Extreme Heat and Vulnerable Populations: Considerations for Healthcare Systems

This session features Dr. Wynne Armand, a distinguished primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate director at the Mass General Center for the Environment and Health, who will discuss the health impacts of extreme heat, identify vulnerable populations, and share strategies for building resilience at both community and health system levels. 

Guest Speaker: Wynne Armand, MD, Greater Boston PSR Board Member

Webinar Objectives

• Review the impacts of extreme heat on health, including how heat stress interacts with chronic conditions.
• Identify vulnerable populations, and how extreme heat exacerbates existing health inequities.
• Describe community and health system approaches to building resilience against extreme heat, with a focus on protecting vulnerable populations.

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