Research shows telehealth beneficial for rural hospitals treating COVID-19
Photo Cred: Edward Jenner/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Rural hospitals are more likely than urban facilities to have access to telehealth, a once-underused service that now is playing a key role...
Read MoreHarvard resource aims to clarify COVID-19 risk levels in real time
Photo Cred: Harvard University By Katherine Shagoury A panel of experts convened by the Harvard Global Health Institute and Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics launched last week Key Metrics...
Read MoreSurvey illustrates impact of limited and unpredictable supplies
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Healthcare epidemiologists report using unprecedented methods in response to the unique circumstances resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to the results...
Read MoreNIH launches platform to aggregate COVID-19 patient data, speed treatments
Photo Cred: Christina Morillo/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a new platform to store and study vast amounts of medical record data from people diagnosed...
Read MoreStudy finds common drug reduces death in severe COVID-19 cases
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available drug, could help reduce death by up to one third in hospitalized patients with severe respiratory complications...
Read MoreLive coverage of the Institute for Functional Medicine Annual International Conference 2020
Photo Cred: Kari Shea/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The 2020 Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) Annual International Conference online experience took place June 12-13, 2020. Leaders in functional and integrative medicine gathered virtually...
Read MoreRadical redesign of healthcare via whole health model
Photo Cred: Pixabay/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury There has never been a greater need for a radical transformation, said Tracy Gaudet, MD, during the virtual 2020 Institute for Functional Medicine Annual...
Read MoreHealthcare professional revenue falls nationwide amid COVID-19
Photo Cred: Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury In the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare professional services declined 68 percent in utilization and 48 percent in revenue based...
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