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How ICT can support reducing the global carbon footprint in the Health Sector

Solution

  • Video conferencing
  • Call back services
  • Automated phone service
  • Customer self log in system
  • Self diagnostic tool

Co2 emission was 3.19 Metric tonne equivalent to

13% of NHS usage

Travel cost to Primary Care Unit (PCU) in 2012 was £2.9billion in the 2012 financial year

Reference

England, P. H., 2013. Sustainable Development Unit, working across the NHS,

Public Health and Social Care. [Online] Available at: http://www.sduhealth.org.uk/policy-strategy/reporting/nhs-carbon-footprint.aspx[Accessed 2 November 2015].

Travel

M, N. H. & Subramoniam, S., 2012. Greener healthcare using ICT based BPR.

International Conference on Green Technologies, pp. 215 - 222.

The emissions contributed towards the environment because of travel can be broken down into three categories

  • Patient/Visitor travel towards the Primary Care Unit
  • Staff travel – to and from work also commuting for business/patient services
  • Medical and pharmaceutical supplies being delivered to patients or the surgery

13% of the emissions contributed by the NHS is caused by Travel

  • Information and communication technology (ICT) has the potential to improve the environmental footprint of the healthcare industry
  • This strategy can mean that healthcare organizations see fewer bills, generate lower levels of carbon emissions, and experience an easier transition into mandated practices
  • Redesigning healthcare management system as a whole to identify ICT application
  • It is reported by the year 2020 the National Health Service (NHS) carbon footprint will rise by 55% on the 1990 baseline of 15 Metric tons CO2
  • Carbon relating to building energy use has increased by 0.9% since 2007
  • Overall NHS forecast emissions meet the 10% reduction in 2015

Solution

  • An ICT solution to energy consumption usage.

i.e. distribute power at a slow rate

(generated hub system)

that stores heat (reheat at intervals)

  • Automated air condition system
  • Use of energy saving bulbs and sensor lighting system

Director BCU Primary Care Unit

Building & Energy waste

Co2 emission was 3.8 Metric tonne equivalent to 19% of NHS usage

Cost of energy consumption was £0.5billion for the 2012 financial year

The emissions contributed towards the environment can be broken down into three categories

Director BCU Primary Care Unit

Solution

Procurement Waste

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Instruments/equipment ,

Business Services, etc.

  • Electronic prescription
  • Electronic Health Record
  • World Wide Web
  • Picture Archiving and Communication System
  • Intelligent decision support
  • Telemonitoring

It has been estimated £300 million of NHS

prescribed medicines are wasted each year

  • Electricity consumption
  • Gas consumption
  • Water and consumption

65 % of the emissions contributed by the NHS is caused by Procurement

Co2 emission was 12.72 Metric tonne

equivalent to 21% of NHS usage

Procurement cost to Primary Care Unit (PCU) in 2012 was £10.26billion in the 2012 financial year

16% of the emissions contributed by the PCU is caused by Building and energy waste

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