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How Public Health Crises Have Advanced Medical Technologies

InTouch Health

Once the worst of the pandemic was over, several countries changed their approach to healthcare, essentially reorganizing every aspect of public health. As the world continues to respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, learn how some public health crises shaped the evolution of medical technology.

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Top 3 Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) in Solving the Opioid Crisis

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Since then, increased prescription of opioid medications by health care providers led to widespread misuse of prescription and non-prescription opioids until it became evident that these medications could indeed be highly addictive. from 2016 through 2017, which led to HHS declaring a public health emergency in 2017.

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Haiku as a path to resilience in the COVID-19 era: #HaikuChallenge20

Society for Participatory Medicine

I have just finished co-teaching a month-long elective on the topic of pain to a group of rising 4th year medical students. All humans will experience pain in their lives, some of us more than others, but pain is a universal experience of being mortal. Since COVID-19, I have stepped up my haiku writing.

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Understanding Acute Diseases: Duration And Link To Chronic Health Conditions

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Self-management is an essential component of managing chronic diseases and can include lifestyle changes like a healthy diet, regular exercise, and stress management techniques. Chronic diseases are a significant public health concern in the United States and around the world.

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The 2020 Amwell Client Awards

American Well

The health system also transitioned in-person care into virtual visits, rolling out telehealth at 35 ambulatory clinic sites and training 1,150 providers on its virtual platform. By the end of April, the health system had conducted more than 12,300 virtual care screenings. Baptist Health South Florida.