Technical and Administrative Advances to Promote Sustainable Radiology

Michael E Zalis; Jonathan E Slutzman

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2023.12.002

Technical and Administrative Advances to Promote Sustainable Radiology

J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Feb;21(2):274-279. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.12.002. Epub 2023 Dec 3.

Authors

Michael E Zalis¹, Jonathan E Slutzman²

Affiliations

¹ Director, Mass General Brigham Radiology Center for Sustainability, Boston, Massachusetts; Divisions of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Mass General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: mzalis@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Director, Mass General Center for the Environment and Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38048966
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.12.002

Abstract

Climate change mandates that we take steps to understand and mitigate the negative environmental consequences of the practice of health care, so that health care advances sustainably. In this article, the authors review and discuss a sample of technical and administrative advances required to align the practice of radiology with principles of environmental sustainability.

Keywords: Climate change; health care policy; sustainability.

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Delivery of Health Care
Radiology*