Architecture and Mental Health Treatment: A Look Back at St. Elizabeths in Washington, D.C.
St. Elizabeths, founded in 1855, began as an American model of mental health care. The first patient building, the Center Building, was constructed for white patients in the then-popular Kirkbride style, with wings extending from a central core to prioritize needs for people needing different stages of care. The campus expanded throughout its first century, hitting its peak population in the 1950s. Later construction went in different directions, including the Cottage Style and culminating in institutional, high-rise construction when the population became overwhelming and funding was low. St. Elizabeths, as the nation's f...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Health Disparities and SARS-CoV-2: Structures and Social Determinants
COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group Dr. Jefferson, a former NIAID fellow, is an assistant professor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine. An allergist-immunologist, she also sees patients at Arkansas Children ’ s Hospital. Since the first U.S. laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19 was documented by the CDC on January 22, 2020, there have been over 31 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 560,000 deaths. Black people account for 14.90f all COVID-19 deaths (down from 22 0n fall 2020), and overall Black, Latin, and Indigenous c...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Health Disparities and SARS-CoV-2
Speaker Akilah Jefferson, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine (UAMS) and Arkansas Children ’ s Hospital (ACH). She is also a researcher at the Arkansas Children ’ s Research Institute (ACRI). She is a past NIAID fellow. She will speak about her direct experience in treating COVID-19For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/sigs/covid-19-scientific-interest-groupAir date: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Chasing SARS-CoV-2 Mutations Through Time and Space
All members of the Peacock Group have been involved in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes volunteering in the diagnostic microbiology laboratory at Addenbrooke ’ s Hospital to support the diagnosis of COVID-19, the study of environmental contamination in the hospital with SARS-CoV-2, study of the feasibility of re-sterilisation of FFP3 masks, and extensive support to COG-UK including all aspects of operational management, logistics, administration and communication.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/sigs/covid-19-scientific-interest-groupAir date: 5/20/2021 12:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Demystifying Medicine - Parkinson ’ s Disease: Advances and Challenges
Demystifying Medicine Lecture Series Parkinson's is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that causes tremors, slowness of movement, rigidity, and postural instability. The disease may also lead to depression, anxiety, and, in the advanced stages of the disease, dementia. The cause remains unknown, and there is no cure. However, treatment to ameliorate symptoms has advanced in promising ways over the past decade. Ellen Sidransky, M.D., is an NIH senior investigator and chief of the NHGRI Medical Genetics Branch and Section on Molecular Neurogenetics. Her lab aims to understand and to optimize trea...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

U.S. Anesthesia Partners sues UnitedHealthcare; AstraZeneca, MGH collaborate
This week ' s top stories include U.S. Anesthesia Partners alleging UHC is " like a boa constrictor squeezing USAP-TX from all sides, " Bright Health buying Zipnosis, and AstraZeneca working with Mass General Hospital on disease management. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - April 9, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video

Strategies for securing the remote patient monitoring ecosystem
In this episode of HIT Cybersecurity, NIST IT Security Specialist Nakia Grayson details the unique infosec challenges inherent in delivering care from hospital to home – and shares some resources that can help. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - April 7, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video

Why COVID-19 is also a crisis of loneliness
Dr. Helen Riess, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and founder of Empathetics, and Frank Cutitta, who was hospitalized for 100 days with COVID-19, discuss " institutionalized loneliness " and other emotional aftereffects of the pandemic. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - April 6, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video

Clinical Center Research Hospital Board Meeting - April 2021
The NIH Clinical Center is the nation's premier research hospital, serving more than 10,000 new patients each year. Some 1,200 physicians, dentists, and doctoral-level researchers and more than 600 nurses and 450 allied health care professionals provide care to patients and support the research activities of more than 1,600 laboratories.For more information go tohttps://www.ccrhb.od.nih.gov/Air date: 4/23/2021 9:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Examining the Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices Law
Gerry Blass, CEO of ComplyAssistant, provider of an integrated approach to cybersecurity and compliance for hospitals and health systems, discusses the ramifications of the HICP law and best practices for healthcare organizations to comply. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - March 22, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video

Hospitals struggling after winter COVID-19 surge; HHS pick Becerra supports telehealth
This week ' s top stories include hospitals facing a long road to recovery after COVID-19 ' s devastating winter surge, HHS Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra signaling support for virtual care and Google launching an EHR navigation tool. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 26, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Telehealth Source Type: video

Using AI and ML to boost both patient and provider experience
Practical machine learning applications can help improve safety and efficiency – automating medication history in hospital EHRs and aggregating patient records in consumer apps, says DrFirst President Cameron Deemer. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 1, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Patient Engagement Source Type: video

The Mental Health Impact of the COVID Pandemic: A Major Life Stressor
Speaker Naomi M. Simon, MD, who has led seminal research in this field during a distinguished 20-year career at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), will join NYU Langone ’ s Department of Psychiatry in July 2017 to oversee its new Anxiety and Complicated Grief Program. Under her stewardship, and building on her strengths as a program developer and clinical innovator, the new service will focus on investigating and treating panic disorder, social anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and complicated grief.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/si...
Source: Videocast - All Events - January 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Hospitals finding digital paper fills myriad digitization needs
E Ink ' s Digital Paper technology frees up nurses and ensures patient data is accurate and up to date while improving the patient experience, says Stanley Chiang, the company ' s director of strategic partnership. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - January 6, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Patient Engagement Workforce Source Type: video

CUH attains digital maturity through EMRAM Stage 7 validation
Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, CMIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, says it ' s when you have that embodiment of technology fully embedded in the workflow that you start to see real benefits. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - December 23, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Workflow Source Type: video