Search Tag: pandemic management
2022 28 Jan
Aris Katzourakis, PhD, professor of evolution and genomics at St. Hilda’s College (Oxford, U.K.), warns that misuse of the word ‘endemic’ is encouraging complacency. In an epidemiological context, ‘endemic’ means that the infection rates are in equilibrium, neither rising nor falling. It does not describe the infection’s severity or its health consequences....Read more
2021 03 Mar
On 2 March seven prominent healthcare experts met virtually during the Reset 2021 DigiConf webinar organised by HealthManagement.org, to discuss the challenges of 2020 and the outlook for 2021. You might also like: As we move into 2021, and as the second wave of COVID-19 continues to rage, HealthManagement.org asked healthcare...Read more
2021 22 Feb
To round up the first HealthManagement.org – The Journal issue of this year, prominent contributors will join forces at the Reset 2021 DigiConf webinar to discuss a range of issues related to COVID-19 and the future of healthcare. You are invited to join us online on 2 March 2021 . You might also like: Reset 2021...Read more
2021 11 Feb
A team of Canadian researchers analysed the shift from office to virtual care early on in the COVID-19 pandemic and identified the degree of change in various patient populations. You might also like: Not Everyone Is Ready for Telehealth The pandemic has caused significant changes in how care is delivered, and a turn to telemedicine...Read more
2021 11 Feb
The U.S. Kaiser Permanente system reports on the efficiency of its special telemonitoring programme for COVID-19 patients. You might also like: Remote Work and Virtual Consultations: Emergency Setup The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted demand for general medicine providers and reduced it for subspecialty services. To address...Read more
2021 08 Feb
With Israel being the global leader in COVID-19 vaccine administration per capita, there are several factors that have ensured the success of the programme, two experts explain. You might also like: Investigation of EU COVID-19 Vaccine Contracts Israel started its vaccination programme in December, led by its Prime Minister Benjamin...Read more
2021 08 Feb
As the number of COVID-19 vaccinations has now overtaken the number of cases reported since the start of the pandemic, the public perceptions still vary greatly across the world. You might also like: COVID-19 Vaccines: Tracking and Future Distribution In a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health, Schwarzinger and...Read more
2021 06 Feb
A new report from ETSI analyses and compares various contact tracing applications and methods utilised to help mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. You might also like: Automated Contact Tracing: Is It Efficient? With its report, Comparison of existing pandemic contact-tracing systems, ETSI’s Europe for Privacy-Preserving...Read more
2021 04 Feb
The National University of Ireland (NUI Galway) is starting a new project aimed to improve the EU’s preparedness to manage future pandemics through the use of IT solutions. You might also like: Pandemic Control: New Dynamic Metrics for Proactive Action The PANDEM-2 Project, which has just received almost €10 million of EU...Read more
2021 24 Jan
The overwhelming majority of people in the UK support the use of co-location tracking technologies and introduction of immunity passports by the authorities to contain the spread of COVID-19, a new study shows (Lewandowsky et al. 2021) . You might also like: (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)? COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passports’...Read more
2021 20 Jan
The European Commission has called member states to accelerate the roll-out of their vaccination programmes. The aim is to have vaccinated 70% of the adult population by summer 2021. You might also like: EU Reports on State of Health In a new communication , the Commission identifies some key actions needed...Read more
2020 14 Dec
A new addition to the COVID-19 Risk Tools suite by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an online mortality calculator , assesses the risk of dying from COVID-19 in currently uninfected individuals. It has been presented in an article published in Nature Medicine (Jin et al. 2020) and is available online for interested public...Read more
2020 08 Dec
Without a national and coordinated response to COVID-19, the United States has been ineffective at preventing and mitigating the escalating pandemic. What the country needs, according to new research ( Post et al. 2020) , is a dynamic public health surveillance to better inform prevention efforts. You might also like: COVID-19: Immunity-Based...Read more
2020 18 Nov
A new analysis provides insights into how democratic institutions play a significant role in the way countries mount quick policy response to existential threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic (Shvetsova et al. 2020). You might also like: Global COVID-19 Response: “A Collective Failure” When institutional systems...Read more
2020 28 Sep
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed numerous vulnerabilities in global health systems. The existing facilities have been insufficient, and much of non-COVID-19 care has been suspended. The infrastructure and supply chains have proven to be easily disrupted. The public health efforts led by local, national and international agencies have received a lot...Read more