Distance spanning solutions in health care and care: Climate impacts and sustainability synergies

Distance spanning solutions in health care and care can help reduce environmental harm – one example is that care staff spend less time driving cars. But digitalised services also generate climate impacts. This report explores methods for measuring the consequences and evaluating how services affect sustainability in a broader perspective.

 The environmental impacts of medicine robot services are presented, and a novel methodology to assess the environmental impacts is introduced. The report also presents a tool for evaluating trade-offs and synergies concerning other environmental and socio-economic factors and their contribution to the green transition. 

This report supports the goal of making the Nordic region the world’s most sustainable and integrated region by 2030.