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#LoveThyNeighbor – A Faith-Based Call for Vaccination

Health Populi

We strongly affirm the position of the leaders of the Catholic Church: the vaccines are morally acceptable and getting vaccinated is “an act of love.” Based on their geographic target markets and missions, CHA hospital members have served patients facing the coronavirus since the emergence of the pandemic in early 2020.

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Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members

Health Populi

Now we see the emergence of telecomms-as-medicine — or more specifically, a driver of health, access, and empowerment. You’ve heard of food-as-medicine and exercise-as-medicine. Funding is supported by the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program.

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

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The good news is that burns are preventable, and we learn several terrific strategies for doing so from The Family Oops and Burns First Aid. ″ square, packs a huge amount of self-care knowledge about burn prevention and treatment for home and workplace — the two sites where most burns happen, WHO attests.

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Love and Health: The Education of Abner Mason, SameSky Health

Health Populi

While we conversed via Zoom, Abner’s positive energy vibrated over the 5,600 miles between him in LA County and me in Brussels, Belgium – nine hours apart, but in the proverbial same room in the conversation. And then the President invited Abner to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. People know their experience.”.

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Radiology’s great balancing act

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The answer to serving more patients with fewer diagnostic radiologists lies in advanced imaging technology that leverages the cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to speed up the diagnostic process, reduce administrative burden and support an increasingly remote workforce.

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Where virtual care meets value-based care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Gary Hamilton, CEO of patient engagement technology vendor InteliChart, believes three things about virtual care that, he says, deserve more attention: Telehealth services can offer healthcare providers the opportunity and capability to reach broader populations – and they can serve as disease prevention tools for these populations.

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AI: Patients Included

Health Populi

We are lighting our own ways because we know no one is coming to save us, especially when we are facing our or our loved one’s mortality. Halamka and team point out a JAMA study which overestimated the risk of heart disease in people who had high BMIs. ” Cordovano further explained to me.

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