Summit Medicine and Pediatrics' Tip to Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic TODAY'S TIP: Proper Hand-washing Technique We all understand the importance of hand-washing in preventing the spread of disease, in particular, the spread of COVID-19. However, it is quite rare to have had education and training in proper technique for hand-washing. This video produced by Babylon [...]
Summit Medicine and Pediatrics' Tip to Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic TODAY'S TIP: Isolation... Not Debilitation Isolation, applied properly and effectively by every individual, is the most effective tool we have to reduce both morbidity and mortality during this COVID-19 pandemic. To be sure, an extended isolation strategy will be stressful physically and emotionally for many [...]
Summit Medicine and Pediatrics' Tip to Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic TODAY'S TIP: Stockpile Essential Medications The manufacturing, processing, packaging and delivery of many medications prescribed in the US and through the world either begins in China, or remains today dependent upon a supply chain that is influenced by the Chinese economy. It is estimated that [...]
The mortality rate of COVID-19 averages internationally at approximately 4.5%, with some nations and US States experiencing as high as 10.6% and others as low as 0.8%; in the United States, we are currently at a 1.5% mortality rate. This data, however, is influenced substantially by the timing of identification and spread within communities, with [...]
On March 27, 2020, Dr. Mike is invited once again by Jonathan T. Gilliam to join him on his podcast, The EXPERTS. We discuss the spread of COVID-19, the controversy of a shortage in ventilators to treat critically-ill patients, and the politics of folding the healthcare industry into the morass of politic rancor. LISTEN HERE: [...]
Summit Medicine and Pediatrics' Tip to Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic TODAY'S TIP: Keep 'Outside Clothes' apart from 'Inside Clothes' Although COVID-19 certainly can be transmitted by aerosolized respiratory particles, the virus is most easily and likely transmitted by contact. This means that the virus is picked up by the hand from a surface (e.g. furniture, [...]
Summit Medicine and Pediatrics' Tip to Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic TODAY'S TIP: Sanitize Your Grocery Containers and Your Mail Containers The most recent research on the COVID-19 virus indicates that this novel Coronavirus has the ability to remain viable on surfaces for up to 17 days. Therefore, a factory-worker, transporter, mail carrier, or stock person, [...]
In the interest of exercising an abundance of caution, our monthly Open House Event, "The Key to Re-Inventing Modern Healthcare", scheduled originally for Saturday, 04 April 2020, has been postponed until Saturday, July 25, 2020. Similarly, planned Open Houses for the end of April, May and June 2020 have been cancelled. The Key to Re-Inventing [...]
On 17 March 2020, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. The policy changes in their 1135 Waiver in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic build [...]
Summit Medicine and Pediatrics COVID-19 Recommendations Summit Medicine and Pediatrics is informed and prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. We are in contact with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Arizona Department of Health (AZDH) and have developed an action plan to manage the unique requirements of this disease. From time to time, based [...]
