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Trust My Doctor and Fear the Office: The Telehealth Opportunity in and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

adults 18 to 74 years of age in the first week of May 2020. One in 5 of people with health insurance were concerned about losing their health plan in the next six months as the coronavirus heats up, recedes, and may re-emerge in the fourth quarter of 2020 into 2021. 42% felt uncomfortable going to a hospital for any medical treatment.

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MIT hosts COVID-19 policy debate

Sensible Medicine

Yet, from 2020-2022, I was not asked to debate these topics at any university. In December 2023, at UCSF, I debated my colleague, George Rutherford, in front of an epidemiology audience on 2 propositions: Should you test for COVID-19 if you feel sick? Subscribe now As of today, I have been invited to just 2 debates.

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Doctor’s Failure to Follow Up on Medical Test Leads to Large Settlement

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Ordering diagnostic tests is a standard procedure for physicians; yet if the test results aren’t reviewed and acted upon, what was the point of ordering the test? In June of 2020, Dr P ordered a chest scan for the patient. “ Physicians who overlook test results do their patients a disservice — possibly a fatal one.

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Art Therapy in the COVID-19 Era: Inspirations Abound from Munch to Dutch Masters and Toilet Tissue

Health Populi

with the largest gross domestic product on Earth in 2020, out fragmented health care system and 50-State Federalist approach has proven to land Americans in first place for steepest infection curve as of early April 2020. With test kit and reagent shortages, ventilator un. In the U.S.,

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“The Front Line Is Shrinking:” Nurses Re-Imagine Nursing at the #NurseHack4Health Hackathon

Health Populi

While nurses were in short supply before 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and stress on front-line health care workers exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff globally. One of the biggest benefits for those of us involved in hackathons is the community we continue to build through participating in them.

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Genentech’s Look Into the Mirror of Health Inequities

Health Populi

In 2020, Genentech launched its first study into health inequities. Medically disenfranchised patients are not participating in clinical trials, vaccinations, and testing due to lack of trust. We must give them reasons to believe in the healthcare system.

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2021: Lessons from Loss – ‘Never Give Up’

Setting Sights

And 2020-2021 has been no exception. The patients on my new ward befriended me, taking in turns to do the coffee rounds to the downstairs café, making sure I heard the nurses and could reach my call-bell, all whilst I remained sunken and immobile in my new bed, yet another new home. Nor was 2020. Every single one of us.