量化远程医疗烟草治疗对环境的影响
Sohayla Eldeeb1, Amy Chieng1, Cindy Tran Xu2
1Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
远程医疗戒烟计划通过尽量减少患者的旅行,显著减少温室气体 (GHG) 排放. 这种方法还降低了医疗保健成本,并改善了患者的健康结果.
科学领域:
- 环境科学环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 远程医疗远程医疗
背景情况:
- 温室气体 (GHG) 排放有助于全球变暖.
- 斯坦福烟草治疗服务利用远程医疗为患者护理.
- 量化医疗保健服务对环境的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化远程医疗服务对戒烟的环境效益.
- 分析与减少患者旅行相关的温室气体排放减少.
- 评估远程医疗对烟草消费的影响.
主要方法:
- 从电子健康记录中抽取的数据 (2020年3月 - 2022年9月).
- 计算往返距离以量化温室气体排放量.
- 从基线到24个月的随访时间,分析了从基线到24个月的吸烟减少.
主要成果:
- 556名患者平均每往返156.8英里,每名患者节省了148.8公斤的温室气体排放量.
- 在具有随访数据的94名患者中,88%的患者平均每天减少了5.5支香烟.
- 远程医疗服务为1,820名患者避免了271公的温室气体旅行排放.
结论:
- 远程医疗戒烟计划通过减少与旅行相关的温室气体排放,为环境带来了巨大的好处.
- 实施远程医疗可以大大减少医疗保健支出和环境危害.
- 投资于远程医疗戒烟服务既有助于公共卫生,也有助于环境的可持续性.
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