Case Western Reserve University School of Law Presents Dr. Amy Acton, MD, Phd with the Schroeder Lecture; " The Leader We Wish We All Had Is YOU: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic "
4:30PM – 5:30PM on Thursday, October 5th, 2023. Dr.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 2, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Ripoff
You may have heard that the FDA recently concluded that a common ingredient in over-the-counter cold medicines doesn ' t work. That ' s a gift link to a NYT essay byRandy C. Hatton andLeslie Hendeles. This may not seem like such a big deal in itself, but there was never any good evidence that it worked in the first place and pharmacologists have been telling the FDA that it doesn ' t work for decades. The fact is that a lot of over-the-counter products that have FDA approval probably don ' t work. Oh, and by the way just about 100% of the so-called " supplements " and homeopathic " remedies " don ' t work either.Thes...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 29, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 unleashed an ongoing crisis of delirium in hospitals
Older adults have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. While Canadians aged 60 years and older make up only 20 percent of the population, they account for 69.5 percent of all COVID-19 hospitalizations, and most — 91.7 percent — of all COVID-19 deaths. One aspect of health care during the pandemic that has received
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COVID-19 unleashed an ongoing crisis of delirium in hospitals originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher, MD, Nathan Stall, MD, and Tags: Conditions Geriatrics Source Type: blogs
Inexplicable irrationality
For mysterious reasons, there have been anti-vaccination movements since vaccination was invented.* The eradication of smallpox from the earth; the near eradication of polio (which terrified the population in the 1950s); and the near elimination of measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, typhus and other diseases which formerly maimed and killed many children; and many other triumphs ought to have convinced people that vaccination was an unalloyed benefit to humanity. But somehow it ' s profitable to deny this obvious reality.The near miraculous success of the Covid 19 vaccines turns out to be one more opportunity for charlat...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 25, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Presents Dr. Amy Acton, MD, Phd with the Schroeder Lecture; " The Leader We Wish We All Had Is YOU: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic "
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Presents Dr. Amy Acton, MD, Phd with the Schroeder Lecture; " The Leader We Wish We All Had Is YOU: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic with Dr. Amy Acton, MD, PhD; 4:30PM – 5:30PM... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 25, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Misinformed claims and the offensiveness of discrediting COVID-19 vaccine development
The development of COVID-19 vaccines has been an extraordinary scientific achievement in the face of a global health crisis. However, an unfortunate consequence has been the emergence of misinformed claims by non-medical individuals who assert that these vaccines were not appropriately vetted for human use. This essay aims to highlight the fatigue and offensiveness caused
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Misinformed claims and the offensiveness of discrediting COVID-19 vaccine development originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 23, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Angel Garcia Otano, MD Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Reasons, Rewards, and Tips for a More Accessible and Inclusive Web
The following is a guest article by Ben Cash, Founding Partner and CEO at Reason One
The end of September marks International Week of the Deaf, followed soon after by Blind Americans Equality Day. Both are reminders of the need to make online resources accessible to all. Supporting this is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), intended to protect the civil rights of persons with disabilities when it comes to areas like employment, government services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
For any organization – and particularly healthcare entities and systems – accessibility should...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Accessibility Ada Automated Tools Ben Cash DE&I Digital Accessibility ESG Healthcare Accessibility Reason One Scre Source Type: blogs
Quiz: Sepsis Science
Bacteria are the most common triggers of sepsis.Credit: Mark Ellisman and Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California San Diego.
At least 1.7 million adults in the United States develop a life-threatening condition called sepsis each year. Sepsis is an overwhelming or impaired whole-body immune response that’s most often caused by bacterial infections. However, it can also be caused by viral infections, such as COVID-19 or influenza; fungal infections; or other injuries, including physical trauma. Anyone can get sepsis, but there’s a higher risk ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Injury and Illness Quiz Research Roundup Sepsis Source Type: blogs
Inequality, Stress, and Obesity: Socioeconomic Disparities in the Short- and Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Maria Langlois (Southern Methodist University), Pierre Chandon (INSEAD), Inequality, Stress, and Obesity: Socioeconomic Disparities in the Short- and Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, J. of the Ass ’n for Consumer Rsch. (2023): In a longitudinal study of a large sample... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 13, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Interview with Journalist Betsy Ladyzhets about NIH ’ s Flawed $1.2 Billion RECOVER Program for Long Covid
By David Tuller, DrPH Betsy Ladyzhets is an independent health, science and data journalist who has been covering the coronavirus pandemic, including long Covid. While serving as a journalism fellow at MuckRock, she co-wrote an investigative report for STAT, a well-known health and medical news site, about the US National Institutes of Health’s problem-plagued $1.2 … Trial By Error: Interview with Journalist Betsy Ladyzhets about NIH’s Flawed $1.2 Billion RECOVER Program for Long Covid Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - September 12, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Ladyzhets NIH RECOVER program STAT Source Type: blogs
Support Growing for Pharmacists to Ease Physician Workload
In a recent survey, Surescripts found growing support for pharmacists to prescribe a select number of medications to patients, thus easing the workload on physicians. Technologies like direct messaging and record sharing is making this possible.
Physician Shortage
Physicians everywhere are overworked. This is especially true in primary care where there are not enough physicians to meet the growing patient demand. This is leading to access challenges and to burnout.
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts that by 2034 the US will be short:
Between 17,800 and 48,000 primary care physicians
Between 21,00...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability clinical direct messaging Collaborative Care Frank Harvey Health Data Sharing Immunizations pharmacist collaboration Pharmacists pharma Source Type: blogs
Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality
Patients, regulators, and payers are insisting on data exchange in health care. But despite the availability of FHIR and of APIs from many vendors, interoperability is often described as “difficult and “not frictionless” according to Loyd Bittle, CEO and Founder at Innovar Healthcare. It takes a real expert with the right connections to make interoperability a reality for healthcare organizations.
Innovar Healthcare, therefore, focuses on converting patient records between different formats and vendors and getting the patient data where it needs to go. State HIEs, which must deal with a bewildering asso...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Digital Health EHR Interoperability Health Data Sharing Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured HIEs Innovar Hea Source Type: blogs
Study: High Blood Pressure While Lying Down Linked To Greater Heart Risks
Conclusion
The findings of this recent study are nothing short of a game-changer in how we understand and manage blood pressure. It’s clear that simply taking blood pressure readings while seated might not give the full picture.
High blood pressure while lying down has been linked to a heightened risk of serious heart health complications, including heart attack, stroke, and even premature death.
Therefore, a more comprehensive approach to blood pressure monitoring is crucial. One that considers different body positions could offer deeper insights into an individual’s cardiovascular health.
This n...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: News Source Type: blogs
New variant of COVID-19
A new variant is not a new thing, of course, but BA.2.86, known also as Pirola, seems to be causing some concern in the UK and elsewhere. It seems a long time ago that I compiled page after page on this blog about COVID-19. Those pages are still there, hopefully all labelled to make it clear they are no longer being updated.I wondered if a few resources on this new variant would be useful. In case I am right, here are some. I don ' t know how long this one will be useful for, but will try to keep it updated. A PubMed search for BA.2.86 finds a few. Adding Pi...
Source: Browsing - September 9, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
Patent Law and 3D Printing Applications in Response to COVID-19: Exceptions to Inventor Rights
Muhammad Zaheer Abbas (Queensland University), Patent Law and 3D Printing Applications in Response to COVID-19: Exceptions to Inventor Rights, J. of World Intell. Prop. (2022): 3D printing technology offers promise in relation to much-needed health technologies associated with COVID-19. Additive... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 9, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
