The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

Perhaps the best definition of patient safety is that of the World Health Organization. Simply put, it is “…the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health care.” Patient safety initiatives have taken many forms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

Government & Policy Network Infrastructure Telehealth Workflow With dozens of healthcare facilities across the UAE, the country’s healthcare system is evolving faster than elsewhere in the world says Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in Dubai.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2024

For health plans, specifically in the US, pharmacies are a strategic area of partnership to drive benefit usage, cost management and utilization, and even prior authorization. And for health care providers globally, pharmacies are the stockroom by which they rely on to treat patients.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2024

Understanding the Definition of Malnutrition It may be hard to believe that patients on these so-called healthy diets can be malnourished. Given this level of information, it’s critical for today’s clinicians to play a more active role in educating patients about the facts vs. fiction when it comes to nutrition.

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Bill of Health

JULY 14, 2023

The World Health Organization supports this ban and in particular describes it as making informed consent impossible in the health care setting. These warnings echo those of the U.S. military, an early adopter of AI to both enhance human decision-making and alter the behavior of our enemies.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 31, 2021

In fact, the first-ever such attack targeted the industry in 1989 when 20,000 floppy disks infected with ransomware were given to those who attended the World Health Organization’s AIDS Conference. So, the problem isn’t new, but it is getting worse. It’s always been a rich target for bad actors.

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Health Populi

JULY 6, 2018

Another global view on value is offered in the report, Delivering quality health services: A global imperative for universal health coverage , from the World Health Organization, the World Bank Group, and the OECD. China’s Index of 38 is near-identical to America’s.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2023

One of the reasons why some people approach the topic of AI in healthcare with a degree of apprehension is that different sources offer different definitions of AI. To quote Microsoft´s definitions of the two terms: . It is also the case that some sources confuse AI with Machine Learning (ML), which strictly speaking is a subset of AI.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 21, 2022

Smart spaces can be anything from individual homes to entire cities and may include schools, airports, movie theaters, and definitely medical facilities. Inefficiency is another major hurdle to overcome if we mean to confront future world health emergencies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2023

The World Health Organization estimates a projected shortfall of 10 million health workers by 2030. The pandemic highlighted many of the inefficiencies and inequities of our healthcare system as it was brought to a breaking point. Virtual doctor visits surged during the pandemic and now are commonplace.

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AIHC

DECEMBER 3, 2024

What Patient Safety Is When discussing “patient safety” in the context of this article, it may be helpful to quote definitions, examples and descriptions of what a safety culture is. The Joint Commission defines Safety Culture as the sum of what an organization is and does in the pursuit of safety.

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SQA

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In addition to definitions of chromatographic features, the revision to General Chapter 2.2.46. The entry into force closes a long revision process, which has been driven jointly by PIC/S and the EMA GMP/GDP Inspectors Working Group (GMDP IWG) in close co-operation with the European Commission (EC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The study also found that nine in ten consumers felt they had a lot or a great deal of control over their health, and that health is “so much more than just not being sick.” On the financial wellness front, note that 34% of people said “being able to pay my bills” also fed into one’s definition of health.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

by Elena Caruso While the exact definition of self-managed abortion remains blurred , it currently tends to refer to the end of a pregnancy through the autonomous administration of pills outside of a public health facility.

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SQA

APRIL 30, 2021

While updating the IPEC General Glossary of Terms and Acronyms for Pharmaceutical Excipients, the team developed a strategy with the following rationale for determining when a term/definition should be included in the IPEC Glossary: The following types of terms/definitions should be included in the IPEC Glossary: Specific to excipients.

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SQA

AUGUST 8, 2023

Possibility of carrying out clinical analysis evaluation in pharmacies, in the context of health care and pharmaceutical services, on a screening basis and in isolated offices. Normative forecast and definition of technical and infrastructure parameters for the operation of biological materials distribution centers. Floor 9, No.

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Definitions. World Health Organization (WHO) Medical Product Alert N o 5/2023: Substandard (Contaminated) Syrup Medicines, 19 July 2023 Medical Product Alert N o 5/2023 refers to a batch of substandard (contaminated) Naturcold Syrup identified in Cameroon and first reported to WHO on 13 March 2023. How to make the submissions.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 31, 2023

health citizens of the vaccine fast-tracked to address the worst effects of the coronavirus. “Misinformation” has taken on many names: infodemic ( coined by the World Health Organization in August 2020 ), fake news, conspiracy theories, and malinformation among the monikers.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As the United States and other governments regulate foundation models, new legal definitions have emerged. The World Health Organization (WHO) is weighing-in with free resources related to health care.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As the United States and other governments regulate foundation models, new legal definitions have emerged. The World Health Organization (WHO) is weighing-in with free resources related to health care.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Pew Trusts recently discussed prospects for the FDA to regulate AI in health care. The definition the Pew team set out was that AI “refers to the ability of a machine to perform a task that mimics human behavior, including problem-solving and learning.”. Building a nutrition label for health equity – learning from MITRE .

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Financial stress is integral to overall health and well-being based on consumers’ own definition of “health.” Many tech companies are working to improve public health and individuals’ health equity.

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Sections include Terms and Definitions, ML System, ML Approaches, ML Pipeline, and Annex A: Example Data Flow and Date use Statements for Supervised Learning Process. World Health Organization (WHO). Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) . United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – Recalls.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Given that sildenafil was not marketed as a dietary supplement or as food before Viagra was approved, the “WeFun” product is excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement (i.e., The glossary was originally published in 2014 and has been used to define excipient terms and acronyms commonly found in IPEC guides.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2019

“How should we define ‘health?'” The context for the question was that the 1948 World Health Organization definition of health — that health is, “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”– was not so useful in the 21st century.

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Kaiser Health News

MAY 17, 2024

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. The state’s definition includes hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects used for injecting banned drugs.

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 28, 2023

For another, the drug at issue has been used very widely for many decades and it is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. For one thing, it relates to alleged adverse effects on the offspring of women who used a certain medication while pregnant. at *23-29.

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HealthLaw Prof Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A Typology for Operationalizing the World Health Organization Definition (2023): Introduction: Following the World Health Organization (WHO)’s guidance, and in response to citizen demands, governments across the globe are working to better. Nadine Ijaz (Carleton University), What is Traditional Medicine?

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HealthLaw Prof Blog

AUGUST 19, 2023

Gutterman (Entrepreneurship), Definitions and Models of Disability (2023): The World Health Organization (“WHO”) has reported that approximately 16% of the global population, over 1.3 billion people worldwide, have some form of disability, and that an additional 190 million.

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