Ways & Means: Telehealth Could Curb Carbon Emissions

A key House committee pegged telehealth as one way to prepare America’s health care infrastructure to combat carbon emissions and slow the progression of climate. In addition to helping curb carbon emission by limiting the number of patients that need to travel for care, telehealth can also help patients access care after worsening natural disasters, lawmakers said at a Ways & Means hearing last Thursday (Sept. 15) where they unveiled a report on climate change and the health sector. Increasing...