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Healthy Living Trends Inspired by COVID-19: Retailers, Food, and Consumers’ Growing Self-Care Muscles

Health Populi

The second chart tells you that most consumers are looking to or interested in retail sites for health services — especially for vision exams, healthy food preparation education, routine care check-ups, minor medical issues, managing chronic conditions, and using the store for nutrition support both with a nutritionist and for recipe tips.

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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In addition, as a federally designated Telehealth Resource Center, UVA Health also worked to provide expanded technical assistance to providers and health systems across the nine-state Mid-Atlantic Region. Following the public health emergency, primary care providers massively scaled the use of telemedicine.

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Transforming Disaster Recovery with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

Maartens conference focused on public health challenges after hurricanes. Survivors will need emergency and follow-up care; injured animals will need help,” Sorenson said, explaining that disasters impact health outcomes on multiple levels. 4 Tips for Using Telemedicine in Disaster Recovery.

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Miss one of these? Six aging and health tech blog posts from April and May

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Is 2022 the tipping point for technology and older adults? Home care companies, senior living companies, skilled nursing facilities are all desperate for workers to address this increasingly overwhelming market. Scanning through the collection of blog posts from April and May, the obvious has finally occurred.

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#BeBurnsAware – What To Know on National Burn Awareness Day

Health Populi

I have become more bullish on Burn Awareness as I’ve come to learn more about the impact burns have on public, family, and children’s health globally. Burns are a global public health challenge, which I detailed here in Health Populi earlier this year. Meet Krissie.

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Weekender 12/21/18

HIStalk Weekender

Teladoc’s COO/CFO resigns over an incident in which he shared stock trading tips with a Teladoc employee with whom he was having an affair. Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not). GE firms up plans to spin off its healthcare business via an IPO. Monday Morning Update 12/17/18.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

However, the Chronic Care Model offers approaches that could help us address this critical public health crisis. The Chronic Care Model is a framework that identifies the essential elements of a health system that promotes high-quality chronic illness care. registered nurses, etc.) Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs).