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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians

Health Populi

Two-thirds of younger physicians said that their work during the COVID-19 crisis did not impact them wanting to remain in the medical profession. We must acknowledge the heroic sacrifices that front-line healthcare professionals have endured in the fight against COVID-19. The first chart of U.S. Today, 9/11.

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Record Numbers of People in the U.S. Putting Off Medical Care Due to Cost – A New “Pink Tax” on Women?

Health Populi

This was the highest level of self-rationing care due to cost the pollster has found since its inaugural study on the topic in 2001. ” In the COVID-19 pandemic, it was women who were hit financially harder than men in the U.S. (a Gallup conducted the annual Health and Healthcare poll U.S.

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The Medical Library: A Hospital’s Most Underappreciated Asset

HIT Consultant

In 2001, Ellen Roche was administered a drug, hexamethonium, as part of a clinical study on asthma at Johns Hopkins University. In December 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to hospital department closures around the U.S., Libraries can also help medical professionals avoid certain worst-case scenarios.

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Against American Public Health Exceptionalism

Bill of Health

In fact, the most striking similarity between our failed public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the drug overdose crisis is our resolute refusal to learn from our mistakes and the rest of the world and make overdue adjustments. Just as COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. While the U.S.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

During the early days of COVID-19, CSS took a tremendous burden off local health departments that needed to do contract tracing. In recent years, some states leveraged the power of HIEs to identify COVID-19 hotspots in communities. In 2001, Sonia was appointed to the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA).

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What Has COVID Ever Done For Us? Here 9 Examples

HIT Consultant

It may also be remembered as a time of unparalleled cooperation and advancement in technologies, prompted by the Covid pandemic , that provided enduring benefits for generations to come. So, what other than advances in diagnostic technology, has the experience of Covid given us? Here are just a few examples. Artificial Intelligence .

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The Proposed TRIPS Compromise Risks Setting Several Bad Precedents

Bill of Health

On March 15, 2022, STAT published text of a proposed compromise at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily relax global standards for intellectual property for COVID-19. In short, the compromise only waives a single 20-word paragraph in one article: the one dealing with exports under a non-voluntary authorization.

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