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Bot MD powers data collection, enhances doctor experience in Indonesia

Healthcare It News

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The startup signed a memorandum of understanding with Siloam Hospitals Group to automate and scale patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) across its hospital chain by powering Siloam's WhatsApp with the Bot MD Care AI chatbot. The company had locked its sights on Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and India.

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Roundup: India's CoWIN to track all vax status and more briefs

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Together with Olympus Corporation, the project will evaluate the effectiveness of Cybernet Systems' EndoBRAIN-EYE software at Cho Ray Hospital and 108 Hospital. Eka Care helps fast-track OPD token implementation in public hospitals. The study follows similar projects done in India and Thailand over the past two years.

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Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure

Bill Of Health

Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Ending routine masking in hospital settings is a dangerous move. It also exposes hospitals to the risk of liability.

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mPharma & TytoCare Integrate to Offer Telehealth to Pharmacies in Africa

HIT Consultant

Through the partnership with TytoCare, mPharma is reimagining the community pharmacy as more than just a place where patients fill prescriptions, but instead a virtual doctor’s office where they can conduct remote appointments with doctors and specialists they normally wouldn’t be able to access. As a continent with a deficit of 2.4

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Why We Still Need a Day for Global Action to Decriminalize Abortion in Latin America

Bill Of Health

So, Beatriz filed a constitutional action ( amparo ) urgently demanding an abortion in the public hospital where she received care. Beatriz’s health never recovered, and she died four years later after being hospitalized due to a traffic accident. Doctors are afraid of performing abortions and going to jail.”

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Does private health insurance reduce public hospital procedure wait times?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

In countries that have universal health insurance, but limited patient out-of-pocket costs for public hospital services, non-urgent hospital treatment often has a waiting list in public hospitals. A key question is, does increased rates of private health insurance actually alleviate public hospital wait times?

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Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues

KHN

Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. But a federal appellate court recently said Young’s firing violated the law and ordered that she be reinstated.

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