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The Light Collective amplifies its call for patient data rights

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The advocacy group, which was formed in 2019 "to advance the collective rights, interests and voices of patient communities in health tech," says it wants to make the general public more aware of abuses in health data handling.

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What the 2019 Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Teach Us About Health

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The three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics — Banerjee and Duflo (both of MIT) and Kremer (working at Harvard) — were recognized for their work on alleviating global poverty.” The post What the 2019 Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Teach Us About Health appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities

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More specifically, per Bangladesh’s Standing Orders on Disasters, 2019 , local-level disaster management committees are responsible for identifying people at pronounced risk of natural disasters due to disability, disseminating alerts and safety messages, evacuating at-risk groups, and generally ensuring the security of persons with disabilities.

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HIMSS22 Europe: ‘We need to develop eco-friendly digital health’

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of the world’s net greenhouse gas emissions come from the healthcare sector – double those from the airline industry. million deaths worldwide in 2019, making it the third biggest cause of death behind heart disease and stroke. According to a report from the NGO, Healthcare without Harm , around 4.4%

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HIMSS22 in Riyadh: Exploring cross-border collaboration in the Middle East

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In this session "Cross-Border Collaborations: Improving Digital Health" (20 November, 13:00 - 13:50), speakers from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond will share concrete examples of how governments and healthcare organisations are successfully collaborating across borders to implement various digital health initiatives.

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Parker Health Secures $25 Million in Series A Funding to Transform American Healthcare

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This funding empowers Parker Health to further its position as the industry’s most compliant and competitive solution helping expand our medical technology and services and to employ global teams. Parker Health has raised $26.3 million to date.

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

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feel this way, up from 56% in 2018 and 2019. said the government’s response to COVID was a significant source of stress: in first place, the Federal government response (felt a significant stressor among 84% of U.S. adults), followed by States (72% of consumers), and local governments (64% of people feeling the stress).