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Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine: A Key to Protecting Pediatric Asthma Patients

HIT Consultant

What Has Everyone Excited about COVID-19 Vaccines for 5-11-year-olds? With the rollout this month of the COVID-19 vaccine for those 5-11 years of age, we can now directly protect children with asthma for whom COVID-19 infection is an even bigger hazard for our children during the pandemic.

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Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection

Bill of Health

By Aparajita Lath Two articles published last month in the BMJ analyze the public investment and financing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the extensive government funding that has supported the development of mRNA technology from 1985 to 2022. government substantially de-risking the vaccine development process.

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Milwaukee County Addresses Health Equity with Data and GIS Technology

Healthcare IT Today

On May 20, 2019, Milwaukee County became the first governing board in the US to pass a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis. Milwaukee County used the same approach when COVID-19 vaccines became available. Getting Vaccines to the Most Vulnerable. Racism as a Public Health Crisis.

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Getting Vaccinated Has Mental Health Benefits, Walgreens Finds

Health Populi

who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot have a welcoming side-effect: peace of mind and mental health, according to a survey conducted by Walgreens in April 2021. reported anxiety or depression during the coronavirus pandemic, versus 1 in 10 people at the beginning of 2019. Most people in the U.S.

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Cerner CEO pledges to zero-out 'noise' from EHRs, population health and revenue cycle

Healthcare It News

In 2019, Google showed that artificial intelligence can detect lung cancer more accurately than radiologists with eight years of experience. And last year, a COVID-19 vaccine was researched, developed and deployed almost four years ahead of the normal timeline for a new vaccine.

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IT execs talk new strategies for analytics, patient engagement, telehealth and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Early on, when vaccine supply was limited, Sanford Health followed state eligibility guidelines and then stratified the list based on patient risk factors, prioritizing the highest-risk patients and inviting them to be among the first to schedule COVID-19 vaccination appointments." " Clark Averill, St.

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Trust in Healthcare is Under Stress in the US and Globally, Edelman Finds

Health Populi

Hospitals’ fall from 70% to 63% between 2018 and 2019. Consumer health’s fall from 63% in 2019 to 51% in 2020. Health insurance’s decline from 55% in 2017 to 46% in 2018, recovering in 2019 then falling again to a low of 43% this year in the 2021 Barometer.

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