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Multi-million dollar smart hospital emergency system projects in South Korea and more briefs

Healthcare It News

There are also projects for early rare cancer screening among teenagers and people between the ages of 20-30; a system for rapid discovery and verification of new drug targets for non-immune solid cancers; medical technologies for space medicine; and a novel technology that simulates immunity based on microphysiological systems.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Health Populi

continues to recognize and wrestle with equity for all health citizens, digital equity, beyond a pure healthcare play, has a key role. The post Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Health Populi’s Hot Points: As the U.S.

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Protecting the Consumer at the Heart of DTC Precision Medicine

Bill Of Health

The HIPAA Problem The privatization of next-generation medical technologies, especially in regenerative and precision medicine, further muddies the data-protection waters. Namely, legal protections concerning personal health data may not apply when the entity offering the service is decidedly not a “provider.”

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Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association

Health Populi

The first line is the most dramatic shift, illustrating the use of telehealth or remote medical services used pre-pandemic by 10% of consumers. After the pandemic, consumers rank telehealth use equal to their use of online health services like WebMD, which increased in use only a few percentage points in the pandemic.

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Newsletter, November 2023

Patient Safety Movement

This was an excellent meeting focused on medication safety. She brings to her board role a clear vision and keen understanding of the essential contributions advanced technologies will make in improving patient safety across healthcare delivery systems globally.

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Despite Greater Digital Health Engagement, Americans Have Worse Health and Financial Outcomes Than Other Nations’ Health Citizens

Health Populi

The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. ” One-half of Americans 18-64 have avoided seeking medical care due to their lack of ability to pay for the services.

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

Most basic in the latter has been the lack of broadband connectivity preventing some people from the digital transformation from which other “have’s” in society benefited: the ability to work from home, attend school from home, exercise at home, and access medical services through virtual care platforms like telemedicine.