The Environmental Impacts of Electronic Medical Records Versus Paper Records at a Large Eye Hospital in India: Life Cycle Assessment Study

• Váldodahkkit: Cordelia Kwon (Dahkki), Lernik Essayei (Dahkki), Michael Spencer (Dahkki), Tom Etheridge (Dahkki), Rengaraj Venkatesh (Dahkki), Natrajan Vengadesan (Dahkki), Cassandra L Thiel (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: JMIR Publications, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundHealth care providers worldwide are rapidly adopting electronic medical record (EMR) systems, replacing paper record-keeping systems. Despite numerous benefits to EMRs, the environmental emissions associated with medical record-keeping are unknown. Given the need for urgent climate action,...