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Qualitative study of UK health professionals’ experiences of working at the point of care during the COVID-19 pandemic
This article was originally published here BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 6;11(9):e054377. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054377. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To develop an understanding of health professionals’ experiences of working at the point of care during the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on their health and well-being and their support needs. DESIGN: A qualitative study using semistructured interviews. Data were analysed using framework analysis. SETTING: One large National Health Service integrated care trust. PARTICIPANTS: A purposive sample of 19 qualified health professionals (doctors, nurses or allied health professionals), working with patients with COVID-19 admitted to the hospitals between March and May 2020 were eligible to take … Read more
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Keep Moving Forward: Health Informatics and Information Management beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
This article was originally published here Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug;30(1):75-83. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1726499. Epub 2021 Sep 3. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To identify gaps and challenges in health informatics and health information management during the COVID-19 pandemic. To describe solutions and offer recommendations that can address the identified gaps and challenges. METHODS: A literature review of relevant peer-reviewed and grey literature published from January 2020 to December 2020 was conducted to inform the paper. RESULTS: The literature revealed several themes regarding health information management and health informatics challenges and gaps: information systems and information technology infrastructure; data collection, quality, and standardization; and … Read more
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Baptist Health System holds moment of silence for COVID-19 victims
Somber event held on 18-month anniversary of first COVID-19 patient arriving in Texas Baptist Health System healthcare workers and staff participated in a five-minute “Pandemic Moment of Silence” event across the system’s five hospitals in San Antonio and one in New Braunfels. Courtesy: Baptist Health System (KSAT) SAN ANTONIO – Baptist Health System took time Friday to honor Texans who have lost their lives to COVID-19. BHS health care workers and staff participated in a five-minute “Pandemic Moment of Silence” event at noon across the system’s five hospitals in San Antonio and one in New Braunfels. The somber event was … Read more
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Teachers Have No Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19: Study | Health News
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As the new school year begins, teachers can take comfort in a new report that finds they have no greater risk of catching or being hospitalized for severe COVID-19 than anyone else. Researchers in Scotland say that might be because many schools take precautions that other workplaces don’t. It’s also possible that the teachers in the study were younger and healthier than other workers, the authors said. “Teachers are about average in terms of their risk of hospitalization with COVID-19, when compared to other working-age adults,” said … Read more
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UK announces five new COVID-19 vaccine research projects
A number of new studies have been rolled-out to analyse the durability of vaccine responses, low responses linked with health conditions and the effect of booster shots. The studies will research a wide range of people including individuals with a weakened immune system, people who are obese, healthcare workers and people with a weak vaccine response. WHY IT MATTERS These studies aim to determine how long immunity from the vaccine lasts, identify groups of people at risk from low vaccine responses and determine if and when vaccine boosters are required for these groups, as well as the wider population. The … Read more
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Rapid City health system ‘extremely busy’ with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A health system at the epicenter of the growing South Dakota COVID-19 surge says it is dealing with a flood of COVID-19 patients by shifting staff and crafting makeshift intensive care rooms. Monument Health of Rapid City, South Dakota, issued a statement Friday, Aug. 27, saying it’s “extremely busy” as it deals with the surge. The health system in the Black Hills, which recently hosted the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, is treating 78 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. That’s nearly twice the number from a week ago and significantly higher than the five patients hospitalized with the virus a … Read more
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