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The NICE Journey towards dynamic, living guideline recommendations

NICE — National Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceNovember 2021 We are transforming the way we produce, update and present

20 de dezembro de 2021

Weigh the risks of loneliness (when considering remote work) - Arthur C. Brooks @ HBS

This is an excerpt of the article “COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?”, which

20 de dezembro de 2021

6 trends in data and artificial intelligence for 2021 and beyond

MIT Sloan Management ReviewSara BrownAug 9, 2021 The last year has shown the value of innovative uses of

20 de dezembro de 2021

Omicron storms Europe

Governments scramble to stop the new variant The EconomistDec 19th 2021PARIS THE HIGHLY infectious Omicron variant already accounts for

20 de dezembro de 2021

Uma entrevista com o novo presidente da SBOC, Dr. Paulo Hoff

MescapeMônica Tarantino20 de dezembro de 2021 Em entrevista ao Medscape, o novo presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia

20 de dezembro de 2021

Exploring the Science Behind mRNA Technology

mRNA Vaccinnes Platform for Covid-19 and beyond PfizerDecember 20, 2021 Click here to watch a short video. https://youtu.be/14O532ktuPc The

20 de dezembro de 2021

Oracle acquires Cerner for $28.3B

The database giant says it plans to expand the company’s global footprint as it invests big in healthcare — the

20 de dezembro de 2021

Solving the vaccine inequity to fight omicron - waiving intellectual-property rights on COVID-19 (and protecting against other new variants)

This is a republication of the article below, with the title above. Booster shots are the best defense

20 de dezembro de 2021

COVID-19 vaccine equality, ‘most pressing issue of our times’ - UN chief

The remarkable and rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines offers “great hope” that the devastating pandemic can be overcome,

20 de dezembro de 2021

Por uma saúde compatível com as necessidades, interesses e possibilidades de todos os brasileiros: Uma entrevista com Antônio Britto

Monitor de SaúdeAndre MediciSegunda-feira, 20 dezembro 20, 2021 Quando em fins de 1984, os sonhos de retorno à

20 de dezembro de 2021

The Future Of Work: Offering Employee Well-Being Benefits Can Stem The Great Resignation

ForbesJeanne MeisterDec 16, 2021GETTY The Great Resignation is getting greater. Employers around the country are seeking to fill

20 de dezembro de 2021

How to disconnect from work while on vacation

National GeographicALLIE YANGDECEMBER 14, 2021 A woman works on her laptop computer at Gotanda station in Tokyo. You’re

20 de dezembro de 2021

11 emerging technologies to watch in 2022 in the area of Health Care & Climate Change

This is an excerpt from the publication below, focusing in the area of health care and climate change

20 de dezembro de 2021

2020 was a record year for feeling stressed at work (43%). As a consequence employee engagement declined (20%).

World Economic ForumMartin Armstrong, Data Journalist, Statista17 Dec 2021 Image: REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN — Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) Gallup Survey Key

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Three degrees of global warming is quite plausible and truly disastrous

Rapid emission cuts can reduce the risks but not eliminate them The EconomistBriefingJul 24th 2021 edition Click Below

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Effort to address global vaccine shortfalls envisions a more equitable new year (let´s monitor it!)

Newly authorized vaccine bolsters COVAX’s optimistic supply forecast, but in-country challenges persist ScienceBYJON COHEN17 DEC 2021 The COVID-19

19 de dezembro de 2021

Seven Charts That Explain the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2021

COVID-19 continued its worldwide spread in 2021, spurred by more contagious variants. Vaccines are highly effective, though have

19 de dezembro de 2021

Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout in the United States - US$ 4.6 billion

$4.6 billion in costs related to physician turnover and reduced clinical hours is attributable to burnout each year

19 de dezembro de 2021

Minds turned to ash

Is burnout simply the result of working too hard? Josh Cohen argues that the root of the problem

18 de dezembro de 2021

Blame Burnout on System, Not Doc, Says Advisor to Surgeon General

Even before the pandemic, burnout cost the healthcare system $4.6 billion a year, and healthcare organizations lose $500,000

18 de dezembro de 2021

A Cidade do Rio de Janeiro contabilizou mais de 23 mil casos de gripe nas últimas semanas (9/12)

O que está por trás da epidemia de gripe no Rio de Janeiro. Nas últimas semanas, a cidade do

18 de dezembro de 2021

Omicron blindspots: why it’s hard to track coronavirus variants

Researchers are rapidly sequencing the genomes of virus samples worldwide, but shortcomings in the global surveillance system make

18 de dezembro de 2021

What the spread of Omicron means for the world (Scenarios for preparing for the new variant)

Hospitals are likely to struggle but boosters will help, predict two new studies The EconomistDecember 28, 2021 IT HAS

18 de dezembro de 2021

Burnout vira doença do trabalho em 2022. O que muda agora?

