Podcast: Addressing climate change’s impacts on health
In a special edition of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, Northwest Permanente leader Colin Cave, MD, explains why climate change is a public health crisis.
Colin Cave, MD, discusses Northwest Permanente’s leadership in becoming a sustainable health care company
Physician leader Colin Cave, MD, shares how the medical group is making measurable improvements in its environmental and equity practices.
Northwest Permanente study shows telehealth cuts carbon footprint from outpatients by half
Northwest Permanente researchers published research in The Journal of Climate Change and Health, which shows that telehealth, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, led to a steep reduction in greenhouse gas emissions associated with outpatient visits.
Imelda Dacones, MD, and Colin Cave, MD, call on physicians to help mitigate climate change and its health effects
Physician leaders Imelda Dacones, MD, and Colin Cave, MD, write in a recent Modern Healthcare opinion piece that physicians have a responsibility in helping to address climate change.