A Diabetes Emergency Plan: 8 Tips to Help Patients Stay Prepared
For your diabetes patients at home or soon to be at home, use these tips from the ADA and AACE on creating an emergency plan.
3 Strategies to Optimize Facemask Supply: Conventional, Contingency & Crisis Plans
The CDC outlines 3 surge capacity strategies to help healthcare providers prioritize COVID-19-related conservation of facemasks: conventional, contingency, and crisis.
Quarantined Patients: 5 Tips on How to Stay Connected
For your patients confined to home, whether ill or out of caution, regular virtual contact to check on status and serve as a trusted resource is important. Here are 5 tips on how to do it.
COVID-19 Impact on America’s Mental Health
Almost half of Americans are anxious about contracting COVID-19, suggests a new American Psychiatric Association poll. More results at-a-glance here.
AAFP: How to Protect the Health of Your Home and Family
Extra precautions before and after the workday and while at home will help HCPs limit risk to family of potential exposure to COVID-19. Guidance here from the AAFP.
Survey Gives Primary Care A Voice on COVID-19
Nearly half of US primary care practices are not able to test for COVID-19 and do not have adequate personal protective equipment. Here is what your colleagues are saying.
Guidance on Deferment of Non-urgent Visits, Procedures During Panedmic
In order to conserve clincal resources needed to care for patients with COVID-19, the American College of Cardiology suggests that a variety of procedures and visits be placed on hold.
Chronic Lung Disease and COVID-19: ALA Answers Patient Questions
Does COVID-19 cause lasting consequences in patients with chronic lung disease? The answer to this and other common FAQs from these patients provided by the American Lung Association.
COVID-19 Fact vs Fiction: 9 Myth-busting Answers from the World Health Organization
Fact or fiction? Vaccines against pneumonia can protect against COVID-19. Plus 8 more questions and answers from the World Health Organization.
10 COVID-19 Vaccines & Treatments in Development
There are more than 80 clinical trials in progress globally to test treatments and vaccines targeting COVID-19. We highlight 10 here.
COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease: Clinical Guidance for Primary Care
The case fatality rate for patients with COVID-19 and CVD is higher than for cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes. Here is current guidance from the ACC.
SARS-CoV-2 Lingers in Air, Endures on Plastic, Steel
A new study reports that coronavirus remains viable in aerosol for up to 3 hours, a finding that could help inform theories of contagion.
COVID-19 and Diabetes: What Your Patients Need to Know
The American Diabetes Association warns that COVID-19 may cause severe complications in patients with diabetes. Here’s how you can help.
COVID-19 Cures Offered Online: FDA Shuts Down Fraud
Fraudulent claims on treatments and cures for COVID-19 infection are flooding social media and other digital communications. Here, 6 samples of misinformation your patients may be reading.
3 Diabetes Case Challenges: Choose the Next Best Rx
These 3 case studies illustrate the challenges of intensifying treatment in complex T2D patients--and also the options available to individualize that next step.
COVID-19 PCP Office Operations Checklist
Eliminate waiting room magazines; cross-train staff for all essential functions; reorganize waiting area to “contain” febrile patients. Check, check, check?
My High-risk Flu Patients Get Antibiotics, and Here’s Why
Of course they get oseltamivir—but our author has been adding azithromycin for his high-risk patients since the 2015-16 season. He explains why.
Coronavirus: Answers to Common Patient Questions
How many people have died from coronavirus? How is coronavirus spread? The CDC suggests answers to these and other common questions patients may be asking.
Ketamine as an Analgesic: An 11-question Quiz
Sample: For which type of pain is there the most evidence supporting the use of ketamine?
Gastric Distress: 3 GI Case Challenges
H. pylori, penicillin allergy, gastrin 1000 pg/mL, recurrent duodenal ulcer, and more. Meet 3 new patients and decide the next steps.