide to Planning and Delivering Successful Talks Author: Todd L Sack, MD FACP (904-403-6446; tsack8@gmail.com) Welcome to My Green Doctor’s “Climate Communicators Guide”. We want you to be a successful speaker on the topic of climate change and its health impacts.
Read more →Environmental Injustice: Learn the Risks to Your Patients Joy Lloyd-Montgomery Environmental injustice could be the most important health risk factor you’ve never heard of. Why is a child in your practice falling behind in school? Why does a teenager have asthma? Why does a young adult have
Read more →Environmental Sustainability: A Core Value Essential for Today’s Healthcare Practice Author: Todd L Sack MD Today more than ever, you need to be an environmentally sustainable practice. This is because the skills that lead to sustainability are the same skills that help you to thrive in today’s
Read more →Author: Todd L Sack MD Cleaner air inside your home will improve your family’s health, especially for children, for people with known lung problems such as asthma, and for the elderly. Cleaner air can mean fewer asthma and allergy attacks, fewer doctor visits, and fewer days missed
Read more →Helping Children to Save Energy: A Guide for Parents Author: Todd L Sack MD It’s easy and smart to help your children to save energy. Developing in them good habits will money for your household budget and will set young people on their way to conserving
Read more →Extreme Heat: A Guide for Health Professionals & Patients Record high temperatures are in the news again. My Green Doctor explains who is most vulnerable, the health risks of extreme heat, and how to prevent them. We provide free brochures and posters to print for the home,
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