During Lockdown, Couples Were Happier When They Blamed The Pandemic For Their Stress
By Emily Reynolds
During the pandemic, many of us were locked down with little face-to-face contact with anybody other than our partners. Considering the stress of the time and the intensely close quarters we were in, you would be forgiven for thinking this was a recipe for serious tension.
A new study, however, suggests the reality might not be so cut and dry. Writing in Social Psychological and Personality Science, a team led by Lisa A. Neff from The University of Texas at Austin found that the pandemic actually played an important part in people’s ability to deal with stress. When couples blamed their level...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 26, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Coronavirus Relationships Social Source Type: blogs
Can ’t Buy Happiness? Research On Money, Digested
This article also appears in the summer issue of The Psychologist magazine.
Emma Young (@EmmaELYoung) is a staff writer at BPS Research Digest (Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST)
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Money Source Type: blogs
Drinking Straw Device for Hiccups Treatment
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have developed a device to treat hiccups. The drinking straw-like device allows a user to apply forceful suction to draw water into it, with subsequent swallowing triggering both the phrenic and vagus nerves, which helps to relieve hiccups. The treatment may be the first science-based approach to treating hiccups, which can be a major problem for people who suffer from protracted or painful bouts.
For most of us, hiccups can be inconvenient and embarrassing. However, for some people they can be more of a burden. Imagine suffering a bout of the h...
Source: Medgadget - June 21, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Neurology Source Type: blogs
Will Google Health Platformize the Electronic Health Record Market?
by Vince Kuraitis, Edward G. Anderson, and Geoffrey Parker
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated calls for the development of EHR 2.0 (electronic health record 2.0) – the next generation of EHRs with extended platform features and capabilities.
Who will answer this call? While existing EHR vendors have made modest efforts, the door is open for big tech companies and start-ups to develop functionality to envelop and disintermediate current EHRs. We highlight early efforts by Google Health Care Studio as having the potential to bring platform functionality to a sector of the healthcare industry known for resistance...
Source: e-CareManagement - June 4, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: EHRs/PHRs Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Platforms Care Studio disruption EHR 2.0 EHR Envelopment Google Health Source Type: blogs
Public Health Nurses Once Again Asking, “What Are They Thinking?”
Whitney Thurman
Karen Johnson
By KAREN JOHNSON and WHITNEY THURMAN
One recent Friday night, we huddled with our colleagues in the pouring rain at a movie theater parking lot– our cars packed with supplies for our mobile vaccine clinic— trying to find someone who wanted an extra dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine before it expired. Five months ago, we would have been inundated with people desperate for that extra dose. But that has changed now that the most willing and able segments of the population have largely been vaccinated.
Amidst this backdrop of slowing vaccination rates in the U.S. and many mil...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Karen Johnson Nurses Nursing public health Whitney Thurman Source Type: blogs
Will Google Health Platformize the Electronic Health Record Market?
Conclusion
The era of ossified EHRs is likely coming to an end. EHRs originated as software to be installed on client’s servers. While they’ve mostly made the transition to the cloud – there’s one huge step yet to be completed — the pipe to platform transition. We see signs that EHRs are finally being reimagined as platforms. As a result, we would expect to see ripples if not outright disruption throughout the industry as firms jockey to maintain or gain access to users in order to bring their solutions to market, thereby significantly increasing the rate of innovation.
