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

Healthcare It News

Eka Care helps fast-track OPD token implementation in public hospitals. Patient health record app Eka Care has tied up with 11 government hospitals around Karnataka and Delhi to help hasten the implementation of OPD tokens as part of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.

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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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Bot MD powers data collection, enhances doctor experience in Indonesia

Healthcare It News

During the pandemic, its AI assistant has been deployed across public hospitals in Singapore to aid with remote vital signs monitoring and collection. THE LARGER TREND Two years ago, Bot MD raised $5 million in a funding round which went to its regional expansion efforts.

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Lunit, NTT DATA Partner to Deploy AI-Powered Chest X-Ray Solution in Singapore

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Lunit , a provider of AI-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, has partnered with NTT DATA Singapore to introduce Lunit INSIGHT CXR at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Changi General Hospital (CGH), two of Singapore’s largest public hospitals.

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Update to: A Lifeline Amidst Turbulent Times: California Lawmakers Approve Emergency Loans for Struggling Hospitals

Sheppard Health Law

As an update to our previous post , on Monday, May 15, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 112 (“AB 112”), which is designed to provide critical relief to qualified struggling hospitals across the state.

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Roundup: Royal Melbourne Hospital enables remote heart device interrogations, Mater adopts QuestManager, and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Royal Melbourne Hospital introduces remote heart device interrogation amid lockdowns. The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), a public hospital in Victoria has turned to remote interrogations of cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIED) to continue checking up on patients amid COVID-19 lockdowns.

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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. She requested an abortion, as her health and life were at stake. But, in El Salvador, abortion is a crime under any circumstance.

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