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‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill of Health

Harriet Hall penned an essay on the website Science Based Medicine titled “A New COVID-19 Myth?” Even before the first wave peaked, doctors suggested the worst was over and that measures to control the virus were more dangerous than the virus itself. That’s obviously a myth. But where did that idea come from?

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Telehealth visits dropped in March amid sunny COVID-19 outlook, new report finds

Healthcare Dive

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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Doctors rate telehealth as the most promising technology during COVID-19, survey finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Research published this week by Philips gives an insight into doctors’ experience of COVID-19 and how they believe the healthcare industry should change in response. It captures feedback from 500 doctors under the age of 40 in five countries: France, Germany, the US, China and Singapore. European Digital Event.

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Should TikTok Doctors Owe Any Duty of Care Toward Their Followers?

Bill of Health

By Sarah Gabriele Doctors are now using social media platforms to spread medical knowledge and to interact with the communities that they are actively building. A recent survey showed that almost 1 in 5 Americans now turn to TikTok before their doctor for health advice.

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Doctors provide free telehealth services for COVID-19 patients in India

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Volunteer doctors from the US-based American Association of Physicians of Indian-Origin and Hindu faith-based group Sewa International have been offering teleconsultations and medical advice to COVID-19 patients in India via the eGlobalDoctors platform. WHAT THEY DO. About 500 patients have already received medical counselling.

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

Healthcare It News

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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Thailand closely monitors COVID-19 patients via telemedicine platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Thai government has built a telemedicine platform to monitor COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at home and at community isolation centres. According to a local news report , the BKK HI Care platform enables remote patient monitoring by doctors.

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