So good and essential to see these folks recognized.
The paramedics, respiratory therapists, cafeteria workers, environmental service workers, pharmacists, physician assistants, and the long list that extends beyond nurses and doctors
NEW Open Access Content: We've developed a new chapter focused on #COVID19 that provides info for primary care practitioners on the management of common COVID-19 symptoms. It will be updated regularly as new evidence becomes available: https://t.co/s0afW08ZeD
#Hydroxychloroquine should be reserved for hospitalised patients with COVID-19 & only be
prescribed under the guidance of ID/micro specialist advice, or as part of a clinical
trial with or without concomitant antiviral drugs" - SAAGAR alert: https://t.co/heCHrQM87H #COVID#QUM
MedAdvisor and IQVIA data shows that in the last week in Australia, around 6,600 healthcare practitioners (both GPs & specialists) prescribed hydroxychloroquine to 11,000 patients - nearly three times the usual volume @AJPEditor @topherfreeman @PSA_National
Goodbye weekends goodbye gym,
Week after week, same lab routine.
Working lika machine to make a vaccine,
We’re gonna beat you, COVID19! 🦠
#neverthelessproudofthisteam
I wish we would refer to spatial isolation rather than social isolation. We can still be socially integrated when we are physically separate, and we should aim to be so
‘The behaviour we walk past is the behaviour we accept’ - Sharon Shea discussing health inequities, closing plenary of #hsr19. I love this quote ... applies not only to equity, but also the delivery of healthcare #healthpolicy#equity#populationhealth@hsraanz
In Australia, prescription opioids accounted for just over three deaths per day in 2018. Could you be held liable if you prescribe opioids? https://t.co/cEPSy0Vo9q
Cultural safety is more than taking a course on cultural sensitivity. It is about as a practitioner or researcher, understanding how your own culture imparts bias - Dr Carrie Bourassa, Scientific Director, College of Medicine @usask speaking at #hsr19@hsraanz#healthresearch
Assessing and identifying risk of bias in publications and guidelines and understanding your own bias as a clinician are essential skills @DeprescribeAU
Look ! A great help for patients and their doctors #choosingwisely This risk calculator gives a ballpark estimate of what the best available evidence suggests happens to cardiovascular risk when we treat with MEDICATIONS OR OTHER LIFESTYLE interventions https://t.co/7A1TZ4KNng
If you have chronic pain, you may have heard the pejorative statement that "it’s all in your head." On the contrary, nothing could be further from the truth. Your pain is real. #PatientsAreNotFaking