The healthcare system causes more than 5% of total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. In 2021, the German Medical Association therefore decided that climate neutrality in the healthcare sector should be implemented by 2030 (Bundesärztekammer 2021). Quality management (QM) is an existing tool that can support practices in implementing this resolution. In addition, QM systems must be expanded to include sustainability management (NM) that takes environmental and social aspects into account.
Here read the article "Sustainability in quality management. Sustainability as a component of quality management in medical practices" by Dr Christina Hecker and Dr Susanne Saha.
This article is an extract from "The green medical practice - health, sustainability and shaping the ecological turnaround", published by Dr Friederike von Gierke, Dr Gudula Keller and Nikolaus Mezger. All information on the title is available here.
