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COVID-19 and the future of care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Shifting the perception of digital health and care. Without doubt, the crucial requirement of us all, as citizens, to be physically distant as part of the response globally to COVID-19 has resulted in a significant shift in how we think about technology as a tool to overcome distance.

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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. Is Burnout a Still Problem Now that COVID-19 is Behind Us? The COVID pandemic is a major contributing factor to the overall burnout of health care workers.

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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. Extreme heat has a significant impact on public health. This system was set up for COVID when we had to do a COVID surveillance of patents who weren’t severe and were at home.

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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. say the future of America is a significant source of stress, as discussed in Stress in the Time of COVID-19, Volume Two , a report covering a poll of U.S. residents through the lens of health consumers and, especially this year and in this study, health citizens.

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Unseen Scars: The Devastating Impact of Corruption on Mental Health Systems in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Bill of Health

This is a massive blind spot, as mental health problems are a growing concern worldwide. The experience of COVID-19 is estimated to have led to a 27.6% Low and middle-income countries (LMICs), home to 80% of people with mental illnesses, should prioritize strengthening their mental health systems.

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Better Health Care Tests, Faster

Healthcare IT Today

Speeding up Test Development We’ve seen with COVID-19 how quickly a virus can evolve and how hard it is to design both tests and vaccinations that accommodate different variants. Virax Biolabs uses data from the World Health Organization and others to develop tests quickly.

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Bioinformatics: Why Life Sciences Must Adopt Open Science

HIT Consultant

Supporting Better, Faster Medical Discoveries The value of the Open Science movement was strikingly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations, including the World Health Organization, Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. This international collaboration was paramount in reducing cases and fatalities.