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COVID-19 and the future of care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The message that adhering to this request, and using other tools to communicate, to help to protect our health and care systems has been understood and accepted by the vast majority of citizens. The latest policy framework for Scotland guiding this digital transformation work is the Digital Health and Care Strategy from 2018.

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Amwell Expands to South Africa with Digital Mental Health Benefit

HIT Consultant

Benefit Offering Expands Access to Digital Cognitive Behaviour Therapies This partnership comes at a critical time as Discovery Health’s data from member claims reveal that the prevalence of mental health conditions has steadily increased in recent years.

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Self-Care Is Healthcare In Consumers’ Hands, Peaking on Google Trends

Health Populi

Google” on symptoms, specific conditions, and prescription drugs), mental health (across all age groups, but especially pronounced among younger people), nutrition and food preparation advice, and a lot about dealing with stress and sleep.

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Building a Culture of Patient Safety Starts with Reducing Staff Burnout

AIHC

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a 63% increase in the rate of injuries from violent attacks against medical professionals from 2011 to 2018. And this doesn’t even account for the threats encountered getting to and from work!

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COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness

Healthcare It News

Extreme heat has a significant impact on public health. A recent study published in Nature found 37% of deaths related to heat exposure around the world between 1991 and 2018 were related to global warming caused by humans.

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Physicians Don’t Talk Enough with Patients About Non-Medical Needs

Health Populi

.” The latter is consistent with the World Health Organization’s definition of health : “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” online adults 18 and older in September 2018.

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

Health Populi

feel this way, up from 56% in 2018 and 2019. This was the highest proportion APA polled since 2018 when 46% of black adults reported discrimination was a significant stressor. Health Populi’s Hot Points: In June 2020, 4 in 5 Americans felt that the coronavirus pandemic was a significant source of stress.