21 Dec 2020

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https://youtu.be/KC1YI3Yqd5Q   Wow, it's 40 weeks in a row we have produced these COVID-19 updates. This week we look to the future and some of the issues beyond COVID. Even with the Vaccine for COVID-19, there will be a New Normal. Dr. Nick van Terheyden and Fred Goldstein discuss what employers should be thinking about.  The new Work From Home situation will continue for ...
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21 Dec 2020

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The Vaccines are here. This good news was announced and last week distribution of the Pfizer vaccine began and Moderna's is awaiting an FDA EUA. So as this rolls out what does it mean for employers and their employee health improvement programs? Well to begin there are still many unanswered questions: How long will it take to vaccinate a significant number of people in the US? ...
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16 Dec 2020

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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has had employers focus on basic issues like keeping their business operating and keeping employees, customers, and visitors safe. There's been an intense focus through the lens of the virus, how it spreads, and its impact. Solving these issues has required utilizing a population health approach.  A population health framework I like to use is: Identi...
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14 Dec 2020

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https://youtu.be/vn0vB7MwzXU The vaccine rollout from Pfizer started this week and first doses are already arriving and will be distributed in the coming days. What does that mean for you and your friends, family, and business colleagues? We discuss the logistical challenges of vaccine distribution and review what changes might come from the vaccine roll out and the continued need for...
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11 Dec 2020

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During a recent COVID Insights to Action Discussion Group in which Nick asked me to discuss my quarantine experiences as I have documented here previously, Luis Saldana brought up an excellent point.  My quarantine experience is unusual, why?  I have a house with an external door to a room with its own bathroom, I have other bedrooms, bathrooms, resources, and was able to place a microwa...
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10 Dec 2020

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December 9, 2020 This week, Fred Goldstein, Nick van Terheyden, MD, and Luis Saldana, MD discussed the new Quarantine Guidance from the CDC, touched on the vaccines, and answered some questions from the attendees. Transcript Fred Goldstein 00:02 Hello, everyone, and welcome to this week's COVID insights. This week we'll be discussing the issue of quarantine with some new guidan...
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07 Dec 2020

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https://youtu.be/4z-n3vb2pi4 This week Dr. Nick van Terheyden and Fred Goldstein discuss two important studies that point to the issue of airflow and the spread of Coronavirus in enclosed spaces. The first was a very detailed study from South Korea that documented infections occurring in a restaurant entitled Evidence of Long-Distance Droplet Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Direct Ai...
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02 Dec 2020

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HealthcareNOW Radio and Podcast Network · PopHealth Week: Meet Tony Slonim MD DrPH FACHE President & CEO @RenownHealth Tony Slonim  00:07 Hospitals have taken on the responsibility I'd say Gregg of social determinants we know how important social determinants are to the advancing of this work. We nonetheless have to inform and the big problem we've had right now is that the publi...
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