This post covers use case 4: treatment and monitoring of health in a pandemic. The potential for remote patient monitoring in this particular use case is staggering….The pandemic has not only exposed the need, but it has exposed the potential and accelerated development of many elements of virtual care.
Read MoreThis post covers Use Case 3: Chronic Conditions that Require Incremental Changes Over Time….Examples of two conditions best managed over time are obesity and stroke rehabilitation.
Read MoreThis post covers use case 2: acute case management through home care…..Many conditions that used to be monitored during a hospital stay are now monitored outside the hospital, in particular in the patient’s home.
Read MoreOne of the most frequently proposed use cases for remote patient monitoring is biometric monitoring as part of home care for individuals with chronic conditions prone to frequent exacerbations…..We discuss two examples of this use case: heart failure and asthma.
Read MoreAfter a year when the potential and need for virtual care was validated and thrown front and center, several well-defined use cases have emerged for remote patient monitoring…..This is the first in a series of posts that introduce and discuss these well-defined use cases for remote monitoring.
Read MoreWhat is a SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) Variant and How Does it Affect Me ….. A viral variant refers to a virus that has a genetic makeup that is different from the parent strain ….. Variants are dangerous when they have a selective advantage, such as the ability to more easily infect people, or the ability to avoid vaccine-induced immunity.
Read MoreLast night another critical milestone in the battle against COVID-19 was reached. The FDA approved a Coronavirus vaccine for emergency distribution in the United States ….. Feel the hope. Our scientific, administrative, and population health systems are beginning to work effectively, together …. Allow the processes that have been developed over decades for evaluating data and defining protocols to play out.
Read MoreOur deepest hope is to be a resource for you. So though we will give you the bullet points and access to public resources for the safest way to spend the holidays, we will attempt to present this in a different fashion, in an attempt to meet you wherever you are on your journey with the place of this virus in your life.
Read MoreLet’s use the analogy of a battle. Imagine the enemy invaders are the virus particles. Your body’s immune cells will fight this invading army, but the numbers of the body’s immune cells that can fight the virus are limited. As this invading army gets larger, you need more defense cells or defense soldiers, better trained soldiers, or soldiers with more weapons to stay alive, to stay healthy.
Read MoreReports are emerging of vaccines that are effective in preventing COVID-19 that are near market readiness …. Even so, those familiar with the barriers that exist in vaccine administration and the persistent immunological uncertainties know of the long road ahead.
Read MoreHerd Immunity is not an advisable health strategy for COVID-19, period. Most have seen the reports of the millions that would need to die to reach herd immunity. Ongoing mutations are another point compounding the argument against herd immunity.
Read MoreOur worlds have been transformed over the last year… Telehealth and remote patient monitoring, the current foundations of what is now known as virtual care, are inextricably tied to this new world…These tools are not a substitute for the nostalgic human touch, but a tool to maintain some form of connection even when normal modes of communication are lost.
Read MoreWe need to be Compassionate for those that we do not see that are ill or struggling, whether it be from the disease or the isolation. We need to Coordinate our efforts at a national level. And yes, we are going to have to Forgive the ones that did not head the messages and warnings from around the world.
Read MoreThere are crossroads in all of our lives that drive us to action. I write this, hopeful that everyone reading it feels that today is such a crossroads in their lives. Play-it Health’s position has always and will always be to support diversity and inclusion in our daily lives and in the workplace. At this point in our history, it is unequivocally time to lend our eyes, ears and hearts to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Read MoreAdvising groups about proper return-to-work policies requires skills in many areas of health and business. At Play-it-Health, we’re introducing business leaders to targeted and user-friendly technology that integrates these areas into solutions for a safe and prosperous return to work.
Read MoreYou do not have to choose between the health of the most vulnerable or work. You do not have to choose staying at home in your living quarters or working in a crowded place with no infectious control policies.
Read MorePart of being a physician, a scientist, or indeed a human being is confronting things that you do not understand. With that acknowledgment of the…
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