Observational studyJournal of medical Internet research2024
Travel Distance Between Participants in US Telemedicine Sessions With Estimates of Emissions Savings: Observational Study.
Observational study in Journal of medical Internet research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- [S1 guideline on sustainability in intensive care and emergency medicine].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025Review
- Social vulnerability, lower broadband internet access, and rurality associated with lower telemedicine use in U.S. Counties.JAMIA open · 2025Article
- Aligning With the Goals of the Planetary Health Concept Regarding Ecological Sustainability and Digital Health: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- A call for the informatics community to define priority practice and research areas at the intersection of climate and health: report from 2023 mini-summit.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025Article
- An Innovative Assessment Framework for Remote Care in Orthopedics.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of a telemedicine center on reducing the carbon footprint for primary health care: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2025Article
- Climate change and cardiovascular health: Recent updates and actions for healthcare.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2024Article
- Past, present, and future of sustainable intensive care: narrative review and a large hospital system experience.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Review
- The role of telemedicine towards improved sustainability in healthcare and societal productivity in Turkey.PloS one · 2024Article
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15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
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 emissions savings attributable to telemedicine.
objectiveThis study aimed to (1) determine the travel distance between participants in US telemedicine sessions and (2) estimate the net reduction in carbon dioxide (CO
methodsWe conducted a retrospective observational study of telemedicine sessions in the United States between January 1, 2022, and February 21, 2023, on the doxy.me platform. Using Google Distance Matrix, we determined the median travel distance between participating providers and patients for a proportional sample of sessions. Further, based on the best available public data, we estimated the total annual emissions costs and savings attributable to telemedicine in the United States.
resultsThe median round trip travel distance between patients and providers was 49 (IQR 21-145) miles. The median CO
conclusionsThese estimates of travel distance and telemedicine-associated CO
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