Bill of Health

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this same approach could be taken in relation to masking. A recent study compared COVID-19 spread in Boston-area school districts that dropped mask mandates earlier this year (the majority), with the two much less-resourced school districts that maintained mandates.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, much air time and social media space has been allocated to the lab leak vs. natural spillover dispute regarding the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Debating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic is a fool’s errand. Generally, COVID-19 specimens are handled in BSL-3 labs.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 12, 2024

The insurer continues to be rocked by more seniors seeking outpatient care, but the fourth quarter also saw high levels of vaccinations and COVID-19 admissions that accelerated spending.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In June 2022, after almost two years of debate over a potential COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, the World Trade Organization adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (“WTO Decision”), which provided for a partial waiver of intellectual property rights. The post What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2022

Hospitals overhauled their operations in COVID-19's early days. Now, two years into the pandemic, they are looking ahead at the future of their business, including revenue diversification and workforce stability.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 5, 2022

National Nurses United argued before a federal appeals court on Monday that an existing temporary emergency standard isn't enough to protect healthcare workers from the ongoing threat of COVID-19.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pervasive inequities experienced by historically marginalized communities, including people with disabilities. Although disabled people have always experienced inequities concerning economic security, these disparities have grown substantially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The bill cuts funding for COVID-19 and monkeypox aid but extends two rural hospital programs.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With rising case numbers in across the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region and the rest of Europe, a fully vaccinated status might become compulsory for the use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) soon – at least in some countries. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. government committed more than one billion dollars to Moderna for development of its COVID-19 vaccines. By Aparajita Lath.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 28, 2022

Public health and policy experts have published commentaries on the challenging issues underlying New York’s COVID treatment guidelines and others have offered more detailed guidance, including on this blog, on what criteria should be used in allocating scarce COVID treatments. Emphasis in original.)

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Bill of Health

MARCH 11, 2022

Long COVID has left an estimated 1.6 Those experiencing Long COVID face long-term neurological issues, heart problems, lung damage, and myriad other complications following an initial bout with COVID-19. Though some who are incapacitated by Long COVID will eventually be able to return to work, others may never work again.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In the last half of 2021, the rate of patients who contracted COVID-19 in a hospital rose at only half the rate as overall COVID-19 admissions, likely due to increased vaccination rates, researchers said.

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Healthcare Dive

JUNE 3, 2022

The data provides a snapshot of early 2022 when COVID-19 infections dropped and patients seemed more willing to return to the doctor's office.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, now entering its fourth year in 2023, legislators, executives, and judges at every level of government have sought measures to derail efficacious public health interventions. And most relate solely to COVID-19 interventions, which sunset permanently as states withdraw their emergencies.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 31, 2022

Vaccines are no longer our only medical intervention for preventing severe COVID-19. Older and medically vulnerable people who continue to face high risk of COVID-19 illness after vaccination should not be asked to wait in line behind adults who refused vaccines. By Govind Persad, Monica Peek, and Seema Shah.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 8, 2022

The FDA is planning to give holders of EUAs for COVID-19 diagnostics and other devices 180 days notice of its intent to end their authorizations, in anticipation of U.S. public health emergency declarations stopping.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

Health authorities in Rome have repurposed a COVID-19 telemonitoring tool to monitor people at risk from heat-related illness. In the Lazio region, GPs, health care workers and primary care services are supervising and caring for patients during heatwaves using the LazioAdvice teleconsultation system and Lazio Doctor per COVID app.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It is no surprise, therefore, that similar claims have been filed for damages arising from the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. For example, consider norovirus, which causes more than 19 million cases of acute gastroenteritis in the United States every year.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A research letter published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that physicians saw a "small but sustained" increase in patient message volume during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the message increase did not displace patient calls. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The company estimated revenue from its COVID-19 vaccine and new antiviral pill Paxlovid will total $54 billion this year.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The article Nanotechnology vs. SARS-CoV-2: Can Nanomedicine Help Combat COVID-19? This has caused serious damages and mortality among countries, especially those developing countries that […]. appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Most alarms triggered by hospital staff’s wearable safety alert systems occurred outside of the emergency department and more often during weekdays, non-holidays, surges of COVID-19 and even during | Aggregate data from 200,000 workers' wearable duress systems suggest emerging or active violent incidents occur "throughout every part of the (..)

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set has been updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include vaccine and administration codes for pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed […].

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 17, 2024

The COVID-19 testing platform, Coronalab.eu, has exposed a database containing 11.8 million patient records, according to a report in Cybernews.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 5, 2021

Starting tomorrow, the Indonesian government will deliver free telemedicine services for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms across the country in a bid to ease hospital pressure as cases hit record highs. billion for COVID-19 treatment, testing, tracing, drugs, vaccines and protective gear. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2022

A University of Iowa study published this month in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found that an at-home telemonitoring program was an effective and sustainable way to manage COVID-19 for patients. WHY IT MATTERS. Enrolled patients were risk-stratified based on age and underlying comorbidities.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 31, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement saying that people no longer need to quarantine if they are exposed to someone with COVID-19. They also should test for COVID-19 on day 5. The CDC made these guidelines to help schools who have been suffering as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 7, 2020

Release of patient information during COVID-19 What insiders have long known has become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic: health data is […]. The article AHIMA Recommendations During COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The article AMA Updates COVID-19 Vaccine CPT Codes appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Digital Health News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The NHS is to expand the use of a research platform behind the roll-out of new Covid-19 treatments to help drive advances for other major diseases.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Thai government has built a telemedicine platform to monitor COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at home and at community isolation centres. The platform was built to keep COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms out of hospitals given the lack of hospital beds.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 26, 2020

The COVID-19 landscape as it relates to testing is frequently changing as CMS made wholesale changes and smaller adjustments to payment schedules. The article CMS Updates Payment For Certain COVID-19 Lab Tests appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. CMS announced Medicare will nearly […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 24, 2020

Once COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic and states across the country began issuing shelter in place orders, one thing became very clear: there was a crucial need for healthcare […]. The article Meeting Patient Demands With Virtual Care Beyond COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 17, 2021

The article A Lesson Learned From COVID-19: The Significance of The Primary Care Physician Shortage appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States due to a variety of factors, including social […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 28, 2020

While the world has come to a pause during the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing that does not stop is the presence of chronic conditions. […]. The article COVID-19 and Cancer appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 27, 2021

The article How COVID-19 Changed Medical Research appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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