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Healthy people, healthy planet: Supporting sustainability in healthcare with the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

To become more sustainable, the health sector is turning to the cloud. While sustainability in healthcare encompasses environmental sustainability, it also considers how to design a sustainable care delivery system. This will rise to 96% as Amazon drives toward being powered by 100% renewable energy by 2025.

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How NPOs and NGOs embrace digital transformation for sustainability with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focusing on sustainability are dedicated to fostering a healthy environment, preserving our planet, and providing a livable future for upcoming generations. They often lead and implement projects aimed at conserving natural habitats and restoring degraded ecosystems.

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How an open source EMR system has transformed patient healthcare in more than 50 countries

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Thoughtworks team first created Bahmni in 2012 for a charitable hospital in a remote part of central India, Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS), through our social impact program. To support the growing community and its needs, Thoughtworks formed the Bahmni Coalition of open source developers and implementation partners.

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Accelerating the secure exchange of public health data with AIMS, powered by Ruvos and AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2012, Ruvos saw that advances in cloud computing could take the platform to the next level, helping address challenges such as the resource constraints faced by labs, the sensitive nature of public health data exchanged, the need to rapidly scale data exchange during an outbreak, and the ever-crucial need for timely and accurate data.

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Call for Chapters: Academic Libraries and Sustainable Development #ACRLPublication

A Library Writer's Blog

Proposal Deadline: June 19, 2024 Submit Proposals here: [link] You are invited to submit an abstract for a chapter in an upcoming edited book with the working title, Academic Libraries and Sustainable Development published by ACRL. What role are librarians playing in these changes?

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate.

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Gosh, years ago I wrote about an approach to planning I called "action planning," focused on implementation, and to be successful included elements of social marketing and branding and identity. Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years.