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Report: How Apple Is Advancing Digital Healthcare Transformation

HIT Consultant

. – The report covers Apple’s two-pronged approach to advance health: Apple’s focus on personal health and fitness features on Apple Watch and iPhone, and Apple’s work with the medical community to support research and care. Empowering Users on Their Personal Health Journeys. Keeping Privacy in Mind.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Note the timing of this publication: the authors submitted the manuscript to Nature on 19th March 2020… just eight days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic.

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Eliminating Trachoma with the Help of GIS Technology

Healthcare IT Today

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), trachoma is “hyperendemic in many of the poorest and most rural areas of Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East”. On September 21 st , 2022 the WHO officially announced that the country had eliminated the disease as a public health problem.

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Clean Needles Save Lives. In Some States, They Might Not Be Legal.

Kaiser Health News

’” Studies have identified public health benefits associated with syringe exchange services. This harm-reduction strategy is supported by leading health groups, such as the American Medical Association , the World Health Organization , and the International AIDS Society.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary 3 | Monthly Update 2021

SQA

726/2004, the Commission can grant a duplicate marketing authorization: If there are objective, verifiable reasons relating to public health that show an increased availability of medicinal products to healthcare professionals and/or patients. World Health Organization (WHO). Under Article 82(1) of Regulation (EC) No.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary for May and June 2024

SQA

NPMA Issues Draft Guidelines for Inspection of Medical Device Clinical Trial Sites, 14 June 2024 China NMPA has released a new guideline that aims to enhance the management of clinical trial institutions for medical devices, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and safeguarding public health.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2024

SQA

The glossary was originally published in 2014 and has been used to define excipient terms and acronyms commonly found in IPEC guides. In Australia, medicines and chemicals are classified into schedules according to the level of regulatory control required to protect public health and safety.

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