This tool has been designed to help guide environmental sustainability considerations during either planning or monitoring virtual care systems. It is not a tickbox regulatory framework. It does not attempt to solve issues but it does highlight steps that can be taken.
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Planning and Monitoring Tool for a Responsible and Sustainable Virtual Care System (VCS)
This tool will propose some questions that you or the people collaborating with you (IT professionals, suppliers) should address in planning and managing a Virtual Care System. The question will explore the following areas:
- How are you planning your VCS
- Considerations in procuring equipment and services to minimise environmental impacts
- Considerations around the management and processing of data to minimise environmental impacts
- Knowledge and awareness of environmental sustainability regulations
- Ways to monitor and assess the current state and future progress of an environmentally sustainable Virtual Care System
- Organisational approaches to minimising environmental impacts of ICT
Along with exploring the more obvious technical and procedural considerations, the tool highlights how prioritising data sufficiency and the mitigation of rebound effects are critical. Click on the button below to start.