This podcast was organised and funded by AstraZeneca. For healthcare professionals only.
In this podcast episode, leading respiratory experts discuss the importance of collecting robust local data to deliver real change to the sustainability of respiratory care. They highlight the impact of existing respiratory initiatives, and discuss tools to measure and quantify the impact of care pathway redesign, including CARESA1 and the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition Care Pathway Carbon Calculator2. The experts highlight how these tools can help improve both patient outcomes and reduce the environmental footprint of care. They also invite the respiratory community to get involved in driving system-wide change in decarbonising healthcare pathways.
Host:
Mike Crooks1
Speakers:
Christine Jenkins2
Erika Penz3
Frederik Trinkmann4
1. University of Hull, UK
2. University of Sydney & New South Wales, Australia
3. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
4. University of Heidelberg, Germany
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To listen to the other episodes in this AstraZeneca-sponsored podcast series, you can find episode 1 here, and episode 2 here
References
1. AstraZeneca. CARESA – a pioneering tool to model the environmental impact of patient care pathways. 2025. Available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/articles/2025/caresa-a-pioneering-tool-to-model-the-environmental-impact-of-patient-care-pathways.html. Last accessed: 19 January 2026.
2. Sustainable Healthcare Coalition. Patient Care Pathway Carbon Calculator. Available at: https://carepathwaycarbon.org/. Last accessed: 19 January 2026.
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