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Topic: COVID-19

What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Variants

On April 19, 2022

Keeping on top of COVID-19 and the impact on your health care environment is a never-ending task. With variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continuing to threaten both patient health and hospital capacity, we know the importance of providing up-to-date information. The CDC actively monitors all coronavirus variants to make recommendations about the classification of variants (variant of concern, variant of interest, and variants being monitored). Some are considered variants of interest: based on...

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Patient Education, Population Health Management, Health Engagement, Healthcare Providers, COVID-19, Patient Experience

AHA Guest Blog: Rates of premature heart attack death vary by sex, race and region in the U.S.

On January 18, 2022

Research Highlights: An analysis of more than 600,000 U.S. death records from a national database found that middle-aged adults, men, Black adults and adults living in rural areas had higher rates of heart attack death compared to young adults, women, white adults and people living in urban areas. Overall, premature heart attacks in the U.S. declined by 52% between 1999-2019. However, after an initial decline, the deceleration in death rates has plateaued across demographic subgroups between...

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Patient Education, Population Health Management, Healthy Lifestyle, Health Engagement, COVID-19, American Heart Association

AHA Guest Blog: Risk factors, treatments, COVID complications among 2021 top heart disease, stroke science

On January 12, 2022

While COVID-19 vaccines and variants continued to capture health headlines, a number of significant scientific research breakthroughs offered promising news in the fight against heart disease, stroke and cardiovascular risk factors. The American Heart Association, the largest non-governmental funder of heart and stroke related research in the United States, has been compiling an annual list of major advances in heart disease and stroke science since 1996.

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Patient Education, Healthy Lifestyle, Health Engagement, COVID-19, American Heart Association

What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Variants: Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma

On October 25, 2021

Last modified date: November 29, 2021 Keeping on top of COVID-19 and the impact on your health care environment is a never-ending task. With emerging variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continuing to threaten both patient health and hospital capacity, we know the importance of providing up-to-date information.

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Patient Education, Healthcare Providers, Payer/Health Plans, COVID-19

5 ways to fight health misinformation

On September 23, 2021

In the age of immediate information, people are thirsty for answers—and they want them right now. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google received more than 1 billion health-related questions every day—that’s 70,000 each minute.1 While the internet can be an amazing portal to knowledge, it also provides an overwhelming stream of misinformation, particularly for those seeking answers to questions about their health.

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Patient Education, Healthcare Providers, Payer/Health Plans, COVID-19, Healthcare Marketing

Talking to patients who are hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine

On August 23, 2021

Are you struggling to have effective conversations about COVID-19 vaccines with your patients? There may be a better approach than simply telling a patient to get the shot—especially when that can be at times uncomfortable or contentious. And strategies like lecturing and shaming not only aren’t effective, they often backfire.1 

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Patient Education, Health Engagement, Healthcare Providers, Payer/Health Plans, COVID-19

AHA Guest Blog: Heart disease likely to remain #1 killer in U.S. indefinitely due to long-term COVID-19 impact

On August 4, 2021

Krames is proud to collaborate with the American Heart Association and share this guest blog from American Heart Association News. Heart disease and stroke continue to kill more people in the U.S. than any other cause, despite, and likely even due to, the impact of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic last year, according to new provisional data released today from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That trend is likely to continue for years to come as the long-term impact of the novel...

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Patient Education, Healthcare Providers, COVID-19, American Heart Association

How to evaluate and select patient education solutions

On July 23, 2021

Ensuring patients understand their health is the best way to spark patient activation. And much like how they collaborate with colleagues remotely and order groceries online, they’ve come to expect a digital delivery of their health education. Educating patients via their desired digital experience requires the enthusiastic adoption of digital-first approaches while maintaining a patient-centric focus in care delivery.

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Patient Engagement, Patient Education, Population Health Management, Health Engagement, Healthcare Providers, COVID-19, Care Journey

3 ways digital health trends are meeting pandemic-shaped patient expectations

On July 12, 2021

A silver lining of the COVID-19 crisis is the acceleration of digital health trends. A recent survey showed 60% of patients want to continue to meet with health care providers and manage their conditions using technology implemented due to the pandemic.1

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Healthcare Providers, COVID-19, Telehealth, Healthcare Marketing

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