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Emergency Department Overcrowding - Coggle Diagram
Emergency Department Overcrowding
Physicians/PA's/NP's
Appropriate use of disposable equipment (ex 4x4 pads)
Reusable equipment use when appropriate
Not ordering labs/IV's when not needed
Appropriate test orders
Turning off lights and computers when not in use
Virtual visits when needed
Hospital/Corporate
Purchase used equipment and not new when appropriate
Recollect and reprocess single use equipment if applicable
Incorporate sustainable purchase companies to everyday needs
Repurpose or reuse medical equipment (ex CT scanners)
change to LED light sources to contain lighting costs
Use recycling programs for equipment and goods
Install solar generators to energy needs
Establish programs for transit to work that can reduce single car driving needs (ex car pooling, busing, bikes)
combine offices for less use of space and energy
consider virtual visits to reduce need for in person care
Increase use of recycled material
Insurance Companies
offer incentives for systems to reuse equipment
align payments with environmental friendly organizations
consider penalties for health care facilities that continue to have large environmental impacts
Patients
consider virtual visits for non emergent needs
support health care systems that try to reduce environmental impact
Reimagine their expectations of health care and its environmental impact