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| Formation | January 1, 2021 |
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| Founder | The Florida Medical Association and Todd L. Sack |
| Headquarters | 917 1st Street South Unit 601 |
| Location |
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| Fields | Healthcare, ecology, environmental sustainability |
| Owner | Florida Medical Association |
Executive Director | Todd L. Sack[1] |
| Website | mygreendoctor.org |
My Green Doctor Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization. It is known for supporting My Green Doctor, a free practice management program owned by the Florida Medical Association
- the program assists clinics, surgical centers, and outpatient centers, helps them save money—by adopting environmental sustainability—and improves overall community healthcare—by sharing provident choices with patients.[2]
History[edit]
In 2022, Bush et al. used the membership of a given healthcare institution in the My Green Doctor program—along with the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health— as an indicator for that institution's committment to provide educational material about climate change.[5]
As of December 2022, Todd L. Sack, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist from Jacksonville, Florida, who created the "My Green Doctor" program,[6] sits as the executive director of the foundation, and the editor of its English version website since 2010.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Our Team". 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to My Green Doctor". 21 March 2013.
- ^ "My Green Doctor". World Medical Association. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Crowley, Ryan A. (May 3, 2016). "Climate Change and Health: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians". Annals of Internal Medicine. 164 (9). American College of Physicians: 608–610. doi:10.7326/M15-2766. PMID 27089232.
Environmentally friendly activities are not limited to the hospital setting. The My Green Doctor Web site, a project supported by the Florida Medical Association, provides resources to physicians and their staffs on how to adopt environmentally sustainable policies in the physician practice. Project resources offer guidance on energy and water efficiency, use of renewable energy, recycling programs, proper disposal of medications and chemicals, transportation and commuting, and healthy foods
- ^ Bush, Thomas; Jensen, William A.; Katsumuto, Tamiko R. (2022). "U.S. medical organizations and climate change advocacy: a review of public facing websites". BMC Public Health. 22. London: 1–12. doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14339-7. PMID 36271371.
Membership in the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health or participation in the organization My Green Doctor were recorded as indicators of a commitment to providing educational resources about mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
- ^ Marill, Michele Cohen (2020). "Pressured By Students, Medical Schools Grapple With Climate Change". Health Affairs. 39 (12). Florida, United States: The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE: 2050–2055. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01948. ISSN 0278-2715. PMID 33284698.
Todd Sack, author of the resolution, is a Jacksonville, Florida, gastroenterologist and hepatologist who created a program called My Green Doctor, a free practice management tool to help physicians introduce sustainability and climate change preparedness into their offices and clinics. He worries that doctors might not be prepared to address a looming public health crisis stemming from climate change.
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