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Fake news is a term we hear quite often these days for good reason. Even the most prominent news media sources have been caught sharing less than accurate information. Unfortunately for the healthcare community, many fake news stories are health-related and lead to a number of issues for providers and patients alike. Why? Because fake news has staying power long after the story has been debunked. Fake Health News is Dangerous and Sharing It Makes You Part of the...

COVID-19 is the biggest pandemic to hit our country and our world in our lifetime. It has sickened thousands of Americans and over a million worldwide and lead to the shutdown of schools, government offices and facilities, and all nonessential businesses in much of the US. To date, it has taken around 60,000 lives around the globe.  For most people, the coronavirus will consist of mild symptoms that last around 7 days. But others, especially the elderly and...

We are experiencing a pandemic the likes of which none of us have ever been through and it’s causing us to take pause before carrying on with events we once never thought twice about. Among those events? Visiting your medical provider for concerns or sickness not related to coronavirus. Many of us are afraid to darken a medical clinic’s doors during the pandemic, especially clinics that also serve as testing facilities. Others simply don’t know if their condition or...

Telehealth was first developed in part by NASA over half a century ago to help monitor the health status of astronauts. Since its inaugural roots first broke out 50 years ago, telehealth has slowly gained momentum until the last decade or so, when its momentum practically exploded thanks to groundbreaking developments in telecommunications. In today’s COVID-19 era, telehealth has become the secret weapon for medical providers everywhere to keep providing healthcare to...