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COVID-19 Updates

Patient advocacy and COVID-19: One woman's story

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HIMSS TV contributor, entrepreneur and patient advocate Kate Milliken shares her own story of beating COVID-19 and talking her doctor into prescribing monoclonal antibody treatment.

 

Tackling inequalities in maternal and newborn health

Dr. Deborah Maufi, chief medical officer at Babymoon Care, discusses the health inequalities that need to be addressed after COVID-19 and highlights ways to build a more equitable system for maternal health.
 

COVID-19 is also a crisis of loneliness and disconnection

Dr. Helen Riess, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and founder of Empathetics, speaks with Frank Cutitta, who was hospitalized for 100 days, about "institutionalized loneliness" and other emotional aftereffects of the pandemic.
 

CIO Spotlight: Cletis Earle of Penn State Health

The IT leader talks about how Penn State has managed population health during the pandemic with help from EHR tweaks, telehealth, data sharing via CommonWell and more. He also highlights some things healthcare can learn from other industries.
 

WHO: Share data to strengthen national data platforms

New variants highlight the need for genomic surveillance and sequencing across the globe and reinforce the importance of collaboration in the fight against COVID-19, says Christine Czerniak, technical officer, WHO Health Emergencies Programme.