Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn't afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning, or keep their refrigerators plugged in.

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Patients couldn’t pay their utility bills. One hospital turned to solar power for help.

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Ian Birkby

A hospital has a new 'recipe' to help solve two big problems: reducing its energy costs while supporting its patients

Ένα νοσοκομείο έχει μια νέα «συνταγή» για να βοηθήσει στην επίλυση δύο μεγάλων προβλημάτων: τη μείωση του ενεργειακού του κόστους και ταυτόχρονα την υποστήριξη των ασθενών του

Νοσοκομείο «συνταγογραφεί» βοήθεια για λογαριασμούς ενέργειας φτωχών ασθενών - Μπορεί να γίνει και στην Ελλάδα;

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Greece

Hospital "prescribes" help for energy bills of poor patients - Can it be done in Greece too?

Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn’t afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning, or keep their refrigerators plugged in. So she worked with her hospital on a solution. The result is a pilot effort called the Clean Power Prescription program. The initiative aims to help keep the lights on for roughly …

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Washington

District of Columbia

Patients couldn’t pay their utility bills — so one hospital turned to solar power for help

The supplier companies paint an extremely gloomy picture: if the state does not settle the debts, it will already affect the quality of health care.

Rendkívül borús képet festenek a beszállítócégek: ha az állam nem rendezi a tartozásokat, az már az egészségügyi ellátás minőségére is hatással lesz.

Figyelmeztetnek a kórházi beszállítók: a kórházi adóssághelyzetet tekintve az utolsó utáni pillanatban vagyunk

Heti Világgazdaság

Hungary

Hospital suppliers are warning: we are in the penultimate moment regarding the hospital's debt situation

The increase in hospital debt has reached a critical level, and the solution to the problem is not only in the hands of the ministry responsible for health, but also in the hands of the government - it was said at the Wednesday press conference held by three organizations representing hospital suppliers, thereby highlighting the seriousness of the situation. According to Portfolio's report, the representatives of ETOSZ, MediKlaszter and the Medi…

Kritikus szintre ért a kórházak tartozásállományának növekedése, a probléma megoldása már nemcsak az egészségügyért felelős minisztérium, hanem a kormány kezében van - hangzott el azon a szerdai sajtótájékoztatón, amit három kórházi beszállítókat képviselő szervezet közös tartott, ezzel a helyzet súlyosságát. A Portfolio beszámolója szerint az ETOSZ, a MediKlaszter és az Orvostechnikai Szövetség képviselői többek közt amellett érveltek, hogya ko…

A beszállítók szerint már a betegellátás minőségét befolyásolhatja a kórházi eladósodottság

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According to suppliers, hospital indebtedness can already affect the quality of patient care

There are suppliers who believe that the government is no longer even trying to reduce the overdue debt range.

Akadnak olyan beszállítók, akik szerint a kormány már nem is törekszik a lejárt adósságtartomány csökkentésére.

Lassan kezelhetetlen lesz a kórházak adósságállománya

Magyar Hang

The debts of the hospitals will slowly become unmanageable

Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, established the Clean Power Prescription program to help patients who struggle to pay their utility bills. The program utilizes solar panels installed on the hospital’s roof to provide energy credits to patients with complex medical needs. Patients like Kiki Polk have benefited from this initiative, allowing them to afford essential utilities like air conditioning. Boston Medical C…

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Patients Couldn’t Pay Their Utility Bills. One Hospital Turned to Solar Power for Help.

Doctors got tired of asking utility companies to help medically vulnerable patients who need power and heat.

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Patients couldn’t pay their utility bills. One hospital turned to solar power for help

This article by Martha Bebinger, WBUR, first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. 	Martha Bebinger, WBUR 
			December 12, 2024		  Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn’t afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning, or keep their refrigerators plugged in. So she worked with her hospit…

Patients couldn’t pay their utility bills. One hospital turned to solar power for help.

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