ViewMedica On-Demand patient education service helps you get the most out of virtual visits and remote learning. We’ve seen large changes to the way we do healthcare in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth virtual visits are being used more and more as a safe option during the pandemic, but they also create roadblocks to communication and comprehension. The good news is that the ViewMedica On-Demand patient education service helps you get the most out of virtual visits and remote learning. Everything...
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We added free videos from ViewMedica and the CDC to On-Demand and VMcast. You can add them now. All ViewMedica On-Demand and VMcast subscribers have free access to a special set of COVID-19 videos produced by ViewMedica, the U.S. CDC and other state health services. To make using them easy, we’ve moved all these videos to a special free library. Put them into your undefined, presentations and undefined now by going to the “Add COVID-19 Video” link under the “Add Videos” dropdown. ...
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Educate your patients about COVID-19 by adding these free videos to your On-Demand player. All On-Demand subscribers have free access a special set of COVID-19 videos produced by ViewMedica, the U.S. CDC and other state health services. To make using them easy, we’ve moved all the videos to a special free library. To add any of these videos to your player, you need to put them into a collection menu. Creating a Collection adds a new menu grouping to your On-Demand...
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We added three free videos from the CDC. You can add them into your loops, presentations, and collection menus now. They are available by going to the “Add COVID-19 Video” link under the “Add Videos” dropdown. ...
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To help you educate your patients about the current Coronavirus pandemic, we just launched a new Human Coronaviruses video. ViewMedica subscribers can add this to their account by logging in and choosing the Video Selections link under “My Content.” If you are looking to educate your patients on how to prevent the spread of infectious diseases like the Common Cold, Influenza, or Human Coronaviruses, check out this collection of helpful videos. ...
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iewMedica has partnered with Health Nuts Media, the leading producer of animated health content, to offer more than 200 fun and engaging pediatric cartoons. That's on top of the 48 pediatric videos already in ViewMedica. ViewMedica has partnered with Health Nuts Media, the leading producer of animated health content, to offer more than 200 fun and engaging pediatric cartoons. That’s on top of the 48 pediatric videos already available ViewMedica. Lower the pediatric fear factorNow you can lower the pediatric fear factor with a large...
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According to the CDC, drug overdose deaths have dropped 4% nationwide. Find out more about how this step in the right direction can continue to move toward a solution to this deadly epidemic. The last few years have seen some bad news in the world of health, especially with the opioid crisis and the deaths that occurred due to drug overdoses. But a recent article from USA Today has provided a spot of good news - life expectancy is up and deaths from...
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A major surge in cases of Hepatitis A causes a health emergency in Florida and Philadelphia. Florida and Philadelphia recently declared a public health emergency after a large surge in Hepatitis A. The Hepatitis A outbreak has been a growing problem for much of the U.S., leading health officials to recommend routine vaccinations specifically for homeless people. According to the Philadelphia Tribune-Review, many cases are found where there is a high concentration of homeless people addicted to opioids. In the Miami Herald, Florida Surgeon General Dr....
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Highlights from one of the largest surviving sets of medical records in history. The University of Cambridge has been working on a project to digitize one of the largest set of private medical records in history, and recently they put 500 of their favorite cases online. CNET highlights some of the more interesting cases from early 17th-century astrologers Simon Forman and Richard Napier. The pair treated patients ranging from household servants to archbishops with sometimes bizarre prescriptions such as attaching the bodies of...
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The World Health Organization makes 'Gaming Disorder' an official condition. There’s a new diagnosis available. According to the World Health Organization, “gaming disorder” is the newest mental health condition. WHO describes gaming disorder as “impaired control over gaming” which means video games are given priority over important aspects of life, similar to a gambling disorder. Many organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, argue that there is not enough evidence to consider video gaming addiction an actual mental disorder. But there have been examples of...
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