Travel Distance Between Participants in US Telemedicine Sessions With Estimates of Emissions Savings: Observational Study

• Main Authors: Mollie R Cummins (Author), Sukrut Shishupal (Author), Bob Wong (Author), Neng Wan (Author), Jiuying Han (Author), Jace D Johnny (Author), Amy Mhatre-Owens (Author), Ramkiran Gouripeddi (Author), Julia Ivanova (Author), Triton Ong (Author), Hiral Soni (Author), Janelle Barrera (Author), Hattie Wilczewski (Author), Brandon M Welch (Author), Brian E Bunnell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundDigital health and telemedicine are potentially important strategies to decrease health care's environmental impact and contribution to climate change by reducing transportation-related air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. However, we currently lack robust national estimates of...