By Devin Partida – Telehealth has become a staple, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While it isn’t a replacement for many forms of medicine, it enabled people to keep up with their physical and mental health without having to make the trip to the office.
This month’s episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on Healthcare NOW Radio features news from the month of November.
Contagious Conversations is a podcast hosted and brought to you by the CDC Foundation. This episode is hosted by Claire Stinson, Communications Officer at the CDC Foundation & joining her is Dr. Heidi Larson, professor of anthropology, risk and decision science and the founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. Here are some excerpts from their latest blog posts.
By Courtney Jones RN – Working as a nurse on a fast-paced unit poses physical and emotional challenges that are unique to the profession. Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), an often invisible chronic medical condition where the pancreas does not secrete insulin, poses additional challenges in this quickly-moving clinical environment.
Contagious Conversations is a podcast hosted and brought to you by the CDC Foundation. This episode is hosted by Claire Stinson, Communications Officer at the CDC Foundation & joining her is Anna King, National PTA president and Elizabeth Rorick, National PTA deputy executive director of government affairs, strategic communications and training.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. Here are some excerpts from their latest blog posts.
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester – There were days, nights and weekends in the early months of the pandemic when Denise Von Bargen was the only person running covid tests at the public health lab in Ventura County. She once had eight or nine employees to assist her, but, one by one, they had all retired or left for other jobs.
By David Burda – Consumers may struggle with health literacy, but they know a lousy provider when they experience one, and many are not afraid to let other consumers know about it. That’s the scary takeaway for provider executives who are dismissive of consumer ratings from a new study in JAMA Network Open that links online provider reviews to county-level mortality rates.
This month’s episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on Healthcare NOW Radio features news from the month of October.
By Arlene S. Bierman MD MS – As our nation struggles to respond to the ever evolving COVID-19 pandemic, an equally devastating but stealthy health crisis is upon us: the high prevalence and increasing numbers of people of all ages living with multiple chronic conditions.
By David Burda – Well, maybe people are little more informed about their health benefits and a little more health literate than I thought. Maybe. Sewing that seed of doubt in my mind is the new 2021 Workplace Wellness Survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald Research.
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