An Infographic World Immunization Week
About World Immunization Week World Immunization Week is a global public health campaign to raise awareness and increase rates of immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases around the world. World immunization week takes place each year during the last week of...
Precision without Fatigue: Focusing on User-experience and Technology to Improve Patient Outcomes
PEPID’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Edward Reynolds joins the Pulse during HIMSS 2019 to talk about the development strategy and objectives behind the company’s most cutting-edge release. His talk, “Precision without Fatigue: Focusing on...
Onward and Down 2019: Medical Cost Trends and Pharmacy-Led Strategies to Mitigate Them
Healthcare reform and improvement has entered exciting times. Medical R&D and health informatics (HIT) are growing at a rapid rate, offering better options to a more curious and proactive generation of consumers. More regulatory bodies and forward-thinking...
WHO Just Released ICD-11: 5 Notable Changes
The World Health Organization has released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Here are a few of the notable changes. ICD-11 is completely electronic with 40,600 more codes for injuries, diseases and cause of death than ICD-10....
New CRC Screening Guidelines
According to the new crc screening guidelines the American Cancer Society (ACS) released May 30, 2018 colorectal cancer screening should begin at 45 years old rather than 50. (4) Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed among adults in the...
The Predicted Effects of New Hypertension Guidelines
It has been six months since ACC/AHA changed the hypertension(HTN) guidelines, effectively reclassifying 31 million more US adults from ‘high or elevated blood pressure’ to HTN. The new hypertension guidelines define HTN Stage 1 as systolic from 130-139 or HG...
Act to Protect Medical Volunteers Introduced to the House
In 2017 alone, the US had 16 natural disasters. Drought in the north, wildfires in the west, flooding, freezing, severe weather, and tornadoes in the Midwest, and three hurricanes on the coast. It was a detrimental and costly year for American citizens. During...
PEPID Profiles: Saving Lives with Larissa Braun, RN, BSN
Listening to her mother’s stories about being air ambulance paramedic, Larissa Braun knew she wanted to be a nurse at an early age. Fueled by adrenaline, she knew she was meant for intensive care medicine, and now she thrives in public health.