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Recent study findings point to an overlooked downside of the growing reliance on telehealth: an increased burden on nurses.

Telehealth doubles the tasks nurses complete to assist patients with chronic diseases, a new study shows.

Mizzou hosts graduation ceremonies for 2021 graduates COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is set to host the first of two weekends of graduation ceremonies on Friday. The School of Health Professions & School of Social Work, Sinclair School of Nursing and the Graduate School will all hand out diplomas on Friday. The Graduate School ceremony kicks off the weekends events at 9:45 a.m. Friday. The university will also host the 2021 Tiger Prowl and Senior Sendoff on Friday. For graduati...

Developer plans subdivision near new Columbia middle school COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Engineers have submitted a plan for a new subdivision on Sinclair Road, across the street from a new middle school. The developers of Sinclair Farms want to build a subdivision with hundreds of new home lots, cottage-style houses, townhomes, an apartment complex and possibly a few lots for businesses, according to plans submitted to the city of Columbia. Crockett Engineering, the engineering company working on the...

Telehealth doubles the tasks nurses complete to assist patients with chronic diseases, a new study shows. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Chelsea Howland, a doctoral student at the University of Missouri’s Sinclair School of Nursing, saw firsthand how telehealth helped her dad, who has Type 2 diabetes and lives in rural Illinois, see his diabetes specialist virtually. “…what often gets overlooked is all the work being done by the nurses on the back end to assist patients.” As a nurse he...

Marilyn Rantz still remembers the day she got the call that her mother, whose health had been declining, had fallen and fractured her shoulder. After...

Faurot Field Vaccination Site Walk through of the MU Health Care mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Walsworth Club at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. 1 of 11 Walk through of the MU Health Care mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Walsworth Club at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. Justin Kelley Walk through of the MU Health Care mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Walsworth Club at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. Justin Kelley Walk through of the MU...

Documentation will need to show the passenger was tested no more than three days before their departure. This order accompanies the rise of vaccine health passports like American Airlines.   Missouri ranks 50th out of 50 states for vaccine rollout, and 4% of the Missouri population has been vaccinated with one dose, according to the New York Times. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, says a large amount of the distributed vaccine sits with the federal pharmacy ...