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Bolstering Health Literacy in a Little Book: Burn Prevention and Care With “The Family Oops”

Health Populi

Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of meeting Krissie, a Plastic Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist with the King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation as well as serving as an Ambassador with the Children’s Burns Trust. The book was conceived by Kristina (Krissie) Stiles and illustrated by her artistic collaborator, Jill Latter.

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One aged care provider’s solution to meet rural service demand amid staff shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The issue is expected to have a profound impact on the aged care sector as it is predicted to be competing with other nursing sectors to hire and retain between 20,000 to 40,000 available staff over the next two years. Sarah Dring, a clinical nurse consultant, shared with HealthcareIT News her experience with the new virtual service.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 3 of 5 – Apple as “Intelligent Health Guardian”

Health Populi

The second graphic from the report breaks out the health consumer/health citizen from the health/care industry and ecosystem: Being that intelligent guardian for our health and fitness, including partnering with third parties for digital health tools and apps, and. It will be about health.”

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Health Populi

Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept. Connectivity as a social determinant of health. The examples of collaborations and alliances described here have been just a toe in much deeper water that’s the evolving health/care ecosystem.

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Co-Pilot in HealthTech: Revolutionising Healthcare with Human-AI Collaboration

Lloyd Price

Or, picture a nurse receiving real-time guidance from an AI assistant on administering medication to a critically ill patient. Microsoft AI Copilot: This broader system provides various functionalities, including: Rapid Literature Review: Helping specialists access the latest research and case studies for rare conditions.

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

Health Populi

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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A Look at Augusta University Health’s COVID-19 Telehealth Response Plan

American Well

AU Health’s COVID-19 screening program was at the heart of its response plan, but that plan grew and expanded over time, forming a larger ecosystem comprising many different components. These combined efforts enabled AU Health to ramp up testing across the states of Georgia and South Carolina and vastly expand its virtual care footprint.