Sitting and Smoking, Revisited
With many of the restrictions placed on the general population during COVID-19, there were greater levels of sedentary behavior such as sitting. While sitting has often been heralded as the “new smoking”, this is...
COVID-19
Chronic Pain Management Amid a Pandemic: Telemedicine Resources for Acupuncturists
This is part one in a series of blog posts. This installment provides an overview on the use of telemedicine for acupuncture practitioners. COVID-19. After a year of navigating this pandemic there is not a...
Washington State Telemedicine Mandatory Training
Washington state providers (other than MD and DO) who are delivering patient care via telemedicine are subject to a new telemedicine training regulations as outlined in RCW 43.70.495. This law went into effect on...
Navigating COVID-19 Vaccine Updates
While vaccination of frontline healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities begins across the nation to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to know where to get trusted information about these...
Building Resilience During COVID-19
The director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. recently discussed the mental health responses to disasters like COVID-19 with Dr. George Everly, Jr. Dr. Everly is a psychologist and...
COVID-19 Related Loneliness and Social Isolation
COVID-19 has created an environment of increased levels of loneliness and social isolation. According to the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation, prior to the pandemic approximately 20% of adults said they...
Building Resilience to Misinformation
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an immense amount of stress and upheaval - affecting daily routines, social structures, work environments, family life, living situations, financial stability, and coping mechanisms - and has ultimately resulted...
New Washington State Proclamation Regarding Non-Urgent Medical & Dental Procedures Eff. 12/3/2020
On November 25, 2020, the Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, made a new Proclamation (20-24.2) regarding the provision of non-urgent health care in response to current COVID-19 concerns. This proclamation amends Proclamations 20-05 and...
How COVID-19 spreads
Knowledge of the novel coronavirus continues to evolve. Current understanding supports that COVID-19 is primarily transmitted by respiratory droplets. Information about COVID-19 transmission from the CDC and WHO is compiled below. Droplet: Respiratory droplets...