You’re stressed, I’m stressed; most of us have felt stress in the COVID-19 era which began in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2020. Nearly eighteen months later, a 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer update finds that consumers’ trust in the health care industry is under stress, too — in the U.S. and around the… Read More »
The Mayo Clinic has an opportunity to “define a digital health platform for the planet,” contends John Halamka, MD, who will spearhead efforts to scale the provider’s capabilities worldwide. On Tuesday, the Mayo Clinic announced that Halamka—who most recently served as executive director of the Health Technology Exploration Center for Beth Israel Lahey Health—will be… Read More »
WHO and UNICEF today issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first two years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children under age 5 annually. The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding underpin the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative, which both… Read More »