Putting My Evidence Where My Mouth Is
By William Hersh MD – Although my career has mostly been focused on informatics, I have always considered evidence-based medicine to be a part of, or at least overlapping with, informatics.
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We’ve rounded up some of the latest news and announcements pertaining to the coronavirus and the healthcare industry.
Prognosis for Rural Hospitals Worsens With Pandemic
By Sarah Jane Tribble – Jerome Antone said he is one of the lucky ones. After becoming ill with COVID-19, Antone was hospitalized only 65 miles away from his small Alabama town. He is the mayor of Georgiana — population 1,700. “It hit our rural community so rabid,” Antone said. The town’s hospital closed last year.
Inside the Race to Build a Better $500 Emergency Ventilator
By Erin Schulte – Inspired to help during the COVID pandemic, a volunteer SWAT team of engineering and medical talent combines old-fashioned problem-solving and advanced 3D printing — but will it actually help?
Essential Elements of Information
By Keith Boone – I spend a lot time learning new stuff, and I like to share. Most recently, I’ve spent a lot of time learning about Essential Elements of Information (EEIs), or as I like to call them, measures of situation awareness.
Surviving the Pandemic: A Half-Year On
By William Hersh MD – In a few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown will have been going on for a half-year for most people in the United States. I still remember its beginning in early March. Nothing in my entire life has impacted my personal and professional activities as much as this.
Pandemic Increases Patients’ Readiness to Embrace Telehealth Technology
By Robin Hill – My, what a difference a year (and a global pandemic) makes. Last year, Vivify’s annual consumer survey about attitudes toward virtual care showed that only 17% of Americans said they had access to remote care. This year, a full 70% of respondents say at least one of their providers now offers telehealth.
COVID-19 Report
We’ve rounded up some of the latest news and announcements pertaining to the coronavirus and the healthcare industry.
COVID Data Failures Create Pressure for Public Health System Overhaul
By Harris Meyer – After terrorists slammed a plane into the Pentagon on 9/11, ambulances rushed scores of the injured to community hospitals, but only three of the patients were taken to specialized trauma wards. The reason: The hospitals and ambulances had no real-time information-sharing system.