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The Important Role of Community Pharmacy in 2023

HIT Consultant

These pharmacies also acted as trusted intermediaries between patients and doctors or hospital systems. This shortage became a critical issue during the pandemic when people relied heavily on telemedicine and the advice of doctors to carry them through the unprecedented time.

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Falling Revenue Means Pharmacies in Italy Aren’t Keeping up with Other EU Countries

Bill Of Health

In 2021, the total revenue of Italian pharmacies dropped by 4% compared to 2015, despite Italy being the fifth largest country in the EU for pharmaceutical expenditures. This contraction in total revenue was mainly influenced by the decline in Italian pharmaceutical expenditures over the last decade: compared to the revenue of 18.8

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How COVID-19 Has Re-Shaped Health Care Delivery So Far

Health Populi

Patients’ visits to doctor’s offices and clinical labs for diagnostic tests dramatically declined since the start of the pandemic. StayHome, shelter-in-place mandates coupled with patients’ concerns about preventing personal exposure to the coronavirus, kept people home.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

HIT Consultant

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. In contrast, Electronic Medical Records capture information about specific visits to a doctor or medical facility, circulating within one institution.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

That a pharmaceutical company executive is speaking on the main stage at CES speaks to digital health’s mainstreaming beyond elite athletes and smartwatches that track activity.

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

“Delaying procedures, reducing spending on preventive care and chronic care, and decreasing adherence to medications may have negative long-term impacts on health status, although the extent is unknown,” PwC notes. 34% “thought twice” before asking their doctor for a prescription when they felt sick.

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Health Care Planning for 2022 – Start with a Pandemic, Then Pivot to Health and Happiness

Health Populi

Be kind to your local health care providers; support their community initiatives (see previous bullet point), and ask your local hospital(s) what you or your organization can do to help the impending provider shortage (nurses, doctors).