Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’
Masks for Protection Against Pandemic Flu 1918
Sadly, many healthcare agencies and employers still want healthcare workers to use surgical masks instead of real respirators as protection for healthcare workers against airborne disease, such as the current swine flu outbreak. Why is healthcare so far behind the science in the area of healthcare worker protection? This is a short film of a 1918 parade in San Francisco, California on November 11, 1918, celebrating the end of WWI. Many of the marchers wore face masks for protection against flu epidemic. In an attempt to control it’s spread, a city law had been passed making it mandatory to wear the masks in all public places. The city’s mayor, with the backing of the Board of Health and the Red Cross, boldly declared, “Wear a Mask and Save Your Life! A Mask is 99% Proof Against Influenza.” Citizens of San Francisco were reminded to don their masks through a popular rhyme of the day: “Obey the laws, And wear the gauze. Protect your jaws from septic paws.” The debate over the value of the public wearing masks to protect against the flu is still being debated today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released interim advice to the public about the use of facemasks and respirators in certain public (non-occupational) settings during an influenza pandemic (http://www.pandemicflu.gov/vaccine/maskguidance.html , but said that there is very little research about the value of masks to protect people in public settings. For more information about the flu, go to Flu Wiki ( http://www.fluwikie.com/ ). This film is from the Internet Archive.
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State of the Union: Finishing the Job of Health Reform
President Obama tells Congress that he will not walk away from health reform and urges members to finish the job of providing affordable and equitable care for the American people. January 27, 2010. (Public Domain)
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Who Do You Trust About Health Insurance Reform?
Amidst all the noise over health insurance reform, Vice President Joe Biden asks the important question, Who Do You Trust? Lori Heim, M.D., (President, American Academy of Family Physicians) and Rebecca Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR (President, American Nurses Association) explain why doctors and nurses are calling for reform. November 30, 2009 (Public Domain)
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First Lady on Health Insurance Reform and Older Women
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about the difficulties senior women face in today’s health insurance market and the importance of reform. November 13, 2009. (Public Domain)
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John Stossel: Insurance Makes Healthcare Far More Expensive
John Stossel makes the case that we should pay for own healthcare. What a shocking notion!
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Privacy and Protection
Privacy and protection for consumer rights is at the forefront of concerns relating to the implementation of electronic health records. Privacy, confidentiality, discrimination and appropriate use of data are points of discussion surrounding the concerns of implementing health IT. Alison Rein, Assistant Director for Food and Health Policy at the National Consumer League, a leading consumer rights group, offers an actual example of a woman who was afforded no protection under the law when the entirety of her medical record was shared with another institution.
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President Obama Explains Why Health Insurance Reform is Crucial for Small Business
The President speaks to small business owners about how health insurance reform is important not only to businesses and their employees, but also to the overall health of the economy. October 29, 2009. (Public Domain)
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