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5 Key Challenges Preventing Innovation in Digital Health

HIT Consultant

These demographic trends are causing shifts within the healthcare sector and resulting in increased expenditure associated with the costs of treatment and prevention in old age. Both a lack of clinical engagement and inadequate resources are two often-cited areas that prevent better integration of otherwise promising digital solutions.

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A Precautionary Approach to Touch in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Bill Of Health

In the emerging psychedelics industry, the institutions and actors that require oversight and regulation are positioning themselves as regulators. She works to advance best practice prevention and evidence based institutional policies for sexual harm. Mithoefer & Haden ). Buisson and Ms.

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Patient Support Isn’t Just About the Price of Therapy: It’s About Safety, Really Rich Data and Trust

Health Populi

When I talk about patient support programs (PSPs), I’m most often focused on supporting peoples’ access to medicines due to costs, bolstering health literacy, and addressing health citizens’ risks of drivers of health that can be obstacles to optimal health outcomes (those challenging social determinants of health).

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OIG General Compliance Program Guidance November 2023

Sheppard Health Law

As a result, OIG decided to improve and update the CPGs to reflect its current thinking and approach to preventing fraud and abuse in the health care industry. All of the new ICPGs will be more user-friendly, be posted on the OIG website to allow for greater flexibility for more frequent revisions, and include interactive links to resources.

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Legal and Ethical Analysis of Court-Ordered Ivermectin Treatment for COVID-19

Bill Of Health

A judge in Ohio ruled on Monday that a hospital in the region must administer ivermectin to a patient very sick with COVID-19 in their ICU, despite the decision by the medical staff, in agreement with recent statements by the U.S. When can families require that doctors provide care they do not believe is medically necessary?

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Newsletter, January 2024

Patient Safety Movement

“Make your commitment to ZERO… starting with culture of safety from your executive governing board down to the lowest paid employees.” In medicine, thousands of patients sustain preventable harm, and yet we do not know the actual number, as very little is reported.

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These Secret Safety Panels Will Pick the COVID Vaccine Winners

KHN

As pharmaceutical companies work to produce one as quickly as possible, the board’s anonymity has stirred concerns that the cloak of secrecy could, paradoxically, allow undue influence. The FDA has said any coronavirus vaccine must be at least 50% effective to secure approval from regulators. AstraZeneca’s target is 50%.