It starts with a simple health risk assessment and health history along with current health issues and medications. Keep a daily record of your health by tracking it on your app and notify your provider if you begin experiencing symptoms. You can even share your health information with the providers you choose with a unique QR code! If you don’t have a healthcare provider, you can find a highly-rated provider right from the app along with recommended resources near you, including telehealth options. Get started on taking control of your health—right from the convenience of your smartphone. InXite is committed to updating you with all the latest coronavirus news as it happens. Stay tuned for further developments.
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InXite Takes Covid-19 Very Seriously
Coronavirus—what you need to know
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing increasing concern worldwide. InXite Health Systems is carefully monitoring this situation to provide our clients, patients and employees with the most up-to-date information as it becomes available. Leading researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide the most current information on this disease, including announcements from the White House.
Here are some precautions to take:
• Stay home when you are sick (especially if you are experiencing respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headaches, chills or fatigue).
• Wash your hands frequently with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds.
• Cover your mouth with tissues whenever you sneeze, and discard used tissues in the trash.
• Avoid people who are sick with respiratory symptoms.
• Clean frequently touched surfaces.
Here are the President’s coronavirus guidelines for America:
15 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD
• Listen to and follow the directions of your STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
• IF YOU FEEL SICK, stay home. Do not go to work. Contact your medical provider.
• IF YOUR CHILDREN ARE SICK, keep them at home. Do not send them to school. Contact your medical provider.
• IF SOMEONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD HAS TESTED POSITIVE for the coronavirus, keep
the entire household at home. Do not go to work. Do not go to school. Contact your medical provider.
• IF YOU ARE AN OLDER PERSON, stay home and away from other people.
• IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A SERIOUS UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION that can put you at increased risk (for example, a condition that impairs your lung or heart function or weakens your immune system), stay home and away from other people.
DO YOUR PART TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS
Even if you are young, or otherwise healthy, you are at risk and your activities can increase the risk for others. It is critical that you do your part to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
• Work or engage in schooling from home whenever possible.
• IF YOU WORK IN A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security, such as healthcare services and pharmaceutical and food supply, you have a special responsibility to maintain your normal work schedule. You and your employees should follow CDC guidance to protect your health a work.• AVOID SOCIAL GATHERINGS in groups of more than 10 people.
• Avoid eating or drinking at bars, restaurants and food courts—USE DRIVE-THRU, PICKUP OR DELIVERY OPTIONS.
• AVOID DISCRETIONARY TRAVEL, shopping trips and social visits.
• DO NOT VISIT nursing homes or retirement or long-term care facilities unless to provide critical assistance.
• PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE:
o Wash your hands, especially after touching any frequently used item or surface.
o Avoid touching your face.
o Sneeze or cough into a tissue or the inside of your elbow.
o Disinfect frequently used items and surfaces as much as possible.
President Trump expands telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries during COVID-19 outbreak
The Trump Administration today announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable beneficiaries to receive a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. Beginning on March 6, 2020, Medicare—administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—will temporarily pay clinicians to provide telehealth services for beneficiaries residing across the entire country. Read the article in its entirety here.
Text message rumors of a national quarantine are FAKE
There is no national lockdown. The CDC has and will continue to post the latest guidance on CDC.gov.
The CDC recommendations for cleaning and disinfecting your home
Cleaning of visibly dirty surfaces followed by disinfection is a best practice measure for prevention of COVID-19 and other viral respiratory illnesses in households and community settings. Click here for detailed cleaning and disinfecting practices.
