Picture of health: transforming healthcare and saving the planet
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Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2010) Picture of health: transforming healthcare and saving the planet. Management Services Journal, 54 (4). pp. 20-26. ISSN 0307-6768
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Single issue initiatives and large-scale, multi-year
transformation programmes are a luxury that can no longer be afforded. Mankind faces profound and pressing challenges
such as global warming at a time when large reductions
in public expenditure are required. Innovative approaches are required that can quickly, cost-effectively and
simultaneously deliver multiple benefits.
Management services practitioners have an unprecedented opportunity to make a more strategic contribution. To illustrate how multiple objectives can be achieved together, let us consider the example of sustainability and healthcare. Certain changes, for example to lifestyle and diet, can further the sustainability agenda and also benefit health. This article will outline an approach to
transforming healthcare that could lead to less pressure
upon the environment and improve health outcomes. It is
based upon a paper presented at the 2010 Global Summit on
Sustainability.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sustainability, healthcare, health services, health challenges, environment, improved health, lifestyle choices, innovative strategies, environmental implications, healthier living, intelligent home, telecommuting, teleconferencing, stress, security, pollution, support tools |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| School / Department / Research Groups: | School of Business School of Business > Department of Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour |
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| Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2012 11:58 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/5415 |
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