Colombia ’s Establishment Wins Again, But at What Price?
Daniel RaisbeckAccording to the international media, Gustavo Petro, the 21st century socialist who won Colombia ’s presidential election on Sunday, was an “anti ‐establishment” candidate. The description would be accurate if the Colombian establishment still consisted of august figures such as Roberto Urdaneta, an upper‐class poo‐bah who, unelected, ruled the country between 1951 and 1953. He was rumored to spend as much time in the Jockey Club as in the pres idential palace.Colombia has changed since then. The establishment is nowmade up of left ‐wing academics, woke journalists or “influencer...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Raisbeck Source Type: blogs
Matthew ’s health care tidbits: Hospital shooting reveals so much
Each week I’ve been adding a brief tidbits section to the THCB Reader, our weekly newsletter that summarizes the best of THCB that week (Sign up here!). Then I had the brainwave to add them to the blog. They’re short and usually not too sweet! –Matthew Holt
In this edition’s tidbits, the nation is once again dealing with an epidemic of shootings. Now a hospital joins schools, grocery stores and places of worship on the the recent list. I was struck by how much of the health care story was wrapped up in the tragic shooting where a patient took the life of Dr. Preston Phillips, Dr. Stephanie Husen, receptionist Am...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Hospitals Matthew Holt Chronic Back Pain Gun Control gun violence medical racism opiates orthopedic treatment structural racism Source Type: blogs
What Do You Mean, “Innovation”?
BY KIM BELLARD
One of my favorite movies is The Princess Bride. Among the many great quotes is one from Inigo Montoya, who becomes frustrated when the evil Vizzini keeps using “inconceivable” to describe events that were clearly actually taking place. “You keep using that word,” Inigo finally says. “I do not think it means what you think it means.”
So it is for most of us with the word “innovation” – especially in healthcare.
What started thinking me about this is an opinion piece by Alex Amouyel: Innovation Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does. Ms. Amouyel is the Executive Director of Sol...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Hack-a-thon Health Policy Health Tech Alex Amouyel Innovation Kim Bellard Princess Bride Solve Source Type: blogs
Reversing the impact of the pandemic on childhood obesity
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and communities had to take rapid and decisive action to protect their citizens against this novel virus. While it was yet unclear how dangerous the COVID-19 infection may be to children, their teachers, and their families, governments quickly shut down schools and activities to slow theRead more …Reversing the impact of the pandemic on childhood obesity originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 28, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/teresa-fuller" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > Teresa Fuller, MD, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID Infectious Disease Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Outschool
Colleen HroncichCoding, science, math, writing, personal finance, art, music … if your child is interested in a subject, chances are you ’ll find it atOutschool.Founded in 2015, Outschool is an online platform that allows teachers to offer live, interactive classes for kids ages 3 –18. The platform provides teachers with online class listings, secure online payments, and an integrated video chat platform. Teachers create their own classes and determine the fee; Outschool receives a 30% fee from enrollments.Outschool was growing steadily through 2019. Then COVID-19 struck and schools around the country —an...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 22, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
How to retain more of your hard-earned money
I have never known a doctor who wasn’t interested in bringing more money into their home. There are so many reasons for this that can range from paying off large loans to the costs of having children (nannies, sitters, private schools, college, weddings, etc.) to the growing sense that your employer undervalues you. Regardless ofRead more …How to retain more of your hard-earned money originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 19, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/tod-stillson" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > Tod Stillson, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Student Loan Permafrost?
Neal McCluskeyWhenPresident Trump instituted a freeze on federal student loan repayments in mid ‐March 2020, which was codified in the CARES Act soon after, it made sense. COVID-19 had just descended on the country, and we were all trying to get our heads around how dangerous it might be and how to cope with it. Lockdowns, at least short‐term, seemed to make sense, and even in their absence the pandemic was expected to put a major hit on the economy.Fast ‐forward to today: Widespread lockdowns are long over. We’re into the second‐booster phase of vaccinations. The economy is humming along to...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 7, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
From “Eminence-based” to Evidence-based cognitive & mental healthcare: Time for quality and accountability
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain & mental health news, two excellent new books and a few fun brain teasers.
