[Reprinted: The Gleaner, 10-2-2020] Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says come November 1, the Government will be launching an end-to-end health insurance, repatriation and logistics programme for all tourists coming to Jamaica. Bartlett said the programme is aimed at guaranteeing the health security and safety of tourists who fly to Jamaica, ensuring a comfortable and seamless … [Read more...]
Telecardiology: COVID-19 tips the scales in favor of remote monitoring for cardiac care
[Reprinted: HCB News, 7-14-2020] An estimated three million-plus patients live in the United States with implanted cardiac devices, with 400,000 implanted annually. Follow-up care for these patients continues to evolve and become more challenging due to increasing clinical complexity of patients and diagnostic device features. Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 202,703
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 10-2-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, October 2: Dominican Republic- 112,728 cases, 2108 deaths, 88,205 recovered Puerto Rico- 24,505 cases, 673 deaths French Guiana- 9966 cases, 67 deaths, 9613 recovered Haiti- 8781 cases, 229 deaths, 6907 recovered Jamaica- 6704 cases, 116 deaths, 2112 recovered Cuba- 5670 cases, 122 … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 197,092
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 9-28-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, September 28: Dominican Republic- 111,666 cases, 2098 deaths, 86,422 recovered Puerto Rico- 23,357 cases, 648 deaths French Guiana- 9895 cases, 65 deaths, 9536 recovered Haiti- 8740 cases, 227 deaths, 6688 recovered Jamaica- 6170 cases, 93 deaths, 1741 recovered Cuba- 5483 cases, 122 … [Read more...]
Telemedicine may be the new normal in a post-coronavirus world. Here’s how it works in six common specialties
[Reprinted: Medical Xpress, 6-16-2020] The new coronavirus pandemic has necessitated the embrace of virtual medicine regardless of how ready patients, doctors, nurses and health care systems were for the shift. Now that telehealth has been quickly rolled out across the nation and patients and clinicians have found the experience useful, it is unlikely that virtual doctor visits, in all its … [Read more...]
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