Pandemic
INVEST Digital Health conference on video: How Hospital Innovation is Changing Amidst a Pandemic
The INVEST Digital Health Virtual conference, held in partnership with healthcare industry association Medical Alley, included conversations spanning behavioral health, the future of health insurance and how hospitals are addressing the pandemic. We recorded each session and now you can check it out on video! The first video installment of the conference is a panel …
Equity in online learning is about much more than technology access |
Debate about the fairness of online learning tends to revolve around technology access. And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service. But equity in online learning is more than simply making sure students have decent technology and fast internet. Every student — not just the marginalized and disenfranchised …
Virtual technology benefits VA, veterans during COVID-19 pandemic
COLUMBIA — Recently, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the increased use of virtual health delivery systems by 1,000 percent. At Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, providers have experienced similar increases with VA Video Connect (VVC) appointments. “VA Video Connect is part of a comprehensive health care model,” said Katie Marienfeld, …
Professor uses 21st century technology to teach the classics amid pandemic
For more than five decades, Professor Emeritus Charles Krohn has nourished the soul of his students, teaching the classics at the University of St. Thomas in Houston — and he wasn’t about to let the coronavirus get in the way. “They couldn’t run me off, so I just stayed around when the pandemic hit,” said …
Brockhaus Capital Management AG: Technology group BCM with revenue growth in the first half of 2020 despite effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
DGAP-News: Brockhaus Capital Management AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results Brockhaus Capital Management AG: Technology group BCM with revenue growth in the first half of 2020 despite effects of the COVID-19 pandemic 29.09.2020 / 07:00 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. PRESS RELEASE Technology group BCM with revenue growth …
Boise State focuses on student-athletes’ mental health due to the uncertainty of sports during a pandemic
Boise State is one of only about 60 universities around the country that have an in-house mental health clinician embedded within their sports department. BOISE, Idaho — There has been plenty of uncertainty for Boise State student-athletes in 2020. Canceled seasons have led to canceled games, and in some cases, that has meant canceled careers. …
Losing Your Hair Can Be Another Consequence of the Pandemic
Not all of the patients had Covid-19, she said, but the ones who did tended to progress very quickly from one or two bald patches to “losing hair all over the body,” including eyebrows and eyelashes. She said that might be because the storm of inflammation that some Covid patients experience elevates immune molecules linked …
For Young People’s Sexual Health, the Pandemic Changes the Game
“It’s important to remember that what we find important in medicine is not necessarily what our patients find important,” Dr. Wilkinson said. Often, doctors focus only on the efficacy of a particular method, rather than how acceptable it is to a particular patient. When she talks to adolescents, “I ask them, does it matter to …
EDD’s much needed technology overhaul possibly a pandemic silver lining
What’s behind EDD’s unemployment claims freeze? If you just found out you need to file for unemployment payments, you’ll will have a two weeks. But the state says that should actually speed up your payments as EDD gets a major overhaul and a much-needed upgrade exposed by the pandemic. SAN FRANCISCO – If you just …