Breaking News 2
- COVID-19 still rising in much of US; Brazil now 2nd hardest-hit nation May 23, 2020Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsMay 23, 2020Experts say activity isn’t under control in 24 states.Jim Wappes
- Malaria drugs tied to risk of death, heart problems in COVID-19 patients May 22, 2020Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP NewsMay 22, 2020The largest study to date on the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine finds no benefit, but the drugs were associated with a higher risk of hospital death and serious heart rhythm complications.Jim Wappes
- China’s COVID-19 vaccine shows promise; groups warn about childhood vaccine disruptions May 22, 2020Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsMay 22, 2020Researchers find that the vaccine was tolerable and immune-producing 28 days after vaccination.Jim Wappes
- COVID-19 reveals telehealth barriers, solutions May 22, 2020Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP NewsMay 22, 2020Telemedicine can be a boon to clinics with large pandemic-related revenue hits.Jim Wappes
- Studies: Early tests, not symptom screening, can control COVID-19 in nursing homes May 22, 2020Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP NewsMay 22, 2020Two studies show that rapid coronavirus testing helped contained outbreaks in long-term care facilities.Jim Wappes
- US polls show partisan divide in attitudes to COVID-19 May 22, 2020Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP NewsMay 22, 2020Results show 70% of Democrats vs. 37% of Republicans say they wear a mask when leaving the house.Jim Wappes
- News Scan for May 22, 2020 May 22, 2020C diff in COVID-19 patientsPharmacist review for Staph bacteremiaRomaine E coli and cattle proximityPolio in Afghanistan, PakistanLisa Schnirring
- In pandemic, many seeing upsides to telemedicine May 21, 2020Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP NewsMay 21, 2020“It’s more convenient, patients are happier, we get the information we need, and we can open up more slots for other patients.”Jim Wappes
- Studies: 1% of healthcare workers had COVID-19 May 21, 2020Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP NewsMay 21, 2020Infection rates in Dutch and Chinese health workers were higher among those reporting no COVID-19 patient contact.Jim Wappes
- Warnings, pushback as states reopen amid new coronavirus cases May 21, 2020Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP NewsMay 21, 2020Also, a report says the CDC combines the results of viral and antibody tests, clouding the pandemic picture.Jim Wappes
Breaking News 3
- At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts, warn Gavi, WHO and UNICEF May 22, 2020COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children – in rich and poor countries alike – at risk of diseases like diphtheria, measles and polio. This stark warning comes from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ahead of the Global Vaccine Summit […]
- Results of an updated analysis of trends in human African trypanosomiasis from 2000 to 2018 May 22, 2020A detailed analysis of human African trypanosomiasis data systematically collected by WHO in the years 2000–2018 in the HAT Atlas was published in PloS NTDs showing the updated picture of the elimination trends in this disease.
- Exciting new results from long-acting PrEP study show it to be effective in preventing HIV acquisition in men who have sex with men and transgender women May 22, 2020The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN 083) study on the safety and efficacy of the long-acting injectable antiretroviral drug cabotegravir (CAB LA), for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in HIV-uninfected cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women who have sex with men, was stopped early by the trial Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) […]
- WHO and UNHCR join forces to improve health services for refugees, displaced and stateless people May 22, 2020The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency today signed a new agreement to strengthen and advance public health services for the millions of forcibly displaced people around the world.The agreement updates and expands an existing 1997 agreement between the two organizations. A key aim this year will be to support ongoing […]
- World No Tobacco Day 2020 awards — the winners May 22, 2020World No Tobacco Day 2020 awards — the winners
- Smithsonian Science Education Center With Support of the World Health Organization Launches New COVID-19 Guide for Youth May 21, 2020The Smithsonian Science Education Center, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)—a partnership of 140 national academies of science, engineering and medicine—has developed “COVID-19! How can I protect myself and others?,” a new rapid-response guide for youth ages 8–17. The guide, which is based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, […]
- Historic health assembly ends with global commitment to COVID-19 response May 20, 2020At today’s meeting of the 73rd World Health Assembly —its first-ever to be held virtually—delegates adopted a landmark resolution to bring the world together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution, co-sponsored by more than 130 countries, was adopted by consensus. It calls for the intensification of efforts to control the pandemic, and for equitable access […]
- WHO: People living longer and healthier lives but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track May 18, 2020All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods, and threatening the recent advances in health and progress towards global development goals highlighted in the 2020 World Health Statistics published by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. “The good news is that people around the world are living longer […]
- Meeting of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Bioethics May 18, 2020Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the planned 11th meeting of the Global Network of WHO CCs for Bioethics at Stellenbosch University in April could not be held. A virtual meeting was held on 8 May to share important insights gained through the COVID-related projects CCs have been involved in and discuss common ethical challenges faced […]
- UNODC, WHO, UNAIDS and OHCHR joint statement on COVID-19 in prisons and other closed settings May 18, 2020We, the leaders of global health, human rights and development institutions, come together to urgently draw the attention of political leaders to the heightened vulnerability of prisoners and other people deprived of liberty to the COVID-19 pandemic, and urge them to take all appropriate public health measures in respect of this vulnerable population that is […]
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