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Recognizing Risks of Healthcare Technology

Electronic Health Reporter

By Brooke Faulkner There’s no question that the forward march of medical technology has improved personal and public health, creating lasting positive change for humanity. New technology, however, sometimes comes with risks. New Solutions Pose New Dangers […].

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Vaccinations, Art and Labor Day: Learning from Diego Rivera and Edsel Ford

Health Populi

Walgreens announced appointment scheduling for the boosters, and CVS Health discussed the plans for the updated vaccine administration on their website as well. As Science magazine’s coverage of this public health event noted , “Omicron booster shots are coming — with lots of questions.”

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated.

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The Heart Health Continuum at #CES2023 – From Prevention and Monitoring to Healthy Eating and Sleep

Health Populi

” asks the lead article featured in the January 2023 issue of the AARP Bulletin. “Are we losing the battle against heart disease?”

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Heart Health at #CES2019 – Food and Tech as Medicine

Health Populi

With my public health hat on, I assert that smoking cessation is good for everyone (except perhaps for tobacco companies’ bottom lines). These vibrations help calm the nervous system, the science of which is documented in this research article demonstrating a reduction in 70% of stress in as few as 30 seconds of use.

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The Patient Safety Issue of Racial Disparities and the Opportunity for “Health Equity By Design”

Health Populi

In closing the loop on racial/ethnic disparities as a patient safety issue and health equity by design, I’ll point you to a recent article in Nature Digital Medicine titled “Predictably unequal.” He pointed to the potential for algorithmic bias, of which we should all be mindful to avoid and identify.

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A Smarter Home for Healthy Living at CES 2019….and a nod to Microsoft

Health Populi

Health begins at home. I found evidence for that, beyond my own N of 1 understanding, in a research article published in the U K in 2000 by Lyn Harrison and Frances Heywood. “Ultimately, a healthy business needs to be part of a healthy community.