Category: Covid vaccines

Not just COVID-19 vaccines: 5 things that cause blood clots

Blood Clots, Covid vaccines, COVID-19, News, patients, Vaccines, Views & Analysis, Views and analysis / April 30, 2021 April 30, 2021

Reports of COVID-19 vaccinations causing blood clots has caused alarm in the general population. However due to the rarity of incidences from vaccination, myGP explores the most common causes of blood clots and how we can prevent them. Over 11 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been given across the UK, with blood clotting observed …

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Updated guidance for cancer patients during Covid-19 may help improve outcomes

cancer, Covid vaccines, Daily, MedCity Influencers, SYN, Top Story / April 23, 2021 April 23, 2021

New recommendations may provide reassurance for patients and their care teams, while uniquely positioning healthcare providers to help communicate this critical information to vulnerable populations.

How health plans can help accelerate Covid-19 vaccinations

Covid vaccines, Daily, MedCity Influencers, member engagement, Payers, SYN, Top Story / April 15, 2021 April 15, 2021

These next few months are a tremendous opportunity to build trust with customers — imagine the reciprocal goodwill if a payer’s message helps its members get to the front of the line.

The Covid-19 vaccine distribution strategy is struggling. Care Management can help.

Covid vaccines, Daily, Health Tech, MedCity Influencers, News, SYN, Top Story, Vaccine Distribution / March 19, 2021 March 19, 2021

With widespread vaccine shortages alongside continuing deaths from Covid-19, we must act now to leverage existing technology in order to improve the distribution process.

Want to get to herd immunity? Think micro to go macro.

Community, Covid vaccines, Daily, MedCity Influencers, News, SYN, Top Story / February 12, 2021 February 12, 2021

To counter vaccine hesitancy, especially dominant in at-risk communities, we need hyper-local and population-specific vaccine programs.

How healthtech innovation can make the Covid-19 vaccine rollout a success

Covid vaccines, Daily, data-sharing, Health IT, MedCity Influencers, News, SYN, Top Story / February 7, 2021 February 7, 2021

The vaccine is being delivered to 195 countries with different databases healthcare systems. Healthtech solutions help us bring together data from different healthcare organizations, manufacturing and distributing facilities, and government departments into a centralized location.

With Covid vaccines, are we out of the woods? Not quite

Community, Covid vaccines, Daily, MedCity Influencers, News, SYN, Top Story, vaccine misinformation / February 2, 2021 February 2, 2021

Covid vaccines are the talk of the town but in the meantime, there remains a great need for Covid-19 management solutions – including effective screening, efficient testing, improving treatments, battling vaccine misinformation, continued mask-wearing and social distancing – to protect the public.

AstraZeneca, BioNTech, BioPharma, biopharma nl, Covid vaccines, COVID-19, Daily, Emergency Use Authorization, Food and Drug Administration, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, News, Oxford University, Pfizer, Pharma, Policy, SYN, Top Story, Vaccines / December 19, 2020 December 19, 2020

The company’s vaccine is the second approved for emergency use by the FDA. It is expected to pose fewer logistical challenges than the first, which was developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.

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