#1. From “Eminence-based” to Evidence-based mental healthcare: Time to focus on quality and accountability
“The real challenge is not finding a therapist, it’s finding a therapist who knows how to provide the treatments that work. In the early 2000s, Myrna Weissman was trying to understand why so few therapists use scientifically based treatments. She found that over 60 percent of professional schools of psychology and master’s level social work prog...
Source: SharpBrains - March 31, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter Technology & Innovation adhd ADHD-symptoms alvaro-fernandez behavioral health screening Brain Teasers BrainHealth Cajal cognitive-abilities DARPA Source Type: blogs
The government ’s response to the Health and Social Care Committee report: children and young people’s mental health
Department of Health and Social Care -This is the government ’s response to the 25 recommendations made by the Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) in its report published in December 2021. The government welcomes the HSCC report. The recommendations related to rising demand for services, future funding, access to mental health services, mental health su pport in schools, the importance of community-based and digital mental health support, the role of inpatient care, and self-harm and a public health approach to suicide.Policy paperDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 18, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: blogs
From “Eminence-based” to Evidence-based mental healthcare: Time to focus on quality and accountability
For the mental health crisis of care, quality is as much of a problem as quantity.
Most people who seek mental health care for the first time are baffled by how to find a clinician. I know what many parents felt. When my daughter, Lara, finished her first semester at Oberlin, she returned home to Atlanta thin and exhausted. I was excited to have her back home and entirely clueless about her desperate struggle with anorexia. In fact, as I learned later, she had been driven by obsessions about her weight and her appearance for over a year by that point. As was true of Amy, her perfectionism and her shame at not being perfect...
Source: SharpBrains - March 16, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Thomas Insel Tags: Brain/ Mental Health eating disorders eminence-based care evidence-based care mental health crisis mental health providers psychiatry psychologists serious mental illness therapists therapy Source Type: blogs
What Is Really Polarizing Schools Right Now?
Political polarization that rises to the level of interfering with schooling isn ' t simply a headache; it ' s a fundamental problem for public education. When there is deep disagreement over the essentials — what schools teach, how they keep children safe — schools are at risk of becoming ungovernable. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - March 14, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Heather L. Schwartz Source Type: blogs
TWiV 874: COVID-19 clinical update #105 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #105, Daniel Griffin discusses changes in brain structure after infection, dementia in patients with pneumonia, Paxlovid in children, mask effectiveness in schools, host factors and severe disease, post-acute symptoms, and the mission of CEPI. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 874 (49 MB .mp3, 41 min)Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 12, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation Long Covid monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern viruses Source Type: blogs
Next-Generation Simulation Learning: Interview with James Archetto, VP of Gaumard Scientific
Gaumard Scientific, a Florida-based patient simulator company, has developed an advanced multidisciplinary patient simulator – the HAL S5301. Given the strain placed on healthcare systems by the pandemic, training with a robot may let more clinicians focus on patients rather than medical students, and help to reduce the risk of viral transmission posed to healthcare staff and patients.
However, there are a host of other benefits. This next-generation adult male simulator introduces robotics, AI-powered speech, and leading-edge simulated physiology and anatomy to medical education. The robot can understand what med...
Source: Medgadget - February 23, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Education Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Virtual Conference Hosted by Barry University and Texas A & M Law Schools- 7th Annual ACS Constitutional Law Scholars Forum; February 25, 2022 at 9 a.m. EST.
Virtual Conference Hosted by Barry University and Texas A&M Law Schools- 7th Annual ACS Constitutional Law Scholars Forum; February 25, 2022 at 9 a.m. EST. Featured topics include constitutional law, ethics, and technology in law practice. Click here to view... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 23, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
What the Pandemic Taught Us About Value-based Care
By RICHARD ISSACS
You’ll recall that we ran a long piece (pt 1, pt 2) about Medicare Advantage from former Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson earlier this year. Here’s a somewhat related piece from the current head of the Permanente Medical Group about what actually happened there and elsewhere during the pandemic–Matthew Holt
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided important lessons regarding the structure and delivery of health care in the United States, and one of the most significant takeaways has been the need to shift to value-based models of care.
The urgency for this transformation was cle...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Medical Practice Physicians Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Pandemic Richard Isaacs value-based care Source Type: blogs