A nova classificação na OMS entre em vigor em 2022 e torna a Síndrome do Burnout uma doença

18 de dezembro de 2021

The Risk of Vaccinated COVID Transmission Is Not Low

After my son got sick, I dived into the data, and it turns out vaccinated people can and

18 de dezembro de 2021

Digital Transformation Changes How Companies Create Value

Harvard Business Reviewby Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. ParkerDecember 17, 2021 Since at least the 1980s, firms

17 de dezembro de 2021

How The Digital Healthcare Industry Can Go Further

Forbes, Council PostDavid JoostenDec 16, 2021companyconnecting The rural care crisis Rural Americans form 15–20% of the U.S. population but

17 de dezembro de 2021

The new normal is already here. Get used to it

The era of predictable unpredictability is not going away The EconomistDec 18th 2021 IS IT NEARLY over? In 2021

17 de dezembro de 2021

Tudo já é digital, chegou a hora da Identidade

Identidade Digital será um marco na digitalização do país e na transformação das relações de consumo. Documento deverá

17 de dezembro de 2021

Casos de chikungunya disparam e acendem alerta de nova epidemia no Brasil ( 93.4 mil casos, 31% de aumento) – Em SP o aumento foi de 6.000%

Até o dia 4 de dezembro deste ano, foram registrados 93,4 mil casos prováveis da doença (chikungunya), causada

17 de dezembro de 2021

Strengthening Primary Health Care: The Importance of Payment Reform

The Commonwealth FundBLOGDECEMBER 10, 2021adapted from a cwf published image Key messages (Edited by the author of the blog)

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Building utopia from disaster: could the pandemic show a way to better healthcare?

Now is the time for revolution, not just reformation. An essay by Agnes Arnold-Forster The BMJAgnes Arnold-ForsterBMJ 2021;375:n2892 healthdataueurope

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Three Lasting Lessons from 2021

BCG Boston Consulting GroupDecember 17, 2021 As you plan for the year ahead, take a moment to reflect

17 de dezembro de 2021

São Paulo says it has fully vaccinated 100 percent of its adults. Will it be enough to stop omicron?

The Washingon PostDecember, 13 2021. SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — In a world struggling to convince people to take the coronavirus

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Covid scenarios-how will things play out with Omicron?

EIUAgathe DemaraisMon, 13th Dec 2021 Omicron’s impact will depend on three factors, which are, by order of importance:

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Pandemic Situation Report

The Health Strategist the blog of Joaquim Cardoso MSc.December 16, 2021 Which countries are best protected against Omicron? Scientists

16 de dezembro de 2021

‘Living’ guidelines reviews save lives and can do more

Nature NewsletterDecember 16, 2021 Typically, decision makers draw on formal summaries of research evidence called systematic reviews, but

16 de dezembro de 2021

Who is Tulio de Oliveira - The Brazilian awarded by Nature as 1 of the 10 people who helped shape science in 2021?

The Brazilian Scientist, and bioinformatician in South Africa that helped to identify troubling variants of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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Covid-19 and Health Care’s Digital Revolution

New England Journal of MedicineSirina Keesara, M.D., Andrea Jonas, M.D., and Kevin Schulman, M.D.June 4, 2020 In the

16 de dezembro de 2021

5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System

Harvard Business Reviewby Marc HarrisonDecember 15, 2021 Since early 2020, the dominating presence of the Covid-19 pandemic has

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Covid has shown we must build better pandemic defences (e.g. Surveillance Systems)

Biological detection and surveillance systems would help find the next dangerous pathogen before it spreads Financial TimesHAMISH DE BRETTON-GORDONDecember

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The Roadmap for Implementing Value-Based Healthcare in European University Hospitals

Consensus Report and Recommendations Value In HealthDecember 15, 2021 Yolima Cossio-Gil, MD, MPHMaisa Omara, BDS, MPHCarolina Watson, PhDJoseph

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Air pollution costs $8.1 trillion (6.1 % of global GDP), and causes 6.4 million premature deaths.

