News You Can Use – The Positive Contribution of Technology to Healthcare
By Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick
Twitter: @drnic1
Host of Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist – #TheIncrementalist
This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of February where we saw a reduction in the number of cases of COVID19 occurring but still crossing a somber milestone of 500,000 people dying from COVID19 in the United States.
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As I did last month I am talking to Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners. With the Pandemic continuing to dominate our lives and much of the news we discuss the the vaccine roll out and the weather challenges that brought many of the already stretched supply chains to a halt. So far the vaccine supply has beetles than the demand so the concern around hesitancy to vaccination has not been an issue but with the ramping up of distribution we may start to see this later in the year.
Tied to this is the need to track vaccination status and what this may mean with the example from Craig of a cinema that might consider offering a theatre or showing for vaccinated individuals only where no protective equipment is required. There are many competing solutions emerging to be able to demonstrate your vaccination status that will be needed not just for movie theaters but travel, offices and beyond.
We discuss the JAMA editorial: Virtual Care, Telemedicine Visits, and Real Connection in the Era of COVID-19 that highlights the incredible positive contribution of technology in keeping our healthcare system operating for many during the pandemic. Remember the days before Google when we worried about bookmarks and tried to remember where information was stored. The same is now available in many EMR’s offering faster path to information in health records.
Listen in to hear our discussion on the all the contributions of technology to healthcare and how we can bring even more positive contributions building on this positive outcome of more Telehealth availability and use.
This article was originally published on the Dr. Nick – The Incrementalist blog and is republished here with permission.
