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American College of Rheumatology Secures $7M Grant to Address Gaps in Lupus Care and Treatment

Sep 24, 2020

Newswise — ATLANTA — The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) was recently awarded a $7M grant to reduce inequities in symptom recognition, care and disease management of systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). The grant, which will be led by the ACR’s Collaborative Initiatives (COIN) department, begins on Sept. 30. Lupus is a chronic disease that causes systemic inflammation affecting the skin, joints...

US Withdraws Advice on Airborne Coronavirus Transmission

Sep 21, 2020

FILE - Ashley Ruiz gives herself a COVID-19 nasal swab test while sitting in a car at a drive-up CVS pharmacy in Dallas, Sept. 18, 2020. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday withdrew its statement from three days ago on how COVID-19 can spread through aerosolized droplets, saying it was posted "in error." On Friday, the CDC posted an update to...

CAMPAIGN PROMOTES FLU SHOTS TO AVERT DUAL PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS

Sep 17, 2020

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is amplifying a widespread message on multiple platforms to encourage Americans to get the flu shot to prevent additional stress on a healthcare system still strained by the pandemic. In anticipation of a double-pronged healthcare threat, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) launched a new campaign emphasizing the importance of flu vaccinations to protect public health as...

Telepharmacy: 5 Tips for Getting Started

Sep 15, 2020

By Alison McCook Every American health facility is scrambling to figure out the best way to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the CDC suggested that providers use telemedicine whenever possible ( bit.ly/2Uklk5x ; bit.ly/2U3yrsN ). But adopting the technology isn’t as simple as adding some video equipment and smiling for the camera. Here are some implementation tips for making a good start. Keep it simple....

‘I was looking for someone like me’ – Is peer counseling the answer?

Sep 11, 2020

Keris Jän Myrick keeps a photo on her desk of the woman who helped transform her life. As a Black woman living with schizophrenia, Myrick had spent years searching for a mentor. Someone who wouldn’t judge, wouldn’t pathologize, wouldn’t ask her to translate her reality into terms they could understand. “I was looking for someone like me,” she said. But when Myrick...

Q&A: ACA Architect Predicts The Future Of Healthcare

Sep 10, 2020

Dr. Jonathan Gruber is the Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Director of the Healthcare Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Highly involved in healthcare public policy, he was a key architect of Massachusetts’ health reform efforts, “Romneycare” from 2003 to 2006. As a technical consultant to the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2010, he helped develop the...

Government announces distribution of $2.5B to nursing homes for COVID-19 relief funding

Sep 09, 2020

The Trump administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently announced it has distributed almost $2.5 billion of a planned $5 billion distribution to nursing homes to support increased testing, staffing and personal protective equipment (PPE) needs. This includes $135,903,600 to 951 facilities in Ohio. This funding allocation was made through the Health Resources and Services Administration...

VA nurse’s idea: bar code scanning to support patient care

Jun 19, 2020

Sue Kinnick introduced the now-familiar bar code scanner in 1995 at the Topeka Veterans Affairs Medical Center . Since then, it has become a standard in the health care industry. Here is her story. At the crossroads of technology and patient care stand the nurses who have chosen nursing informatics as their specialty. Today, informatics is an integral part of health care delivery. Health information technology promotes safe,...

A Health Care Way Forward

May 29, 2020

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and its activation in 2014, there has been a huge amount of debate about what form our health protection system should take. (I am deliberately avoiding the word health insurance.) For many, the answer has been very plain and simple: Do away with insurance companies’ involvement in providing protection for people’s health care needs, and have the “government”...

Training for success: Top US colleges for health sciences

May 27, 2020

Health sciences is a rewarding field to study as it prompts students and researchers to strive for a safer and healthier world. For Northeastern University Professor Andrea Grimes Parker and her colleagues, their research in this discipline of applied science led to the development of fitness trackers that aid vulnerable and marginalised populations. “Existing fitness platforms focus so much on goal setting, data...

The Healthcare Innovation Bubble: Making The Most Of The COVID 19 Crisis

May 25, 2020

In many ways, it is the best of times for those among us who are interested in transforming American health care. With the emergence of COVID19, there is deep, broad recognition of our deeply fractured system of healthcare and public health and the long road ahead to improve on it. The question is no longer whether we should strengthen our healthcare infrastructure but how. For the ﬁrst time, we have broad recognition of both the...

Here are 3 ways AI will change healthcare by 2030

Jan 18, 2020

By 2030, AI will access multiple sources of data to reveal patterns in disease and aid treatment and care. Healthcare systems will be able to predict an individual's risk of certain diseases and suggest preventative measures. AI will help reduce waiting times for patients and improve efficiency in hospitals and health systems. It’s a typically cold day in January 2030 and the peak of flu season. At this time of...

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