HIMSS21 and HLTH to Require Proof of COVID Vaccination at Upcoming In-Person Events
As we head into summer, I know that many in the health IT community are watching to see the various health and safety protocols that are put in place for health IT events and conferences that are scheduled for the end of Summer and Fall. Today, we got big announcements from both HIMSS and HLTH […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 17, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT CLEAR Health Pass COVID vaccination Health IT Conferences Health IT Conferences Safety Plans HIMSS HIMSS 2021 HIMSS21 Hlth HLTH 2021 HLTH21 Source Type: blogs
Meet the New FTA Administrator
Randal O'TooleTransit ridership at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has declined in every year since Nuria Fernandez wasmade CEO of San Jose ’s principle transit agency at the end of 2013. By 2019, transit fares collected by VTA covered just 9 percent of operating costs, far lower than the national average of 32 percent. VTA light‐rail cars carried an average of just 14 passengers, compared with a national average of 24. Most Sa n Jose light‐rail “trains” are just one car long, meaning they could easily be replaced by buses at a huge savings to taxpayers.VTA light rail: a mode...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 19, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Randal O ' Toole Source Type: blogs
Overregulation and California ’s Childcare Crisis
Michael D. Tanner andKelly LesterAs we ’ve pointed out previously, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated many of the problems facing California’s poor and vulnerable, from education and criminal justice to housing and overregulation. Yet another issue that the state must address is a deep and chronic shortage of childcare options.Even before the pandemic, childcare options in California had been steadily declining for years. Between 2014 and 2019, the number of home ‐based and center‐based childcare options decreased by 5.5 percent, over 57,000 providers. Despite the state’s extensive effor...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Michael D. Tanner, Kelly Lester Source Type: blogs
Will The Courts Once Again Take Up The Issue of Mandatory Vaccination?
Jeffrey A. SingerThe first ‐in‐the‐nation case against mandatory COVID vaccination wasfiled today by a Dona Ana County, N.M. detention officer who claims he was fired for refusing to receive the first dose of the mRNA vaccine. Last month the County Managermandated vaccination of all county ‐employed first responders—which includes sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, and detention officers.According to a report in the Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun ‐News, the plaintiff, Isaac Legaretta, argues that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee stated that vaccines given em...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 2, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Elder Abuse: Innovative Solutions to Address a Growing Problem
As policymakers and researchers attempt to address the needs of the growing number of older Americans, solutions to elder abuse could represent a key part of that effort. Leaders could look to innovative solutions to ensure that victims of elder abuse are not forced to choose between staying in an abusive environment and risking their health and safety outside the home. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - February 26, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Sierra Smucker; Esther M. Friedman; Meagan Cahill; Jirka Taylor Source Type: blogs
Marijuana Licensing Corruption
Chris EdwardsFifteen states have legalized recreational marijuana and 36 states have legalized medical marijuana. As we move toward legalization across the nation, state policymakers should be learning lessons from the reforms we ’ve seen so far.One lesson is that ceding full control to local governments and allowing them to impose licensing in a discretionary and opaque manner is a recipe for corruption. The FBI issued a statement on the problem in 2019: “States require licenses to grow and sell the drug —opening the possibility for public officials to become susceptible to bribes in exchange for thos...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 4, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
We ’re Ready for Mamala
By DEB GORDON and ROSEMARIE DAY
With the long-awaited inauguration day behind us, America is finally getting something we desperately need: an elected woman in the White House.
On the heels of chaos and violence at the Capitol and after four years of the Trump Administration, we are ready for strong female leadership in the executive branch to help put the country on the right course. In fact, it is long overdue.
Kamala Harris didn’t just need our votes to make history as America’s first female Vice President. To be successful, she’ll need every ounce of our ongoing support as she steels herself to direct th...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy Politics Deb Gordon feminism rosemarie day Source Type: blogs
Organic Agriculture
Andrzej Klimczuk (Warsaw School of Economics), Magdalena Klimczuk-Kocha ńska (University of Warsaw), Organic Agriculture, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham Consumers are increasingly aware of the health- and safety-related implications of the food which they can buy... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 20, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Parenting in a pandemic: Making the best decisions for your family [PODCAST]
“You have made difficult choices about your family ’s health and safety already. Pediatricians help parents make these kinds of decisions all the time. The shared- decision model for practicing medicine encourages doctors like me to help provide information and counseling to empower you to make decisions. You’ve already made decisions essential to your family’s health, […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Can the Government Mandate a Covid-19 Vaccine? Will It Have To?
Conclusion
As governments assess how to contend with reaching effective levels of vaccination, they are preparing to tread carefully around vaccine skepticism while transparently and apolitically addressing common concerns about safety and due process. Attitudes could change as vaccines are distributed to the public and, hopefully, demonstrate safety and effectiveness, encouraging individuals to rapidly vaccinate.
For government, a heavy-handed approach could backfire, fueling further anti-government/anti-science sentiment, but not pursuing vaccination with ample vigor could mean a prolonged timeline for co...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy COVID-19 vaccine Phillip Meylan Source Type: blogs
Mitigation of risks of COVID-19 in occupational settings with a focus on ethnic minority groups
Public Health England (PHE) -This consensus statement, produced in collaboration with the Health and Safety Executive and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, provides guidance on how to mitigate the risks of Covid-19 in the workplace, particularly for ethnic minority groups.Guidance (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 23, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
TWiV 681: Crowley, coats, and cross-reactive antibodies
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, Kathleen Crowley explains the role of Environmental Health & Safety departments, update on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in farmed mink, and the presence of pre-existing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in unexposed individuals. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 681 (107 MB .mp3, 179 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 19, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology coronavirus COVID in mink COVID-19 cross-reactive antibodies environmental health and safety pandemic Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine viral viruses Source Type: blogs
Protecting Workers that Provide Essential Services
Ruqaiijah Yearby (Saint Louis University), Protecting Workers that Provide Essential Services, Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19. Boston: Public Health Law Watch (2020) States and localities, which retain the right to protect the health and safety of their citizens, have designated... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 10, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Limiting COVID chaos during the school year
Child: “Will I go back to school this fall?
Parent: “I’m not sure yet.”
Child: “Do you know when we’ll find out?”
Parent: “I also don’t know that yet.”
Child: “Will school be the same for the whole year?”
Parent: “I don’t know that either.”
Sound familiar? If the only thing you do know is that plans are in flux, you’re not alone. School plans seem to be changing frequently — before the school year even has started in some places! With so much uncertainty, how can families limit the potential chaos that may unfold from last-minute decisions and changes? Below are four tips that may help.
De...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jacqueline Sperling, PhD Tags: Children's Health Mental Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
Choosing among outrages
I think a lot of people are feeling a sort of mental and emotional paralysis lately as the Trumparian cult commits one atrocity after another. But I have to pick one so I ' m going to the Residentordering the CDC to change the guidelines on Covid-19 testing, so that testing of people who are known to have been exposed is no longer recommended. This was done of course because the Great Pumpkin has the idea stuck in his pea-sized brain that if fewer people are tested, the number of reported cases will be lower. I should not have to explain why this is idiotic. People who do not have symptoms can transmit the virus...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 28, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
