Long COVID Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/long-covid/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Sun, 09 Mar 2025 17:14:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Lung Abnormalities Seen in Children and Teens with Long COVID https://us.hitleaders.news/imaging/47419/lung-abnormalities-seen-in-children-and-teens-with-long-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lung-abnormalities-seen-in-children-and-teens-with-long-covid Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:11:14 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=47419 An advanced type of MRI uncovers significant lung abnormalities in children and adolescents with long COVID, according to a new study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

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]]> Using AI to Uncover Hospital Patients’ Long COVID Care Needs https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/ai-machine-learning/46633/using-ai-to-uncover-hospital-patients-long-covid-care-needs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-ai-to-uncover-hospital-patients-long-covid-care-needs Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:55:15 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=46633 Across the United States, no hospital is the same. Equipment, staffing, technical capabilities, and patient populations can all differ. So, while the profiles developed for people with common conditions may seem universal, the reality is that there are nuances that require individual attention, both in the make-up of the patients being seen and the situations of the hospitals providing their care.

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]]> Novel MRI Reveals Brain Changes in Long-COVID Patients https://us.hitleaders.news/imaging/41701/novel-mri-reveals-brain-changes-in-long-covid-patients/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=novel-mri-reveals-brain-changes-in-long-covid-patients Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:33:56 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=41701 People with long COVID exhibit patterns of changes in the brain that are different from fully recovered COVID-19 patients, according to research being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

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]]> Can Electronic Brain Training Games Relieve “Brain Fog” from Long Covid? https://us.hitleaders.news/academic-research/41691/can-electronic-brain-training-games-relieve-brain-fog-from-long-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-electronic-brain-training-games-relieve-brain-fog-from-long-covid Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:12:29 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=41691 A collection of cognitive symptoms referred to as “brain fog” occur in up to 10-30% of people who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

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]]> HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID https://us.hitleaders.news/government/41173/hhs-awards-45-million-in-grants-to-expand-access-to-care-for-people-with-long-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hhs-awards-45-million-in-grants-to-expand-access-to-care-for-people-with-long-covid Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:46:41 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=41173 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), announced nine grant awards of $1 million each for up to 5 years to support existing multidisciplinary Long COVID clinics across the country to expand access to comprehensive, coordinated, and person-centered care for people with Long COVID, particularly underserved, rural, vulnerable, and minority populations that are disproportionately impacted by the effects of Long COVID.

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]]> HHS Announces the Formation of the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice and Launch of Long COVID Clinical Trials Through the RECOVER Initiative https://us.hitleaders.news/government/40833/hhs-announces-the-formation-of-the-office-of-long-covid-research-and-practice-and-launch-of-long-covid-clinical-trials-through-the-recover-initiative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hhs-announces-the-formation-of-the-office-of-long-covid-research-and-practice-and-launch-of-long-covid-clinical-trials-through-the-recover-initiative Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:14:42 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=40833 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released the following statement applauding the formation of the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice to lead the Long COVID response and coordination across the federal government and, in addition, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launch of the Long COVID clinical trials through the RECOVER Initiative.

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]]> Regenstrief and IU Developing One of First Population-Based Surveillance Systems for Long COVID to determine Prevalence, Trends and Outcomes https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/population-health-management/37641/regenstrief-and-iu-developing-one-of-first-population-based-surveillance-systems-for-long-covid-to-determine-prevalence-trends-and-outcomes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regenstrief-and-iu-developing-one-of-first-population-based-surveillance-systems-for-long-covid-to-determine-prevalence-trends-and-outcomes Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:30:22 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=37641 Post COVID-19 conditions are common but estimates of their prevalence vary widely. Research scientists from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University’s schools of medicine and public health have received a five-year grant expected to total $9 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance surveillance and detect trends related to lingering symptoms of COVID-19, known as long COVID-19.

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