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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

COVID-19's impact surpasses previous pandemics, disrupting medical education by delaying clinical rotations and necessitating a rapid transition to telemedicine due to isolation and PPE shortages. 32% (n=11) reported patient satisfaction with telemedicine transitions.

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Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Rapid adoption of virtual care in early 2020, meant there was little time to develop or plan integrated virtual health care services, resulting in an urgency to establish governance for quality-based virtual care in Canada. Ethical, professional and legal requirements were alike for virtual care and in-person settings.

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The impact of COVID-19 on gender-based intimate partner violence : a scoping review [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

The eligibility criteria were english-speaking articles published from 01/01/2020 to 06/30/2020 that addressed IPV during COVID-19 and considered gender-based violence among all subjects of the article. Study Design qualitative scoping review Setting The review was conducted manually in three databases (Medline, PubMed and PsychInfo).

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2020 - 2021 Residency Season (Diary Posts)

Aspiring Minority Doctor

I originally planned to write weekly, but life remained busy as usual, so I only wrote two posts, one from 10/22/2020 and another from 10/23/2020. 10/22/2020 I’m a little late with my first ERAS post, but things have been super busy this week. There's not much, so I'll just include both posts here. Anyway, back to ERAS.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

Patel, MD, MPH, MBA, is a hospitalist and digital health innovator with a strong focus on telemedicine and clinical informatics. Dr. Patel currently serves as a telemedicine and clinical informatics leader at Ballad Health, a 21-hospital integrated health system. References: 1. Shanafelt TD, West CP, Sinsky C, et al. Mayo Clin Proc.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

It represents a significant rise from the start of 2020, which registered 80 such companies. The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine found in 2020 that 17.6% The Exoskeleton Report last updated its report in 2021 , which listed 118 companies worldwide working on 172 exoskeletons that were on sale or soon to be commercialized.

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It’s a Three-Peat: DEA and HHS Extend Telemedicine Flexibilities Until December 31, 2025

FDA Law Blog

Palmer — In a Temporary Rule announced on November 19, 2024, DEA with input from HHS again extended current telemedicine flexibilities, which were first initiated on January 31, 2020 at the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal telemedicine flexibilities (i.e.,