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The International Weaponization of Health Data

Bill of Health

The Global Health Data Exchange : “The world’s most comprehensive catalog of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data,” including data from 1990 to 2019 on mortality and morbidity in 204 countries and territories, which spans 369 diseases, injuries, and impairments, and 87 risk factors.

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France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

Healthcare It News

In 2019 Germany introduced its DiGA Fast Track process for rapid approval, testing, piloting and evaluation of health apps, which is open to all companies in the European Union (EU). I’m very direct with you – we will just replicate what works in Germany.”

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An overview of APAC’s healthtech landscape – the first half of 2019

Mobi Health News

Much has happened in the healthtech landscape in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region in the first half of 2019 – according to Galen Growth Asia’s latest report for that period, APAC healthtech funding hit $2.5B across 140 deals. Healthtech accelerators

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Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

Health Populi

We need a “new needs model” for the digital age, asserts a new report, Human Needs in a Digital World , the 2019 Digital Society Index report from the Dentsu Aegis network. The post Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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InterSystems cloud integration service comes to NZ and more briefs

Healthcare It News

It has been working with HSS on the digital transformation of WA Health since 2019. Victoria to complete Altera EMR rollout across Gippsland The state government of Victoria has committed to finishing the deployment of an integrated EMR system across the rural region of Gippsland.

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Choosing Bariatric Beds: What You Need To Know

Electronic Health Reporter

Government statistics obtained from the Health Survey for England 2019 show that over three quarters of people aged over 16 in England […]. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Bariatrics is the field of medicine that looks after obese and overweight patients.

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Tasmania transforming outpatient services with online booking, eReferral system

Healthcare It News

The Tasmanian government has recently released a four-year strategy to transform outpatient services across its public health system. The state government has also made a A$150 million ($100 million) investment over four years to upgrade its digital health infrastructure.