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Meeting the threat of Coronavirus ?? how Haughton Thornley Medical Centres is using Digital technologies to support patients and primary care staff

Hannan A

2019-nCoV is a new type of Coronavirus that has quickly become a global health threat impacting on many communities and countries around the world. Healthcare systems are under significant pressures to meet the needs of patients. Haughton Thornley Medical Centres has enabled 71% of all its patient population (just under 13,000 patients) to have full records access and understanding online including what the doctor or nurse have written about them. Through a Partnership of Trust and an explicit consent process, patients and carers are supported to use online services to become active partners in their care, working with staff and clinicians to view their electronic health records using apps such as Evergreen Life PHR and Patient Access and gain a better understanding of their healthcare needs, get appointments online by providing a comprehensive Instant Medical History via Engage Consult, sign-posted to trusted information on the practice-based web portal www.htmc.co.uk, social media including twitter and facebook and offering video consultations. This provides a great opportunity for practices to safely manage patients who may be at risk of coronavirus using online services, maintain confidence in healthcare systems and upskill individuals, families and communities to be educated and change behaviours as we promote happiness and wellness scores to achieve better outcomes for all long after the Coronavirus threat dissipates. We describe how one GP practice in the UK has overcome the fear by educating and implementing online services alongside face to face consultations to maximise trust, safety and quality in healthcare and supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals for cities for 2030.

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Organ Shortage a current critical dilemma for public health

Félix Cantarovich

From the mid-twentieth century, organ and tissue transplants began to become a new and surprising advancement of medicine maintaining or recover the life of patients inexorably doomed to lose it, through an alternative basically offered by the death itself. The possibility of the use of organs and tissues of deceased patients had become a real option of success thanks to therapeutic and immunological advances, giving to society the chance to reduce the transplant with living donor to the minimum necessary. While global statistics show that surveys conducted at all social levels show a significant positive expression towards donation, at the time of the death of a loved one, this express positive decision decreases by 50%. Unfortunately, the course of the years, showed a persistent people's inadequate behavior to organ donation. This real social drama requires a deep analysis of its causes to overcome it at all levels. The constant and growing death of patients on the waiting list, which undoubtedly represents an unjust death, is certainly an act of lesa majesty that society produces against itself. Making to understand at all social levels the basic details of what organ transplants means to the people and as well, the inhibitory barriers that prevent their full awareness at the time of the decision to donate, will be the basic elements to fight against a new worldwide health risk: The alternative to die waiting for the organ that will not arrive on time or never. A French philosopher Jean Rostand said, "To dream you have to know�, our goal then is to try to make that society at all levels professional or not, have the chance to discern through knowledge free of barriers, what should be their behavior to fight against organ shortage.

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Periodontal muscle training can strength the periodontal support Feet your teeth

Nima sabzchamanara

Previous research on periodontal structure and function has shown a significant relationship between periodontal tissue and teeth. This study assessed dentist's beliefs about the relative efficacy of the health of periodontal tissue. A total of 505 patients in general pracrice were asked to respond to a list of 25 obligatory nourishment for a child while going to have the first teeth, for its effectiveness in dealing with patient's periodontal health especially include chewing hard food. They were also asked to select the three most effective nutrition for periodontal tissue. The imdices of patient perceived importance of the periodontal health were derived and each compared with actual effectiveness as determined from a sample of 250 patients. Although the majority of patient's rated 18 of 25 nutrition as being very effective, there was no significant association between patient perceived nourishment effectiveness and actual effectiveness. The implications for patient training are discussed. This study supported by only me and my supervisor Alla grigorivna demitrova.

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Investigation of Potential Pathogenic Bacteria that are Associated with Domestic Dogs faecal matter in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Niger Delta

Azuonwu

This study was aimed at investigating the Potential Pathogenic Bacteria that are associated with Domestic dog faecal matter in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Thus, convenient sampling techniques were explored for sample collection. A total of fifty dog stool samples were collected aseptically into a sterile container, from different locations (Agip estates, Rumuokoro, GRA, Sandfill, PH-Township, RSU lecturersâ?? quarters) within Port Harcourt. A bacteriological analysis was determined using standard microbiological analytical and identification techniques. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 21. Potential pathogens that were isolated from the dogs faecal matter include Escherichia coli (20.0%), Klebsiella species (16.0%), Pseudomonas species (4.0%), Proteus species (28.0%), Bacillus species (4.0%), Staphylococcus aureus (14.0%), and Streptococcus species (4.0%). However, the research further revealed that proteus species (28.0%), were the most prevalent pathogen, while Bacillus species (4.0%), Pseudomonas species (4.0%), and Streptococcus species (4.0%), were the least prevalent among pet dogs studied locations. The correlation analysis showed that there was a relationship between two variables, and it was significant for two tail values at 0.01 and 0.05 levels respectively. The results from the study strongly suggest that pet dogs carry potential pathogenic organisms in their faecal matter that can serve as a source of infection to the pet owners. These probably poses a community health threat, thus putting the general public at risk of contracting infections if not checked in good time. It is therefore very critical that these pets should be treated and possibly vaccinated frequently, even as their faecal matters should be well disposed to prevent possible zoonotic infection epidemic outbreak in our global communities. Keywords: Zoonotic infection, Epidemic Outbreak, Potential Pathogens, Demotic Dogs, Faecal matter, Poor hygiene. Public Health

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How can Compassion serve Science?