Air pollution from fine particulate matter caused 6.4 million premature deaths and 93 billion days lived with illness (2019).

15 de dezembro de 2021

Lessons that the Brazilian Cash Transfer Program (Auxilio Brasil / Bolsa Familia), can learn from Bangladesh to become sustainable.

This is a republication of the article below, with the title above, looking into applying the lessons for

15 de dezembro de 2021

WTO Members Launch Historic Statements To ‘Phase Out’ Fossil Fuel Subsidies And Reduce Plastics

Health Policy WatchAishwarya Tendolkar15/12/2021 In a historic first, World Trade Organization (WTO) members launched three high-level ministerial statements

15 de dezembro de 2021

An overwhelming majority of COVID-19 hospital admissions were among unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people (USA)

This is a republication of the article below, focusing on the topic above. COVID-19 breakthrough hospitalizations — Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

15 de dezembro de 2021

Why It’s So Hard to Keep and Recruit Employees Right Now

MIT Sloan Management ReviewLynda GrattonDecember 14, 2021 In a webinar I conducted in November 2021, I put the

15 de dezembro de 2021

If Omicron infections continue to double every 2.5 days, there will be a million people infected this coming Sunday alone (UK)

How did the UK reach 200,000 Omicron infections in one day? Scientists warn rates of coronavirus variant will continue

15 de dezembro de 2021

Pfizer says Covid drug offers strong protection and should work against Omicron

Data confirm Paxlovid cuts risk of hospitalisation or death by 89% for highly vulnerable patients Financial TimesHannah Kuchler

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The battle of the computing clouds is intensifying

Insurgents take on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform The EconomistDec 13th 2021 HOW MUCH have you spent

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COVID-19 in 2022: controlling the pandemic is within our grasp (It requires Governance, Leadership and Action)

Vaccine inequity, inconsistent public health measures and new variants such as Omicron are prolonging the COVID-19 pandemic, but

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Engage surgeons to work weekends. This will fix health-care backlogs, save money and ease health-worker burnout.

CTV National News: Parallel health-care crisisThe Canadian PressStaffLaura OsmanPublished Sunday, December 12, 2021 This is republication of the

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The silent and dangerous inequity around access to COVID-19 testing: A call to action

The Lancet CommentaryCarolina BatistaPeter HotezYanis Ben AmorJerome H KimDavid KaslowBhavna LallOnder ErgonulJ Peter FigueroaMayda GurselMazen HassanainGagandeep KangHeidi LarsonDenise

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Australia working towards ‘permanent’ telehealth (US$ 76 million) - as part of an investment in the country’s primary care system ($220 million)

Over 16 million Australians have also received subsidised telehealth support since last year. HealthCare IT NewsBy Adam AngDecember 13,

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WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the 10th Global Conference on Health Promotion

Key messages: First, remember that health is part of a larger ecosystem that encompasses environmental, social, economic, and

13 de dezembro de 2021

Universal Nutrition Coverage: ~3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.

Universal Nutrition Coverage: A Transformative Opportunity For Health And Food Advocates On Universal Health Coverage Day — an appeal to

13 de dezembro de 2021

More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs

COVID-19 pandemic disrupts health services worldwide The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress

12 de dezembro de 2021

Emergency departments can affect hospital readmission rates, massive EHR study shows

Researchers analyzed the records of nearly 2 million Medicare beneficiaries who underwent one of five common surgical procedures.

8 de dezembro de 2021

Momento da administração da imunoterapia (hora do dia) influi na sobrevida

MedscapeM. Alexander Otto7 de dezembro de 2021bbc Uma recente revisão indica que o momento do dia em que

8 de dezembro de 2021

AI as a Force for Good — with ethics

Both financial and nonfinancial benefits depend on employees working with and trusting AI. LinkedinSam RansbothamProfessor at Boston College; AI Editor

7 de dezembro de 2021

India (15.5 million) and Brazil (9.7 million) are estimated to have the highest number of Post Covid Conditions, after the U.S (19. million)

Assessing the Global Burden of Post-COVID-19 Conditions — Modeling the incidence of post-COVID conditions worldwide based on real-word evidence

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A imunoterapia apresenta maior eficácia e segurança que o tratamento farmacológico padrão em casos de Câncer de Fígado Avançado (CHC)

