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What is Guru?
What is Guru? Guru is more than just patient education software. With the addition of the all new Guru Connect Treatment Reminder System Guru now walks the practice and the patient through the discovery process of why they need to choose better care.
What is rehab Guru?
Notes. Rehab Guru is a tried and tested Home Exercise Prescribing platform trusted by sole-practitioners, private practices, the NHS and UK Ministry of Defence. Large, varied, diverse and inclusive exercise library developed by experts.
What is new in the new guru connect treatment reminder system?
Guru is more than just patient education software. With the addition of the all new Guru Connect Treatment Reminder System Guru now walks the practice and the patient through the discovery process of why they need to choose better care.
Can Rehab Guru use just one cookie?
But in order to comply with your preferences, we'll have to use just one tiny cookie so that you're not asked to make this choice again. Notes. Rehab Guru is a tried and tested Home Exercise Prescribing platform trusted by sole-practitioners, private practices, the NHS and UK Ministry of Defence.
Forms
Forms are not really a ‘feature’, but rather an enabler. They are the building blocks for both Treatment Notes and Patient Forms.
Treatment Notes
The development and inclusion of the treatment notes capability was born out of the raw ingredients we already had. We have a form builder, a nice user interface, a client record, a means of entering and storing data security, it was really a small step to offer treatment notes, so we did!
Patient Forms
The ability to send forms fits directly with our desire to elongate the care pathway and improve patient management pre and post appointment. In our telehealth announcement post I said:
Telehealth Plus
We released the first version of Telehealth in March 20 just before the world saw the disruption of the COVID-19 lockdown. In our April blog post Choosing a Service to Host your On-Line Consultations I discussed a number of challenges in delivering a compatible, secure and flexible Telehealth service.
Summary
The process of innovating, developing, testing and finally releasing features takes time, and while these features are only just being released, we are already moving our ‘next big thing’ into the testing stage.
How to diagnose Kuru?
Your doctor will perform a neurological exam to diagnose kuru. This is a comprehensive medical exam including: 1 medical history 2 neurological function 3 blood tests, such as thyroid, folic acid level, and liver and kidney function tests (to rule out other causes for symptoms).
What is Kuru disease?
Kuru is a rare and fatal nervous system disease. Its highest prevalence occurred during the 1950s and 1960s among the Fore people in the highlands of New Guinea. The Fore people contracted the disease by performing cannibalism on corpses during funeral rituals. The name kuru means “to shiver” or “trembling in fear.”.
How rare is Kuru?
Kuru is exceptionally rare. It’s only contracted by ingesting infected brain tissue or coming into contact with sores infected with kuru prions. Governments and societies sought to prevent the disease in the mid-20th century by discouraging the social practice of cannibalism.
How does Kuru occur?
Kuru occurs in three stages. It’s usually preceded by headache and joint pain. Since these are common symptoms, they are often missed as clues that a more serious disease is underway. In the first stage, a person with kuru exhibits some loss of bodily control. They may have difficulty balancing and maintaining posture.
How long does it take to go into a coma with Kuru?
As there is no cure for it, people infected with it may lapse into a coma within six to 12 months after experiencing initial symptoms.
What causes kuru?
Infectious, abnormal proteins known as prions cause kuru. Prions are not living organisms and do not reproduce. They are inanimate, misshapen proteins that multiply in the brain and form clumps, hindering normal brain processes. Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease, and fatal familial insomnia are other degenerative diseases ...
Where did Kuru originate?
Kuru developed primarily in the Fore people of New Guinea when they ate the brains of dead relatives during funeral rites. Women and children were mainly infected because they were the primary participants in these rites. The New Guinea government has discouraged the practice of cannibalism.