Creating Climate Smart Health Care

The opening panel of Code Blue for Patient Earth: Pathways to Resilience held on April 23, 2022 focused on Creating Climate Smart Health Care. Addressing climate change in the healthcare sector requires both sustainability practices that reduce waste and decrease the carbon footprint, and adaptation strategies that promote resilience in the face of current and predicted challenges. Health professional leaders in Minnesota shared their experiences with working to make their health systems climate smart. Panelists: Shanda Demorest, DNP, RN, PHN, Healthcare Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, Dana A. Slade, Director of Sustainability Programs, HealthPartners, Micah P. Niermann, MD, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, Shane Stennes, Director of Sustainability, University of Minnesota More information on Code Blue can be found at z.umn.edu/CodeBlue