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

• Hauptverfasser: Cordelia Kwon (Verfasst von), Lernik Essayei (Verfasst von), Michael Spencer (Verfasst von), Tom Etheridge (Verfasst von), Rengaraj Venkatesh (Verfasst von), Natrajan Vengadesan (Verfasst von), Cassandra L Thiel (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: JMIR Publications, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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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,...