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Utilization of Telehealth in the Age of COVID19

In early 2020, the world was hit with the devastating news of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that caused a pandemic. During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), healthcare organizations had to grapple with the challenge of providing care to a socially distanced society in an attempt to reduce the transmission of disease, preserve the limited personal protective equipment (PPE) available, and minimize exposure to patients, providers, and the community. The PHE provided an opportunity for telehealth services to gain traction as previous restrictions on providing telehealth services were lifted to reduce barriers to healthcare access. The healthcare sector looked to telehealth technical platforms to continue to delivery of care to the community under a lockdown. Telehealth refers to the entire spectrum of activities used to deliver care at a distance without direct physical contact with the patient. Telehealth was effective in care delivery in various non-emergent medical
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Access to Patient Health Records and its effect on Patient care.

The advance in communications technology and devices have made wireless electronic communication possible in most parts of the world and at any time of the day. With healthcare trends moving towards patient-centered care which empowers patients and encourages patient-provider communications as a way to lower healthcare costs and improve health outcomes. The increase in internet access and the emergence of electronic health record has created new avenues for patients to play an active role in their care.  Most Electronic Health Records (EHR) vendors have developed patient portals to help patients electronically communicate with their physicians or healthcare providers via smartphone applications or on a personal computer giving them the ability to access and securely share their medical records.  This portal is known as the Patient Health Records (PHR). The Markle Foundation in 2004 initially defined PHR as “an electronic application through which individuals can access, manage, and sha

Examining the Project Management Profession: Digital transformation trends in the profession

The world, as we know it is changing, and due to the current digital transformations, the times are now volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. This change is impacting how products, services, processes, and systems are developed. The project management discipline and roles are also evolving with this new trend. Using experiences of some project management events attended, I will try to illuminate these changes and key capabilities that exist today in this field due to disruptive business model innovations and new digital technologies.  PROJECTUM a European-based Project management application company, on the 13th of March 2019, had a webinar titled “Effective Project Management Using Microsoft Teams”. This event presented the new features added in the Microsoft application called Teams to conduct virtual meetings successfully. There was a demonstration in the use of features on this application to schedule meetings, share documents, take notes, and record the whole ev

THE POWER OF THE PERMANENT VOTERS CARD (PVC)

It is about time again! The Nigerian 2019 general elections are fast approaching. You spent the last 3 years listening to legislators from your region talking with no visible in your community. You spent years listening to a governor explain how he can't pay your salary but yet he and his friends live large and build statues worth millions of Naira. You have spend years getting explanation on why you don't still have adequate power supply , good roads and job opportunities. You have seen a switch in political parties yet situations remain the same. Your weapon for 2019 is you Permanent voters card (PVC). Steps on how to use this PVC : If you don't have one, go and get one. lf you have a friend that doesn't have one, wait for him to complain about any bad situation in the country. Tell him his solution is in the PVC Stop voting for Parties. Vote for individuals. Even your favorite party can field bad candidates.  If he has been in position before, he is not

THE BIOGRAPHY OF AND TRIBUTE TO HONOURABLE CHIEF LORD MAYOR OTISI OMOJI

Mayor Otisi Omoji Otisi was born in 1926 to OMOJI OTISI of Ndi Omoji, Ihebu Ameke and Madam Inyang Eme Echeghe (Nwaegele) of Ndi Echeghe, Ihungwu, Ameke both of in the Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State Nigeria  in West Africa. He attended the then Church of Scotland Mission School, Afiankwo, Abiriba where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1939. For his secondary education, high school equivalent, he passed through then famous Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu, under the revered mentorship of the great Alvan Ikoku (of blessed memory). The Abiriba community identified the young Mayor as one of the talented potentials of his generation and magnanimously sponsored him to study at the pioneer and prestigious University College, Ibadan (UCI), Nigeria, an overseas affiliate to the University of London, London. He successfully completed his course of study there in record time in 1952, thus, becoming one of the few pioneer graduates of the institution with a

The 2019 Nigerian Elections political strategy

     It is a well known fact that in Nigerian elections, funding is a very big factor. Millions are spent to secure the party nomination and much more is spent campaigning to get to power. For this reason, we have politicians looting the treasury to secure their reelection bid. Those that go for sponsors from political godfathers have to pay back with appointments and contracts when in power. This begs the question, how do you win an election with smaller funds and a party platform with no national spread? An uphill battle you might say and a miracle is required. Something happened  in the last Presidential election that changed my views about the Nigerian electorate. I always believed that it was hard to defeat and incumbent president because of the resources at its disposal. It was clear that the Peoples Democratic Party outspent the All Progressive Congress and they had more machinery in all 36 states of the federation. What then went wrong that people abandoned the stomach infras

A SHIFT TO STATE CONTROLLED POLICE IN NIGERIA

       For a while, notable Nigerians have been calling for the police command to be run by states. This is a significant shift from the model we have in place today where the federal government is in charge of running the Nigerian police force under the leadership of an inspector general. This model is not only inefficient but is not proper for a country as large and diverse as Nigeria.     This article already assumes we need to shift to a state police model and will be looking at a way to transition without causing so much disruption in the security formations in place currently. Let us first talk broadly about the criminal justice system. This is made up of three major arms namely, Law enforcement, the court system (judiciary), and correctional facilities.  These 3 arms are linked together and must work together to give a smooth ruining criminal justice system. It is expected that when an arrest is made or a complaint is received against an individual, the law enforcement staff get