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Combating the spread of Coronavirus in China through continuous temperature monitoring

Mobi Health News

VivaLNK, a Santa Clara-based connected health startup, recently announced that Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (SPHCC) is using the startup’s continuous temperature sensor to combat the spread of Coronavirus in China.

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Combatting Elder Abuse in Long-Term Care: Challenges and Opportunities of Electronic Monitoring

Bill of Health

One place where aging adults are likely to experience elder abuse occurs in long-term care (LTC) environments; this has been described as a “public health concern” in relation to the nursing home setting. Another approach to regulation has been to use guidelines , as instituted by the State of Maryland in 2003.

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ECHO Model Proven Effective for Improving Diabetes Care in Rural Areas

HIT Consultant

Addressing the Gap in Diabetes Care Diabetes affects over 37 million people in the United States, making it a major public health concern. A Proven Model for Knowledge Dissemination Since its inception in 2003, the ECHO Model has been successfully used to disseminate knowledge in rural and underserved communities.

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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

Bill of Health

The extension of international protection to Ukrainian pets raises issues with respect to the legitimate expectations of future refugee populations. Seen from that angle, taking pets at war seriously is indeed a proper ethics challenge. Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (LL.M

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

The high-deductible health plan design in fact prevents many people from seeking preventive care or testing: uninsured patients could pay at least $500 for a test, and a 10-day hospital stay can tally $75,000 according to Gerard Anderson , professor of public health at Johns Hopkins.

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What the Supreme Court’s Expected Ruling on Affirmative Action Might Mean for US Health Care

Bill of Health

Bollinger and the Fourteenth Amendment In this 2003 case involving the holistic admissions program at the University of Michigan Law School, which was patterned after Harvard’s, the Supreme Court revisited its decision in Bakke.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. The President signed the $8.3

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