23 Nov 2020

Blog 0 Comment
COVID Insights
This week's COVID Insights to Action Discussion Group will discuss Vaccines. We now have a third Vaccine from AstraZeneca that press reports have indicated is showing good results. Pfizer has filed for their EUA and plans to begin distributing in December, and Moderna cannot be far behind. How might these vaccines and their distribution schedule impact your company, college, or school...
Read more

14 Nov 2020

Blog, Upcoming Events 0 Comment
Join Luis Saldana, MD, Nick van Terhyeden MD and Fred Goldstein each Wednesday at 4 pm ET beginning November 18th for a 30 minute COVID Insights to Action Discussion Group. They'll discuss one or two topics they selected, along with any topics you'd like to discuss and answer questions. This week's topics will be: New information on the risk of various indoor activities and how y...
Read more

11 Nov 2020

Blog 0 Comment
Nick van Terheyden, MD wrote an excellent post about lessons our team has learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic helping companies operate safer. Read on to get the 10 insights.   The Breakfast Club How one small group helped save the Fall Semester. Over the last several months I have worked with my colleagues and a number of clients on plans to safely re-open businesses and s...
Read more

11 Nov 2020

Blog 0 Comment
COVID Quarantine So you have to quarantine someone for COVID-19 due to a close contact or State rules? It's not that hard if you think through and understand the risks.  I have had to do this twice, once in March when a family member came from NY to live with us for a while.  That was when Florida had the mandatory 14-day quarantine for visitors from New York and a few other States. ...
Read more

09 Nov 2020

Blog 0 Comment
By: Fred Goldstein and Nick van Terheyden, MD A lot of companies are operating during the COVID pandemic in a way they feel comfortable, based upon doing their own research and following the guidelines and recommendations they have identified. While this may seem like a sound strategy, we have seen and learned that many times this is not enough. A Recent Example I'll discuss an exam...
Read more

29 Oct 2020

Blog 0 Comment
One of the issues we face with COVID-19 is quickly identifying those who are infected, isolating them, and rapidly contact tracing those who have been in Close Contact as per the CDC guidelines (which were recently updated). To date, this has been done through lab testing of symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals.  Issues with this include the costs of the tests, the specific test used...
Read more

15 Sep 2020

Blog 0 Comment
Accountable Health, LLC has been working in an advisory role to St. Edward's University and Baylor University to help them with their reopening and operating plans. St. Edward's was recognized by the Austin Public Health Department during a press conference regarding their plans which you can listen to below: https://youtu.be/BNDQZn9y710 The Validation Institute along w...
Read more

14 Sep 2020

Blog 0 Comment
So we missed uploading week 25 of our COVID-19 Update last week, so this week, we've uploaded week 25 and week 26. Week 25 In the week 25 episode Fred digs into a pre published paper: Long, thin transmission chains of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) may go undetected for several weeks at low to moderate reproductive numbers: Implications for containment a...
Read more

08 Sep 2020

Blog 0 Comment
In a fascinating pre-print article in medRxiv, entitled Long, thin transmission chains of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) may go undetected for several weeks at low to moderate reproductive numbers: Implications for containment and elimination by Gerry F. Killeen, he raises some interesting points about contact tracing and issues associated with asymptomatics, ...
Read more