Principalmente quando utilizada em combinação com outras medicações. Esta é uma republicação do paper abaixo, precedida de uma

7 de dezembro de 2021

Autism affects ~ 78 million people worldwide -impacting also the families

The Lancet Commission on the future of care and clinical research in autism The Lancet Prof Catherine Lord, PhD

6 de dezembro de 2021

Saúde privada é pouco eficiente no tratamento de câncer de pulmão (segundo estudo recente)

Maior estudo já publicado sobre o tema mostrou que a sobrevida de pacientes com a doença está décadas

6 de dezembro de 2021

WHO advises against use of convalescent plasma for covid-19

Current evidence shows no improvement in survival and other important measures WHODecember 6, 2021newsmedical Convalescent plasma (a transfusion

6 de dezembro de 2021

Making the case for Malaria Erradication -with funding for Vaccines and Medicines, plus Surveillance

This is a republication of the article below, with the title above, with visual editing by the Editor

6 de dezembro de 2021

New York City Will Become a Test Case for Private-Sector Vaccine Mandates

TimeThe Coronavirus BriefMonday, December 6, 2021 In early November, the U.S. federal government issued an emergency rule that

6 de dezembro de 2021

Misinformation alarms Francis Collins -the Genome Project leader , among others - as he leaves top NIH job

The genome project leader reflects on his 12 years at the helm of a juggernaut biomedical agency, and

6 de dezembro de 2021

300,000 new cases of Melanoma Skin Cancer were diagnosed worldwide (2018). Non-melanoma skin cancer were over 1 million

Skin cancer statistics | World Cancer Research Fund International World Cancer Research FundDownloaded on December 6, 2021 There

6 de dezembro de 2021

47,000 more Malaria deaths worldwide last year,the coronavirus pandemic disrupted health services in many countries

WHO: No ‘doomsday,’ but malaria fight disrupted by pandemic The U.N. health agency says the global response to the

6 de dezembro de 2021

Whole genome sequencing improves diagnosis of rare diseases and shortens diagnostic journeys for patients, according to world first study

Genomics EnglandPosted on November 10, 2021 Key message Incredible — findings from UK’s 100,000 Genomes Pilot show that whole genome

5 de dezembro de 2021

Mandatory vaccinations: Three reasons for and against

Nearly two years since Chinese doctors first observed mysterious new cases of pneumonia, Covid-19 is still with us. On

5 de dezembro de 2021

Technology and Universal Health Coverage: Examining the role of digital health

Journal of Global HealthDavid Wilson1, Aziz Sheikh2, Marelize Görgens1, Katherine Ward1November 20, 2021 Abstract While there is tremendous

5 de dezembro de 2021

The dangers of decision fatigue

Taking a break can boost productivity The EconomistMay, 2021 “HAVE A BREAK” is a slogan associated with the

5 de dezembro de 2021

The Landscape Of AI And Real-World Evidence

ForbesGil PresDecember 2, 2021 The race to find medical treatments for Covid-19-and future pandemics-is on, driving renewed investments

5 de dezembro de 2021

Despite widespread demand for responses that promote, protect and care for children’s mental health, investment remains negligible.

ON MY MIND — Promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health UnicefTHE STATE OF THE WORLD ’S CHILDREN 2021October 2021.

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Coronavirus Drug and Treatment Tracker @ The New York Times

The New York TimesDecember, 2021 When the Covid-19 pandemic emerged in early 2020, biomedical researchers scrambled to find

5 de dezembro de 2021

BOOSTERS EFFICACY: Six different COVID-19 boosters are safe and increase immunity when given after two doses of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech …

… with large variations in immune responses, UK trial shows EurekAlertDec 2, 2021 Key messages Randomised, phase 2 trial

4 de dezembro de 2021

Scientists from South Africa call on the UK and other governments to reverse their damaging travel bans

… and follow the advice of WHO and the International Health Regulations in keeping international borders open. This is

4 de dezembro de 2021

Formação médica: nada será como antes

Folha de S.PauloSidney Klajner, Presidente da Sociedade Israelita Albert Einsten4 de Dezembro de 2021 Evidências científicas, vivência com

4 de dezembro de 2021

Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: a new chapter in the COVID-19 pandemic

The Lancet, CommentSalim S Abdool Karim, Quarraisha Abdool KarimPublished:December 03, 2021 On Nov 25, 2021, about 23 months

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If 3.5 billion people have not yet been vaccinated, how the Leaders of rich countries expect to control the Pandemic?