Vince Kuraitis, JD/MBA is Pri...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology Edward G. Anderson EHR Geoffrey Parker Vince Kuraitis Source Type: blogs
CIO Podcast – Episode 6: Aaron Miri on CIO Leadership and the HITAC Committee
For the 6th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we’re sitting down with Aaron Miri, CIO at The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin. Along with being a healthcare CIO, Miri also is Co-Chair of the HITAC Committee (Health Information Technology Advisory Committee) which advises […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Career and Jobs Health IT Company Healthcare CIO Podcasts Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Aaron Miri Dell Medical School Healthcare Interoperability Healthcare Leadership HITAC HITAC Committee Hospital CIO Source Type: blogs
Becoming a Disabled Parent: Eliminating Access Barriers to Health Care Before, During, and after Pregnancy
Robyn Powell (Stetson University), Erin Andrews (University of Texas), Kara Ayers (University of Cincinnati), Becoming a Disabled Parent: Eliminating Access Barriers to Health Care Before, During, and after Pregnancy, Tulane L. Rev. (Forthcoming): The desire to become a parent transcends... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 24, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Sweat Sensor Warns of Impending COVID-19 Cytokine Storm
Researchers at the University of Texas and EnLiSense, a Texas startup, have developed a skin sweat sensor that can measure cytokine levels continuously for up to 168 hours. The technology has been adapted so that it can detect cytokines involved in the deadly cytokine storms that occur in patients with COVID-19 and other illnesses, such as influenza. The researchers hope that it might serve as an early warning system for an impending storm, allowing early treatment.
Cytokine storms involve a massive release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, leading to intense inflammation that can cause significant damage to organs, someti...
Source: Medgadget - April 16, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Why Journaling as a Practice is the Best Gift You Can Give Yourself
Fill your paper, with the breathings of your heart'- William Wordsworth.
I had made a new pal over the last few years. She's resilient against stress, cheap, accommodating, trusting, and takes my nasties all the time. She's ready to be my punching bag, therapist, friend, and priest all rolled in one. She has no judgment or opinion and accepts me as I am, the good, bad, and ugly- and that, friends, is my Penzu app. The first time I heard about it, I knew I reached kingdom come. It is an online diary journal with dates and is free for the most part. In Penzu, I write my deepest darkest thoughts and fe...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lana Tags: creativity featured happiness self-improvement writing tips Source Type: blogs
How To Cope With Failure, According To Psychology
By Emma Young
We all have times when we feel that we’ve failed — but it’s how we respond to it that really matters. Here are five findings that could help you cope with failure:
1. Be kind to yourself
It’s an old one, but a good one: practise some self-compassion. Being self-compassionate entails being kind and non-judgemental towards yourself in the face of difficulty — including failure. Perhaps the best-known proponent of self-compassion is Kristin Neff at the University of Texas, Austin (you can take her self-compassion test here). Back in 2005, Neff published work finding that students who ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational The self Source Type: blogs
Viral Injustice
Brandon L. Garrett (Duke University), Lee Kovarsky (University of Texas), Viral Injustice, Ca. L. Rev. (Forthcoming): The COVID-19 pandemic blighted all aspects of American life, but people in jails, prisons, and other detention sites experienced singular harm and neglect. Housing... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 4, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Critical Care Nurse Shortage During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Nurse Anesthesia Students to Bedside
By TONYCHRIS NNAKA
In March of 2020, when we had limited knowledge on the infectivity and virulence of the virus that causes COVID-19, I joined a team of critical care nurses who were willing to risk their lives to care for those suffering from COVID-19. As a full-time PhD student in nursing, a new parent to my infant son, a primary caregiver to my 73-year-old mother, and as someone with a known history of severe asthma, I knew that I was embarking on a journey that could potentially cost me my professional and personal dreams and endanger those I care for the most in life: my family. My intentions to practice only part...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Education Medical Practice COVID-19 critical care Nursing Tonychris Nnaka Source Type: blogs
Students Enjoy Classes More And Get Better Grades If They Feel Their Professor Has Faith In Their Ability To Change And Improve
By Emily Reynolds
As anyone who’s ever flunked a test will tell you, doing well at school or university isn’t just a simple matter of intelligence, ability, or even of how hard you’ve worked. In fact, there are plenty of things that can affect the way we perform, from the way we take notes to how we revise to how much sleep we get while we’re studying.
And according to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, something else might have an impact on our educational achievements: our assumptions about our professors. If we believe they have faith in our ability to change and imp...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - February 2, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational Social Source Type: blogs
