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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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Telemedicine Data Privacy and the Mifepristone Debates

Bill Of Health

By Katie Gu Mifepristone’s shifting legal terrain may soon raise new privacy considerations regarding telemedicine data collection, security, and disclosure. During the pandemic, changes to mifepristone’s REMS requirements allowed increased prescription access in some states via telemedicine and mail dispensing. Since its original U.S.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

HIT Consultant

This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. Confidentiality Laws and regulations govern the confidentiality of medical data. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

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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.

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Monopolization in Healthcare Could Affect Access to Quality Treatment

HIT Consultant

The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a wave of accelerated consolidation since 2010. In 2019, the industry saw a record-breaking 1,276 pharmaceutical M&A’s , representing a total value surpassing $411 billion. In 2017, only four companies were responsible for 50% of generic pharmaceutical drug production.

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Reproductive Health Technologies: From Design Feature to Defect

Bill Of Health

The immediate impact of modern reproductive technologies, such as telemedicine, period tracking apps, and medication abortion, is to broaden access to this right for marginalized groups.

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Three More Signposts on the Road to Retail Health – Weight Loss Drugs, OTC Birth Control and Fashion-Meets-the-Flu

Health Populi

Watch, too, for more online medical weight loss programs such as Calibrate which combines telemedicine with medication prescriptions; one of the company’s investors is Optum Ventures, telling us that payors are closely eyeing this lucrative and growing market. FYI, the first birth control pill was approved by the FDA in 1960.