Carbon Footprinting: A Guide for Hospitalists

Climate health is an emerging and rapidly evolving field of medicine with which hospitalists need to be familiar. Clinicians are often unaware of the impacts of environmental factors on patients’ health and do not feel comfortable counseling on the subject or educating students, residents, and colleagues.They should recognize the ecological determinants of health as impacting patient care directly and indirectly and have the tools to affect healthcare sustainability practice and understand the applicability of sustainable quality improvement tools.

SHM's Climate and Health for the Hospitalist series will provide you with foundational information on the topic to counsel patients, recognize the ecological determinants of health, and educate others.

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Availability

On-Demand

Expires on Dec 18, 2028

Cost

Member: $0.00

Non-Member: $55.00

Credit Offered

0.5 CME Credit

0.5 ABIM-MOC Point

0.5 Participation Credit

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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:

List the three scopes of healthcare emissions and their relevance to healthcare settings, particularly hospitalist
Describe the six key steps for performing carbon footprinting in clinical settings.
Summarize issues around data limitations in carbon footprinting.

Faculty

Katherine T Liu, MD
Elizabeth A. Cerceo, MD, FACP, FHM

Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

High Value Care and the Environment for the Hospitalist

Climate health is an emerging and rapidly evolving field of medicine with which hospitalists need to be familiar. Clinicians are often unaware of the impacts of environmental factors on patients’ health and do not feel comfortable counseling on the subject or educating students, residents, and colleagues.They should recognize the ecological determinants of health as impacting patient care directly and indirectly and have the tools to affect healthcare sustainability practice and understand the applicability of sustainable quality improvement tools.

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