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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

Patients embraced virtual care and communications at very high rates in the first months of the pandemic, and want to continue to use telehealth platforms after the pandemic ends. The new era of virtual care has begun and is here to stay, Accenture expects in its latest look at How COVID-19 will permanently alter patient behavior , a patient survey conducted in May 2020.

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Pandemic exposes importance of character

Healthy Debate

The order of business for most countries today is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for what may come before a vaccine is available. Governments and nations are focused on essential tools such as hospital beds, personal protective equipment and physical distancing while also worrying about how to stave off economic disaster.

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Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Health Populi

In the U.S., the use of telehealth services tripled in the past year, as healthcare providers limited patients from in-person visits for care and patients sought to avoid exposure to the coronavirus in medical settings. With this alignment of virtual care supply-and-demand, it is like telehealth will see “permanent usage increases,” according to Parks Associates’ survey report, COVID-19 – Impact on Telehealth Use and Perspectives.

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Vague recall process poses potential harm

Healthy Debate

Drug recall, a rarity 10 years ago, has become an almost daily occurrence in today’s drug distribution system. A system for recalling drugs after they have become available to the public is important when the drugs subsequently have been deemed “unsafe.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

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Return-To-School Is Stressing Out U.S. Parents Across Income, Race and Political Party

Health Populi

The worse of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come, most Americans felt in July 2020. That foreboding feeling is shaping U.S. parents’ concerns about their children returning to school, with the calendar just weeks away from educators opening their classrooms to students, from kindergarten to the oldest cohort entering senior year of high school.

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More Americans Pivot to Distancing and Mask-Wearing in the Hot Summer of 2020

Health Populi

With growing coronavirus case hotspots in southern and western states, more Americans perceive the pandemic is worsening this summer, shown by a Gallup poll published 20 July 2020. Gallup titles the analysis, Americans’ social distancing steady as pandemic worsens. The first table organizes Gallup’s data by demographics, illustrating a significant gap between how women perceive the exacerbating pandemic compared with men.