2024
Guiding principles for the next generation of health-care sustainability metrics
Eckelman M, Weisz U, Pichler P, Sherman J, Weisz H. Guiding principles for the next generation of health-care sustainability metrics. The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e603-e609. PMID: 39122328, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00159-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth careHealth system performance indicatorsEffectiveness of health careHealth-care provisionPositive systemic changeHealth-care sectorHealth systemSustainability metricsPublic healthClimate crisisHealthGreenhouse gas emissionsTracking progressCareSystem changesSustainability goalsEnergy useSystem performance indicatorsCore missionMeasurement frameworkGas emissionsEntry pointSectorEnvironmental challengesPrivatisation
2023
Environmental Impact of Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy
Leapman M, Thiel C, Gordon I, Nolte A, Perecman A, Loeb S, Overcash M, Sherman J. Environmental Impact of Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy. European Urology 2023, 83: 463-471. PMID: 36635108, DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingSystematic biopsyProstate biopsyProstate biopsy procedureResonance imagingBiopsy coresTransrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate BiopsyBiopsy procedureMultiparametric magnetic resonance imagingUnnecessary prostate biopsiesBiparametric magnetic resonance imagingOutpatient urology clinicNumber of biopsiesGuided Prostate BiopsyAcademic medical centerHealth care facilitiesEvidence-based approachUrology clinicClinical managementMedical CenterTriage strategiesClinical careTransrectal ultrasoundBiopsy
2021
Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Gastrointestinal Biopsies in a Surgical Pathology Laboratory
Gordon IO, Sherman JD, Leapman M, Overcash M, Thiel CL. Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Gastrointestinal Biopsies in a Surgical Pathology Laboratory. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2021, 156: 540-549. PMID: 33822876, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqab021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiopsyCarbon DioxideGastrointestinal TractGreenhouse GasesHumansLaboratoriesPathology, SurgicalConceptsGreenhouse gas emissionsLife cycle greenhouse gas emissionsGas emissionsLife cycle assessmentPassenger carsCarbon dioxide equivalentsCycle assessmentEnergy consumptionEmission hotspotsGHG emissionsMitigation strategiesEmissionScenario 2Scenario 1Biopsy processCapital equipmentLargest contributorEquipmentCO2eGHGHealth care's response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England
Tennison I, Roschnik S, Ashby B, Boyd R, Hamilton I, Oreszczyn T, Owen A, Romanello M, Ruyssevelt P, Sherman JD, Smith AZP, Steele K, Watts N, Eckelman MJ. Health care's response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England. The Lancet Planetary Health 2021, 5: e84-e92. PMID: 33581070, PMCID: PMC7887664, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30271-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update
Eckelman MJ, Huang K, Lagasse R, Senay E, Dubrow R, Sherman JD. Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update. Health Affairs 2020, 39: 2071-2079. PMID: 33284703, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01247.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Scaling Up Inhaled Anesthetic Practice Improvement: The Role of Environmental Sustainability Metrics.
Sherman JD, Berkow L. Scaling Up Inhaled Anesthetic Practice Improvement: The Role of Environmental Sustainability Metrics. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2019, 128: 1060-1062. PMID: 31094766, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004095.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Life cycle environmental emissions and health damages from the Canadian healthcare system: An economic-environmental-epidemiological analysis
Eckelman MJ, Sherman JD, MacNeill AJ. Life cycle environmental emissions and health damages from the Canadian healthcare system: An economic-environmental-epidemiological analysis. PLOS Medicine 2018, 15: e1002623. PMID: 30063712, PMCID: PMC6067712, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002623.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Estimated Global Disease Burden From US Health Care Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Eckelman MJ, Sherman JD. Estimated Global Disease Burden From US Health Care Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions. American Journal Of Public Health 2017, 108: e1-e3. PMID: 29072942, PMCID: PMC5922190, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2017.303846.Peer-Reviewed Original Research