The Health Strategistby Joaquim Cardoso MScDecember 4, 2021 This article is inspired and based on the post by

4 de dezembro de 2021

Mexico could benefit from China’s exclusion from supply chains

If Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the populist president, doesn’t hold it back The EconomistThe AmericasDec 4th 2021 edition THE

4 de dezembro de 2021

The Covid-19 Pandemic - What Lessons Have Been Learnt

Views from an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist BCG Henderson InstituteGuest Aticle By Professor Sir Roy M Anderson FRS FMedScDecember

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Disability-a neglected issue in public health - e.g.Hearing Loss is one of the leading contributors issues, affecting 1·57 billion people

The Lancet Public HealthEditorialJune, 2021 More than 1 billion people, around 15% of the global population, have some

3 de dezembro de 2021

Omicron is spreading around the world (Will we develop Genomic Sequencing this time, for early surveillance?)

The EconomistNov 29th 2021 Editor’s note (December 3rd): This article was updated to include our live tracker of Omicron

3 de dezembro de 2021

Omicron-variant border bans ignore the evidence, say scientists - It’s too late. The variant is circulating globally

NatureSmriti MallapatyDecember 2, 2021 More than 50 countries have stepped up border controls to slow the spread of

3 de dezembro de 2021

The Omicron variant has exposed gaps in U.S. testing and surveillance efforts

‘Just stupid stuff’: Logistics and lack of testing stymied finding the Omicron variant in the U.S. STATBy Megan MolteniDec.

3 de dezembro de 2021

Quantum computers to explore precision oncology

Life scientists are preparing to test quantum computers for applications beyond computational chemistry, such as selecting responders to

3 de dezembro de 2021

With 1.3 million annual road deaths, UN wants to halve number by 2030

United NationsUN AffairsDecember 3, 2021 The plan is a key part of the Decade of Action for Road

3 de dezembro de 2021

The next big bottleneck in the global vaccination effort

The world still needs more coronavirus vaccines, but an additional bottleneck has emerged in many low-income countries: They

3 de dezembro de 2021

To get out of this pandemic, we need to stay ahead of this virus, as opposed to playing catch-up @ Harvard Medical School Study

New study forecasts how SARS-CoV-2 variants could evade vaccines … we studied them as part of composite variants that

3 de dezembro de 2021

America’s historic missed chance on Covid

Financial TimesDecember 2, 2021. The global vaccine emergency is tailor-made for a tarnished America to rebrand itself. At

3 de dezembro de 2021

The Glasgow summit left a huge hole in the world’s plans to curb climate change

But it did agree a mechanism to fill it in The EconomistNovember 20th, 2021 AS COP26 FINALLY came to

3 de dezembro de 2021

Health Systems Resilience During The Pandemic: It´s mostly about Governance (Health Systems Governance Series @ EuroHealth)

Euro HealthAnna Sagan, Erin Webb, Dheepa Rajan, Marina Karanikolos and Scott L Greer2021, Vol.7, n.1 Summary: Governance is

2 de dezembro de 2021

A Paradigm Shift in Tackling Liver Disease - prevention and early detection, not end-stage treatment of complications.

The LancetDecember, 2021 Liver Disease in Europe Liver disease is a leading cause of years of working life lost

2 de dezembro de 2021

How Covid-19 affected people’s lives and their views about science - according to a global survey

Wellcome Global Monitor 2020: Covid-19 Summary of key findings | Wellcome Wellcome29 November 2021 Summary of key findings During late

2 de dezembro de 2021

Teaching the Immune System to Attack Cancer with Greater Precision - research on developing mRNA vaccines that could be used to treat cancer

NIH Director´s blogPosted on by Dr. Francis CollinsNovember 12th, 2021 Overview (NCI) In a recent post on the

2 de dezembro de 2021

The U.S. Paid Billions To Get Enough COVID Vaccines Last Fall. What Went Wrong? (Operation Warp Speed)

Health Inc @ NPRSidney LupkinAugust 25, 20212:30 PM ETHeard on All Things Considered It was 17 days before

2 de dezembro de 2021

‘COVID Compass’ for navigating the pandemic - Building an Integrated Database Platform for Monitoring System and Mitigation

Key messages (summarized by the Editor of the blog) Building a national, regional and local integrated database platform that

2 de dezembro de 2021