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California Healthcare Mask Mandate Ends

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) mask mandate for healthcare facilities is no longer in effect as of today, Monday, April 3rd.  However, you might discover that there are some facilities and counties that…

UN, WHO Call for Greater COVID Transparency from China

Both the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are calling on the Chinese government to be more transparent regarding the outbreak of COVID following Beijing’s abrupt halt of its Zero-COVID policy last…

COVID Cases Surge Following China Abruptly Abandoning Zero-COVID

Social media from China suggests a significant surge in COVID cases following the government’s abrupt halt of its Zero-COVID policy.  Chinese doctors and nurses, along with desperate families of COVID patients, are posting stories of…

China Tries to Quietly Back Down on Zero-COVID Policy

Since the start of the pandemic, China has attempted to control COVID through widespread testing leading to strict lockdowns whenever the virus is detected in a community.  People that test positive are taken to regional…

AHMC’s New Electronic Medical Record Goes Live

Adventist Health Mendocino Coast (AHMC) hospital goes live this week with a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) called Cerner.  Last week in the Miller Report, we reviewed a brief history of the development of EHRs…

AH Mendocino Coast Hospital Gets New Electronic Medical Record

Adventist Health Mendocino Coast (AHMC) hospital will go live with its new Cerner electronic health record (EHR) on December 1st.  This is an exciting time for staff and doctors at the hospital as it will…

Influenza and RSV Surge throughout the US this Winter

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is an orthopneumovirus that is very common during the winter months each year.  In adults, it is one of the causes of the “common cold”.  However, in infants it can cause…

World Population Reaches 8 Billion

The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the human population on Earth will exceed 8 billion by the end of November, 2022.  As of this writing on November 1st, the population is estimated to…

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