Telehealth is at its crossroads since its demand surged during the pandemic. The McKinsey report on telehealth and virtual care gives a clear picture of its post-COVID-19 reality.
coronavirus - covid19
Prioritizing the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, has globally and unintentionally led to leaving behind those who already live on the brink of life and death everyday. They are people with chronic health conditions. Patients suffering with cancer or any rare disease and hospitals shutting their doors to people not having COVID-19 is a problem.
coronavirus - covid19
Doctors have reported that COVID-19 appears to be causing sudden strokes among people in their 30s and 40s who are not otherwise seriously ill. Some young and middle-aged Americans have experienced strokes after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. There is growing evidence that COVID-19 infection can lead the blood to clot unnaturally, and an expected consequence of that would be a stroke.
coronavirus - covid19
June Almeida viewed into her electron microscope in 1964 to observe a round, grey dot with tiny spokes. Almeida and her colleagues noted that the pegs formed a halo around the virus just like the sun’s corona.
Telehealth Software, coronavirus - covid19
The Trump Administration is encouraging use of telehealth facilities to help patients and providers to combat the sudden outbreak of Coronavirus. It has announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage to enable beneficiaries to get a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without travelling to a healthcare facility. Starting from March 6, 2020, Medicare - administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - will temporarily pay clinicians to extend telehealth services to beneficiaries living across the entire nation.
substance use disorder
America is heckled by the challenge of substance use disorder. There has to be a solution to this impending issue; government and the medical communities are doing their bit to find solutions but the sheer magnanimity of the issue demands more attention and efforts in the right direction. The point of worry is that most patients are not receiving help, guidance and treatment.
