Telemedicine Use Decreases the Carbon Footprint of the Bariatric Surgery Preoperative Evaluation.
Attrition rate
Bariatric surgery
Carbon footprint
Telemedicine
Journal
Obesity surgery
ISSN: 1708-0428
Titre abrégé: Obes Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9106714
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2023
08 2023
Historique:
received:
08
05
2023
accepted:
28
06
2023
revised:
24
06
2023
medline:
17
7
2023
pubmed:
6
7
2023
entrez:
5
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Healthcare-associated activity accounts for 10% of the United States' carbon dioxide (CO A retrospective review of all new evaluations for vertical sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RYGB) from 2019 and 2021 was conducted. The 2019 year represents pre-pandemic, in-person evaluations and 2021 represents telemedicine evaluations during the COVID pandemic. Carbon emissions were calculated using the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) validated formula of 404g CO There were 51 patients in the 2019 cohort and 55 patients in the 2021 cohort. In the 2019 in-person cohort, there was significantly more kg of estimated CO Implementation of telemedicine for bariatric preoperative evaluations reduced patient travel, carbon emissions, and improved attrition rate. We encourage bariatric providers to use telemedicine as we believe this eases patient burdens and, with wider adoption, could significantly reduce our carbon footprint.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Healthcare-associated activity accounts for 10% of the United States' carbon dioxide (CO
METHODS
A retrospective review of all new evaluations for vertical sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RYGB) from 2019 and 2021 was conducted. The 2019 year represents pre-pandemic, in-person evaluations and 2021 represents telemedicine evaluations during the COVID pandemic. Carbon emissions were calculated using the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) validated formula of 404g CO
RESULTS
There were 51 patients in the 2019 cohort and 55 patients in the 2021 cohort. In the 2019 in-person cohort, there was significantly more kg of estimated CO
CONCLUSIONS
Implementation of telemedicine for bariatric preoperative evaluations reduced patient travel, carbon emissions, and improved attrition rate. We encourage bariatric providers to use telemedicine as we believe this eases patient burdens and, with wider adoption, could significantly reduce our carbon footprint.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37407773
doi: 10.1007/s11695-023-06721-0
pii: 10.1007/s11695-023-06721-0
doi:
Substances chimiques
Carbon Dioxide
142M471B3J
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2527-2532Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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