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Providence VA begins administering Moderna vaccine
STEVEN MITCHELL, an Army veteran and housekeeper with the Environmental Management Service at the Providence VA Medical Center, was the third person in the VA Providence Healthcare System to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE VA MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDENCE – The VA Providence Healthcare System on Monday began COVID-19 vaccinations with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, following approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The system is one of 112 VA medical centers across the United States to receive the first limited supply of the Moderna vaccine. The VA Providence Healthcare System is…
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$2M NIH grant to fund research on relationship between sleep disruption and suicide risk
MICHAEL F. ARMEY, a research psychologist at Butler Hospital, and Melanie Bozzay, health science specialist at the Providence VA Medical Center, are leading a study that looks at the impact of sleep disruption on patients who are at a high risk of suicide. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM PROVIDENCE – Researchers at Butler Hospital and the Providence VA Medical Center have received a $2.24 million federal grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the potential impact of sleep disruption on patients who are at a high risk of suicide. Led by Michael F. Armey, a research psychologist at Butler and associate…
Telemedicine needed to diagnose and treat swallowing difficulties in COVID-19 patients, say physicians
COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the disease, have caused health care providers to change how they treat patients. Clinicians are now frequently using telemedicine to see their patients for routine checkups, saving office visits for emergencies. The same goes for rehabilitation. For example, researchers are looking for ways to improve the screening, assessment and treatment of patients with COVID-19 and dysphagia swallowing difficulties by doing it remotely.
Health care professionals whose work puts them in contact with the body areas frequented by SARS-CoV-2 such as the nose, mouth and airway share a responsibility for engaging patients in a manner that won t add to the spread of COVID-19. Risks need to be weighed before screenings, assessments and treatments are undertaken.
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