Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2020

Gallup has estimated 11 Million in U.S. at Severe Risk If Infected With COVID-19 in research published today. And the health citizens of West Virginia would be at greatest risk for having a severe reaction to the coronavirus. A “severe reaction” here means being critically ill or dying. The forecast doesn’t focus on the whole number of people in the US. who would be at-risk of contracting the coronavirus; the 11 million is the total number of Americans who have a “very hi

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The Beryl Institute

MARCH 27, 2020

As I watch the national news and talk to my friends working in hospitals, the two main themes are PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) and ventilators. I am not sure most citizens know what we mean when we talk about these things. As a CF/lung transplant patient, I know what it means to be on a ventilator because I’ve been on one for ten days out of my 46 years, and those ten days will never be forgotten.

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Medbridge Education

MARCH 25, 2020

Seattle-based healthcare company launches new Telehealth software to help clients virtually manage patient care throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Seattle, WA – MedBridge, the industry-leading online education and patient engagement solution that enables healthcare organizations to improve outcomes and optimize care delivery, announced today that it has released Telehealth Virtual Visits.

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Healthy Debate

MARCH 23, 2020

The post Why business hours are bad for hospitals appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2020

There’s evidence in this week’s JAMA of a dose-response relationship between peoples’ steps and lower mortality. In other words: more steps done daily is statistically significantly associated with death from all causes. Furthermore, step intensity didn’t make a difference in mortality rates, shown in the JAMA -published study, Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults.

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Healthy Debate

MARCH 26, 2020

The post When will we have a COVID-19 vaccine? appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Health Populi

MARCH 24, 2020

“Act fast and do whatever it takes,” insists the second half of the title of a new eBook with contributions from forty leading economists from around the world. The first half of the title is, Mitigating the COVID Economic Crisis. . The book is discussed in a World Economic Forum essay discussing the economists’ consensus to “act fast.” As the U.S. curve adds new American patients testing positive for the coronavirus, the book and essay illustrate the tension betwe

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Health Populi

MARCH 23, 2020

More Democrats would want to get tested for the coronavirus (C19) than would Republicans. And, more women than men believe that a vaccine to address the COVID-19 pandemic believe that treatment would be offered at no-or-low-cost under a Democratic president versus President Trump. These are two key insights gleaned from a look into U.S. adults’ perspectives on the C19 virus in the second week of March 2020.

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Health Populi

MARCH 23, 2020

More Democrats would want to get tested for the coronavirus (C19) than would Republicans. And, more women than men believe that a vaccine to address the COVID-19 pandemic believe that treatment would be offered at no-or-low-cost under a Democratic president versus President Trump. These are two key insights gleaned from a look into U.S. adults’ perspectives on the C19 virus in the second week of March 2020.

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