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Delivering Vital Healthcare Tech To Underserved Communities

Dec 03, 2020

Morris Panner is CEO of Ambra Health , makers of the leading cloud-based, medical image management suite. GETTY Relief and aid organizations like the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) have long been sending dedicated physicians and nurses to places around the world where there is an urgent need for medical expertise. These are often impoverished regions where the...

Pandemic Or Not, America Has The Best Health Care In The World

Dec 01, 2020

When President Donald Trump fell ill with COVID-19, there was absolutely no contemplation of moving America’s head of state to another country to receive healthcare services. This might be surprising, considering the oft-quoted World Health Organization ranking of our healthcare system at 37th globally. Wouldn’t we want our president to be treated in the country with the very best healthcare? The problem, of course, is that...

Can couples therapy techniques bring together Americans with opposing political views?

Nov 25, 2020

If President-elect Joe Biden is committed to his pledge to unify the country, he has a lot of work ahead of him. Americans are fiercely split, not only about policy, but on the basic decency of the other side. In a recent Pew Research Center poll, only about one in five registered voters said they share "core American values" with the other party, and about nine in 10 people worried that a victory by the opposition would do "lasting...

Ochsner Health pledges $100 million to eliminate health disparities

Nov 17, 2020

Louisiana-based Ochsner Health is pledging $100 million over the subsequent 5 years to assist eliminate healthcare disparities, as the results of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to additional hinder the health of the state’s most weak residents. The dedication is a part of a 10-year plan the health community has developed with state and native officers, in addition to educational and group leaders to enhance the state’s health...

Medical Rationing: Putting the Greatest Good to the Test?

Nov 11, 2020

Medical rationing is not something Americans are accustomed to, but COVID-19 may soon change that. As local hospitals become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, they may reach the point where they have to make grim decisions over which patients receive limited medical supplies such as a ventilator or an intensive-care bed, and who does not. The Salt Lake Tribune reported on October 25, 2020 that, due to the number of new COVID-19...

Pfizer, BioNTech say Covid vaccine is more than 90% effective — ‘great day for science and humanity’

Nov 11, 2020

Pfizer and BioNTech announced Monday their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 among those without evidence of prior infection, hailing the development as “a great day for science and humanity.” “I think we can see light at the end of the tunnel,” Pfizer Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla told CNBC’s Meg Tirrell on “ Squawk Box .” “I...

USDA invests $871 million in rural community facilities in 43 states, Guam

Nov 10, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIBW) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $871 million in rural community facilities in 43 states and Guam. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it is investing $871 million to improve critical community facilities that will benefit 3.5 million rural residents in 43 states and Guam. “Rural America needs safe, modern community infrastructure to help residents and businesses achieve greater...

UW’s WIND, Other Health Organizations Receive Nursing Innovations Funding

Nov 09, 2020

The Wyoming Action Coalition, managed through the Wyoming Center for Nursing and its partners at the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) at the University of Wyoming, is among 10 organizations that will receive up to $25,000 in Nursing Innovations Fund awards for new or ongoing work that addresses nursing’s role in building health equity, well-being and promoting a culture of health. The announcement was made by the Future of...

To boost vaccination rates, empower pharmacy technicians

Nov 05, 2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued nationwide guidance allowing qualified pharmacy technicians and state-authorized pharmacy interns to administer childhood vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines, and COVID-19 tests. The new policy represents an important step forward as the country anxiously awaits a coronavirus vaccine. The guidance comes at a time when routine childhood inoculation rates are...

Avoid the sprain and strain while caring for your loved ones

Oct 29, 2020

ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- November is Family Caregiver Month and although caring for a loved one can be a very rewarding job, it also can be cause for physical and mental strain. "Properly lifting your loved one is important to avoid back, neck and shoulder strains and injuries," explains Charla Fischer, MD, FAAOS orthopaedic spine surgeon and spokesperson for the American Academy of Orthopaedic...

The essential role of music therapy in medical assistance in dying

Oct 27, 2020

In Western society, we spend a lot of time celebrating and welcoming new life, but very few cultures celebrate when a person dies. While death is not as taboo as 50 years ago, death is still a topic that many individuals are not comfortable speaking about in conversations. Even more off-limits, people are less likely to talk about physician-assisted suicide in their social circles. There are many reasons to this phenomenon such as religious...

Emory shares in $18.2 million NIH award to continue work on COVID-19 tests

Oct 13, 2020

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Emory University School of Medicine and the Georgia Institute of Technology have received an additional $18.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue their verification of COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The funding is from the NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics ( RADx ) program, an initiative designed to transform innovative technologies into widely accessible...

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