This flu season will see at least 26 million cases, 290,000 hospitalizations, and 19,000 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pair that with a longstanding physician shortage and it…
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I’ve spent the majority of my career helping people use healthcare technology as efficiently as possible. It gets under my skin when clinicians report wildly inefficient workflows and I always want to dig in…
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In telehealth, diagnosing flu through patient-reported symptoms complicates accurate assessments. University of Georgia’s study explored clinical decision rules (CDRs) reliability in telemedicine, revealing discrepancies in patient and clinician symptom reports. The research, published in…
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Amazon Pharmacy announced Wednesday the launch of free drone delivery of prescription medications in 60 minutes or less for eligible customers in College Station, Texas. Over 500 medications for common conditions will be available via…
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Kate Behan, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Arcadia
A so-called “tripledemic” — the convergence of flu, RSV and COVID-19 — led to significant morbidity and mortality, and it also forced the cancellation or delay of…
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By Sara Heath
September 06, 2023 – Six in 10 adults over age 50 haven’t heard of RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, and another 70 percent haven’t heard of the RSV vaccine most experts say could…
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NHS England has cancelled the contract with the supplier of the current national flu and Covid-19 vaccination system in favour of an alternative as yet unproven system. As a result, the National Immunisation Management Service…
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Texas Department of State Health Services (TX DSHS) has partnered with SAS to develop new public health dashboards for tracking influenza data across the state, unifying multiple flu surveillance sources into…
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Kaiser Family Foundation health equity researchers took a deep dive into 2021 American Community Survey data to examine how demographics, health coverage and other social determinants of health drive health and healthcare for Asian…
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Brendan Murphy set to retireBrendan Murphy, secretary of the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, has announced his retirement effective 6 July.
Since 2020, he has been the department’s secretary, after becoming the chief…
