Despite lockdowns during the pandemic, air pollution is not improving as experts initially hoped and climate change is the primary culprit.
As climate change worsens natural catastrophes like wildfires and droughts, air quality declines. Even for healthy adults, this does not bode well for respiratory health.
In answer, innovators are looking to help people stay informed via digital tools like...
Climate change has been called the biggest threat that humanity has ever faced yet is being propelled by the very system meant to enhance people's quality of life.
While healthcare institutions continue to contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, some are turning to telemedicine to curb the issue.
"The potential [of telemedicine] is very significant, and it allows us to increasingly treat people...
The next big question in digital health is how to make use of the “25th hour of the day” which will be created by self-driving cars, says Dr Markus Müschenich, Flying Health cofounder and managing partner.
Flying Health, which Müschenich describes as “something between a think tank, an incubator and an eco-system”, has been working on a project with German car manufacturer Audi to explore...
What does telemedicine have to do with climate change?
That’s what the American Telemedicine Association is setting out to discover with a new task force, announced this week on the organization’s blog.
ATA is recruiting now for a two-year task force with four stated goals. First, the group will devise green outcomes that can be measured as part of how members routinely measure the outcome of...