Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care
A step-by-step guide to more sustainable inhalers in primary care.
Supporting resources
Suggested citation
Green S, Bursque G, Chang B, Khan N, Miller FA, Wilson J, Wintemute K. Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care version 3.0 (2023) [Internet]. CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis). [Cited DATE]. Available from https://cascadescanada.ca/resources/sustainable-inhaler-prescribing-in-primary-care-playbook/
Prototype playbook
The Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care playbook is a validated playbook produced following the Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing Collaborative.
The Collaborative was informed by a National Advisory Committee of interdisciplinary healthcare professionals. Primary care teams from across the country tested the resources and provided their own ideas and feedback. Following from this process, the validated playbook improves upon existing resources and adds province-specificity and new resources, including new resources in French.
Published spring 2022, the prototype playbook was a result of the work being done in Toronto through the Sustainable Health System Community of Practice.
- View the prototype playbook, Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Primary Care
Suggested citation
Wintemute K, Bursque G, Chang B, Green S, Khan N. Miller FA, Wilson J. Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Primary Care [Internet]. CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis). [Cited DATE]. Available from https://cascadescanada.ca/resources/sustainable-inhaler-prescribing-in-primary-care-playbook/
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Care pathways
Key actions can minimize the environmental harms of medications throughout their lifecycle and address increased medication-related risks due to climate change.
Many opportunities exist to address the resource intensity of perioperative care while ensuring and promoting high quality care.
Comprehensive person-centered primary and community care can support health and wellbeing and reduce the need for more resource intensive services.
Practitioners across specialties can take meaningful steps to reduce the environmental impacts of their practice and safeguard patient and population health.
Health services can promote health, including by delivering healthy food, effective chronic disease management, and climate-adapted clinical care.
System enablers
Sustainability is intrinsically linked with both quality care and patient safety and can be embedded within these efforts.
Leadership and good governance are needed to develop and deliver effective climate and sustainability strategy.
The shift to climate resilient and sustainable health systems requires accurate assessment of healthcare’s environmental impacts.
Health systems can leverage their purchasing power to influence vendors and shape markets for sustainable and resilient health sector products and services.
Healthy food, digital innovation and effective waste management are among the key enablers of low-carbon, sustainable and climate-resilient health systems.