US Pharma MarketingExtreme temperatures are associated with measurable changes in healthcare visits and hospital admissions. A group of actuaries from South Africa will join HIMSS Europe to share research findings. Healthcare systems around the world are operating increasingly under pressure, not only from demographic change and rising costs, but from a less predictable and rapidly evolving force: climate variability. Extreme weather, including days of high heat, severe cold and flooding, is becoming more frequent and more intense, with important implications for healthcare outcomes and access . While the relationship between extreme weather and morbidity has been widely studied internationally, there is limited…
By C Smith, C Kotzen, C Suttner, P Ndebele and M Cohen
Healthcare systems around the world are operating increasingly under pressure, not only from demographic change and rising costs, but from a less predictable and rapidly evolving force: climate variability. Extreme weather, including days of high heat, severe cold and flooding, is becoming more frequent and more intense, with important implications for healthcare outcomes and access.
Source: Healthcare IT News