Telemedicine Cuts Down On Greenhouse Gases

TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine isn’t only more convenient for patients, but could be helping save the planet, a new study says.

Telemedicine use in 2023 reduced monthly carbon dioxide emissions by the equivalent of more than 130,000 exhaust-spewing gas-powered vehicles, researchers reported recently in the American Journal of Managed Care.

This suggests that telemedicine could have a modest but noticeable impact on air quality and climate change, by decreasing the number of vehicles on the road for medical appointments, researchers said.