Travel and environmental impact saved by virtual visits at a U.S. hospital

Published by
Conor Stewart,
May 8, 2024

From 2020 to 2022, the virtual visits with surgeons in a United States hospital saved the patients more than one million miles in travel distance and almost 150 thousand US dollars in travel expenses in total. In addition to reducing patient travel burden, virtual visits also had a large environmental impact in the form of 50 thousand gallons of saved fuel consumption and preventing more than 480 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. These effects were at least five times higher compared to the impact of virtual visits from 2017 to 2019.

Estimated travel burden and environmental impact saved through utilization of virtual visits at a US hospital from 2017 to 2022

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May 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

June 2017 to July 2022

Number of respondents

56,248 respondents

Supplementary notes

Study was conducted at the department of General Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.

Travel distance: Round trip distance between patient zip code and service site of surgeon

Travel costs: Cost of patient travel including cost of fuel and parking with an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle

Saved fuel consumption: 24.2 miles/ gallon

Carbon emissions: 404 g of CO2/mile

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