21 Jun 2021

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&   This week Fred and Nick review the latest data on the Delta variant that is sweeping across countries and causing concern. The data as it stands suggests this variant is more contagious (spreads easier from person to person) and has increased virulence (more likely to cause severe illness in unvaccinated people). It has become the dominant strain in a number of areas a...
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17 Jun 2021

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  Hamilton Baiden  00:07 In terms of clinical trials is a very simple way to explain it. These were patients that had been admitted to the hospital either with drug or alcohol issues and so difficult patients. And it was very simple. The control group was treatment as usual. Maybe it was inpatient rehab, maybe it was intense outpatient, maybe it was MAT, cognitive behavioral t...
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15 Jun 2021

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  This week Fred and Dr. Nick look into their crystal ball and tease out some of the changes we will see in our world that will stay with us post the COVID19 pandemic: Are masks here to stay? What about Sick Leave policy? Surveillance and Wastewater Monitoring? Building Re-Design? Brain Health Challenges especially for Children. “Not to feel exasperated, or defeated, or...
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07 Jun 2021

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This week Fred and Nick discuss the long tail of COVID-19 that is impacting many people with “Long COVID” discussing some of the theories, what symptoms people see.  Long COVID was characterized by symptoms of fatigue, headache, dyspnea, and anosmia and was more likely with increasing age and body mass index and female sex https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... Based on the most rec...
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04 Jun 2021

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   Fred Goldstein  00:06 The first thing I would think about is, what is it you're trying to impact? Is it your whole practice? Is it a subset? And then what do you need to do? From a data perspective, from a systems perspective, from a people perspective, from an analytics perspective, to try to make that happen, set something up, run it, score it, see if you made a diffe...
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28 May 2021

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  Ceci Connolly  00:08 So we probably lost a little bit of momentum for a few years there. But I think that it's coming back strong, partially because of the pandemic and the experience of providers that really saw their utilization plummet. But as you experience a downturn, more people and more businesses are really sensitized to that. And you're starting to hear that convers...
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24 May 2021

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  This week Fred and Nick discuss the latest in mask mandates, the changes to the mask-wearing guidance, and what that means to individuals in the choices they make. The guidance is varied throughout the US although the CDC guidance has stated that those who have been vaccinated do not need to wear a mask indoors or outdoors. These guidelines are varied based on location, state, ...
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21 May 2021

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Valerie Rogers  00:10 You know, one of the areas that you know we have to talk capital is that the issue of trust and Vaccines credentials, you know, I think they really should be issued by authorized credentialing authorities such as your local or state governmental health agency to just engender trust and you know, the data itself that again, it's connected with your immunization in...
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