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The COVID-19 international crisis has challenged us all in health care systems around the world. But, in military and veteran health care system, it may appear that the challenges are far greater. For example, military health care providers and soldiers have additional responsibility of deploying to defend the nation. Even, when soldiers are not at war, the day-to-day routine involves long hours, coupled with stressful field training exercise. In addition, military personnel typically relocate or move very three to four years from one duty assignment to another. In this chapter, suggestions are made for future research and clinical applications as part of a response to the COVID-19 challenges in the unique military and veteran health clinics. The need to improve treatment engagement and support for health care workers in military and veteran hospitals are provided. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
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COVID-19 has brought increasing health care challenges upon providers throughout the country, let alone military healthcare professionals. Behavioral telehealth applications in the United States date back to the 1950s in Nebraska rural state-run mental health hospitals and clinics. Drs James and Folen developed innovative behavioral telehealth in the mid-to-late-1990s since there was a paucity of behavioral telehealth clinical applications and research from the 1960s to the early 1990s. Then, the need to deliver behavioral health services via telehealth platforms became of critical importance as our military and veteran hospitals needed to offer services in response to the COVID-19 health crisis. In this chapter, the authors will define behavioral telehealth and provide the reader with examples of clinical and research applications as well as discuss potential ethical and practical challenges. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the whole world, and the public has had to struggle with understanding scientific data on a daily basis. The impact of scientific misunderstanding became painfully apparent with the decline in vaccine uptake, so the need for clear, understandable scientific information has never been more vital. Plain language summaries of publications (PLSPs) could be an elegant and muchneeded solution to this problem. This article will explore what these documents are, the approaches taken to date, and the challenges that remain. Moreover, the authors will aim to answer the question – what has COVID-19 taught us?. © 2021, European Medical Writers Association. All rights reserved.