Sylvie LECOMTE

What is the common point between spirituality, meditation, yoga, integrative, holistic, narrative or quantum medicine? â?? The Compassion. Ancestral medicine such like Ayurvedic medicine or Tibetan medicine has been cultivating it for millennia. With Food, Compassion is at the heart of any therapy. The model of the chemical molecule and the technique as only therapies able to cure arrived at the end of its effectiveness in just less than a century. Restoring meaning in how to heal and care for others is an absolute necessity because the vulnerability of humanity and the individual today is inversely proportional to scientific progress. The human should not have come out of the center of the care process. A German writer of the early twentieth century predicted that when the power of science would be associated with spirituality, humanity would progress at a giant step. Any new technology has an interest only if Compassion is the engine of these innovations. How to put love back at the heart of the healing process? By working on the unique caregiver relationship. We will see, through 5 health professions, how to give back to this relationship its sacredness. It is through our senses, especially that of the Healing Touch, that it is a question of regaining confidence that should never have left us. We will see that this trust already passes by the recognition of the Otherness of the Patient.

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Mind Over Matter as a Natural Way of Treating Pain Using Mind Strategies

Penney Megginson

Many patients complain of the side effects of medication or that these only work to minimize the pain but are not sufficient during â??flare upsâ??. It is known that there are many mind therapy techniques used to combat stress, decrease anxiety, decrease inflammation and improve sleep. These techniques can also have dramatic benefits for pain. Using mind therapies can help to change a patientâ??s pain perception so that they are able to achieve more throughout the day and perceive less pain by using easy strategies such as visualisation. This puts the patient in control of how they are feeling. They can actively bring down their pain or stress perception in order to get through tasks during the day and to improve overall mood and mindset. The purpose of my work is to demonstrate a methodology that can be taught to patients to manage or overcome their symptoms to allow them to accomplish more in their daily activities and to help them through their â??flare upâ?? episodes. These techniques can be done anywhere at any time and most of them offer instant relief/ benefits. Patients were guided through a 6-week program of one hourly online session per week. Each week, patients were taught a different technique to practice for the rest of the week. The mind training therapy sessions included Emotional Freedom Technique, Neurolinguistic Programming, Guided Meditation, Guided Visualisation and breathing techniques for stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system. Patients were given a questionnaire related to pain perception level, levels of basic activities, and general mood/ mindset/ overall happiness each week to assess the benefits of each technique and also at the beginning and end of the 6-week program to assess the overall benefits.

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Utilization of Online Clinic, AI, and Robot in the Digital Transformation of Telemedicine

Masatsugu Tsuji

New developments have been emerging in telemedicine in accordance with the development of ICTs. ICTs make it much easier to collect, accumulate, and share health and medical data among medical professionals and patients than ever before. Smartphones and sensors to measure and transmit health data by patients at home to clinic became available among patients and clinics. These are termed by online clinic and the new guideline in Japan on online clinic was issued in 2018, which was recognized as parts of implementing diagnosis, medical question, and dosage. Using online clinic, medical and health data of patients at home can be easily collected, utilized for treatment, and shared among not only medical institutions but also nursing homes and pharmacies. The utilization of health and medical data can be considered in the process of collecting, accumulating, sharing, analyzing, and applying for implementation. This paper aims to examine the followings: (i) how and in what purpose these data will be obtained and utilized; and (ii) what policies promote online clinic in the age of AI and digital transformation to solve problems such as an increase in medical expenditures related to chronic diseases, reduction of medical resources in less populated regions, overwork of medical staff, and so on. In the industry and business, the utilization of ICT such as cloud computing, big data, AI has been proceeding in a much wider and speedy way and creating new innovations aiming at Industry 4.0. Why medicine is lagged behind? When will Telemedicine 3.0 be realized?

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Meeting the threat of Coronavirus �?? how Haughton Thornley Medical Centres is using Digital technologies to support patients and primary care staff

Hannan A

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2019-nCoV is a new type of Coronavirus that has quickly become a global health threat impacting on many communities and countries around the world. Healthcare systems are under significant pressures to meet the needs of patients. Haughton Thornley Medical Centres has enabled 71% of all its patient population (just under 13,000 patients) to have full records access and understanding online including what the doctor or nurse have written about them. Through a Partnership of Trust and an explicit consent process, patients and carers are supported to use online services to become active partners in their care, working with staff and clinicians to view their electronic health records using apps such as Evergreen Life PHR and Patient Access and gain a better understanding of their healthcare needs, get appointments online by providing a comprehensive Instant Medical History via Engage Consult, sign-posted to trusted information on the practice-based web portal www.htmc.co.uk, social media including twitter and facebook and offering video consultations. This provides a great opportunity for practices to safely manage patients who may be at risk of coronavirus using online services, maintain confidence in healthcare systems and upskill individuals, families and communities to be educated and change behaviours as we promote happiness and wellness scores to achieve better outcomes for all long after the Coronavirus threat dissipates. We describe how one GP practice in the UK has overcome the fear by educating and implementing online services alongside face to face consultations to maximise trust, safety and quality in healthcare and supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals for cities for 2030.

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