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WVU in the News: Medicare telehealth expansion vital in COVID-19 outbreak
With West Virginia reporting its first case of exposure to the new coronavirus this week, the use of telemedicine could be vital to keeping the state's older residents safe. Stephen Davis, associate professor at the West Virginia University School of Public Health, is conducting a pilot program on telemedicine in the Mountain State. He says the Trump administration's expansion of telehealth for Medicare patients will help the state prevent high-risk individuals from being exposed to the virus in health-care environments. "Telehealth will enable us to be able to deliver some type of health care without having to have some type of interaction with healthcare workers that, sadly, may be infected or become infected themselves," says Davis.
WVU in the News: WVU expert shares that ‘telehealth’ can help limit the spread of COVID-19
A team of researchers at WVU started working on a pilot project to help patients who have recently left a healthcare facility, after a long-term stay, communicate with doctors through technology, now that might be a weapon in combating COVID-19.
Health Sciences Clinical Research Guidance: COVID-19
March 17, 2020 - Social distancing, telecommuting, and technology-enabled meetings have been implemented in the University community. We are now providing the following recommendations, effective immediately, relevant to clinical research:
Telehealth can help ‘flatten the curve,’ serve critical role in COVID-19 response, says WVU health expert
A week ago, Steve Davis and his team at the West Virginia University, enrolled the first four of about 30 rural West Virginians into a pilot project. It connects patients, recently discharged from long-term care facilities, with medical professionals who can manage their healthcare remotely via technology.
Compassion meditation may ease anxieties related to coronavirus, says WVU meditation expert
Practicing social distancing is one way to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but practicing emotional closeness may help alleviate the anxiety that the coronavirus can provoke.
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute first in the state to use deep brain stimulation to treat epilepsy
The West Virginia Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and WVU Medicine announced today (March 10) that they have treated the state’s first two patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) for medically refractory, or drug-resistant, epilepsy.
WVU launches website, phone number to provide COVID-19 information
West Virginia University has launched a website dedicated to information about the COVID-19 coronavirus and the University’s response and plans should the disease begin to affect the institution and community. The website is located at http://coronavirus.wvu.edu and includes general information as well as links to more detailed information for specific audiences such as students, faculty, staff and the general community.
Women and men may cope differently with diabetes diagnoses, suggests new study
Women may be more likely than men to use negative coping styles when they’re diagnosed with diabetes, according to a West Virginia University School of Nursing study.
Printer toner linked to genetic changes, health risks in new study
According to a new study by West Virginia University researcher Nancy Lan Guo, the microscopic toner nanoparticles that waft from laser printers may change our genetic and metabolic profiles in ways that make disease more likely. Her findings appear in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
WVU School of Dentistry explores new screening method for malignant oral cancer
Seven clinicians from West Virginia and Maryland gathered at the West Virginia University School of Dentistry Feb. 14 to begin training for a research project focusing on a new method to screen for malignant oral cancer.