Elsevier’s Healthcare Hub Weekly Update
A weekly digest of resources, tools and updates to support healthcare teams.
This week, we’re highlighting the top resources on the Healthcare Hubs. Don’t miss the most frequently accessed skills, drug information, podcasts, videos, and more.
1. Vaccine Toolkit
The COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit remains a top resource. Find the latest information on:
- Drug monographs and emergency use authorizations
- Vaccine Q&A and other education resources to share with patients
- Skills covering vaccine administration
2. ICU Nurse Refresher Toolkit
This toolkit provides essential ICU skills and an opportunity to earn CE credit through AACN courses. It also includes mental wellness resources for nurses, including resilliency tips and guided meditation.
ICU teams can find additional clinical resources in the ICU Toolkit, including COVID-related clinical overviews, nursing and allied health care plans, patient education materials, and more.
3. Primary Care Mental Health Toolkit
Access mental and behavioral support tools geared specifically toward the primary care setting, including:
- Geriatric depression scale, patient health questionnaire, and more screening tools
- Patient education on depression, PTSD, stress, and additional conditions along with related medications
- Videos on the role primary care clinicians play in providing mental health care
4. Clinical Insights Podcast
This podcast series features discussions with clinical experts on critical topics during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent episodes explore:
- How well COVID-19 vaccines have performed in the real world
- How clinicians can help themselves and colleagues cope with grief
- The connection between clinician wellness and patient outcomes
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- Explore the new PracticeUpdate article feed, which refreshes frequently to pull in the latest articles on COVID-19. Topics cover treatment, vaccines, trends during the pandemic, and more.
- Visit the ICU Toolkit for updated drug information on Aspirin and Baricitinib
- The Rehabilitation Toolkit features new nursing skills covering home adaptation and energy conservation for patients with fatigue or increased risk for falls.
The new Decision Tree helps you diagnose anxiety, agoraphobia, OCD, and other conditions based on your patient’s symptoms. This resource also includes links to clinical information and research articles for each condition.
- Updates to drug monographs for Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen
- New information added to neonatal and pediatric pain assessment
Genomic surveillance to combat COVID-19: challenges and opportunities (Lancet Microbe)
This article explores how genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants can improve assessment of how contagious and virilant they are to help mitigate outbreaks.
Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers (New England Journal of Medicine)
Researchers studied vaccinated health professionals and found when breakthrough COVID-19 infections occurred, the cases were usually mild or asymptomatic. However, some experienced persistent symptoms.
Evaluation of a Chronic Pain Screening Program Implemented in Primary Care (JAMA)
This study evaluated a pain screening tool and found it revealed patients with chronic pain who were previously undocumented, suggesting this screening approach may improve pain assessment in the primary care setting.
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