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Should TikTok Doctors Owe Any Duty of Care Toward Their Followers?

Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2023

By Sarah Gabriele Doctors are now using social media platforms to spread medical knowledge and to interact with the communities that they are actively building. A recent survey showed that almost 1 in 5 Americans now turn to TikTok before their doctor for health advice.

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Public Health: Got Sleep?

Bill of Health

JUNE 27, 2022

There are certain public health commercials that generations will always remember. Sleep Deprivation and Public Health Effects. But when over a third of the adult American population regularly doesn’t get enough sleep, it’s a deadly public health problem. The post Public Health: Got Sleep?

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NHS doctor's personal history inspired new digital mental health service

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

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Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 14, 2022

When pandemic response efforts are hampered by inadequate enforcement resources and political polarization, tort liability could, potentially, be a powerful public health tool. public health infrastructure has historically relied heavily on state and local authorities. Neither the U.S. Neither the U.S.

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Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Protect Their Future created a space where doctors and parents could advocate with a unified voice. For example, the group organized a physician coalition letter where several hundred doctors called on the FDA to urgently cut the bureaucratic tape and make vaccines accessible to young children. Solutions for the Future.

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COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

In the Lazio region, GPs, health care workers and primary care services are supervising and caring for patients during heatwaves using the LazioAdvice teleconsultation system and Lazio Doctor per COVID app. Extreme heat has a significant impact on public health. degrees Celsius higher than the average for 1991-2020.

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U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence ‘a public health crisis’

Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 25, 2024

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life in America. | The nation’s top doctor called on policymakers to consider gun safety measures such as bans on assault weapons and universal background checks for all firearm purchases.

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Goulburn Valley Health partners My Emergency Doctor for after-hours telemedicine services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Goulburn Valley Health, a regional healthcare provider in the state of Victoria, has tapped telemedicine service My Emergency Doctor for additional virtual emergency doctor support. Established in 2016, My Emergency Doctor has been providing acute care after hours via video and phone across regional Australia.

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Singapore tackling chronic diseases with wearables

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These data will be consolidated onto an online dashboard for doctors and integrated into an accompanying mobile application to be developed by Google and ConnectedLife. The mobile app will also provide tips and nudges, assisting users in fulfilling lifestyle adjustments vetted by Fullerton Health doctors.

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Bupa Arabia backs Dubai’s Okadoc with investment and strategic partnership

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The partnership will see Bupa Arabia’s insured members being offered instant medical appointments with doctors “across more than 60 specialities”, as well as other digital health services via the platform. ” Enterprise Taxonomy: Finance Population and Public Health Workflow Business Care Process.

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‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill of Health

APRIL 25, 2023

Even before the first wave peaked, doctors suggested the worst was over and that measures to control the virus were more dangerous than the virus itself. In February 2021 they recorded “The End of the Pandemic” 5 where listeners heard that “a UCSF infectious disease doctor is convinced this pandemic is ending, and sooner than you think.”

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How a simple QR code can avoid 2,000 ED admissions

Healthcare It News

MAY 26, 2024

Gold Coast Health, a public health service in Queensland, has recently introduced a new digital front door for chronic disease patients. Through a scan of a take-home QR code, patients can reach their doctor for follow-ups via secure two-way messaging and voice or video calls.

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‘Below the Belt’ Exposes the Silent Crisis of Endometriosis Care

Bill of Health

JUNE 21, 2023

One in ten women have it, yet, on average, people with the condition see seven doctors before they get diagnosed. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that doctors trust female patients less than male patients. Doctors routinely dismiss endometriosis symptoms as “bad periods” and hypochondria. Endometriosis is a silent crisis.

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France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

” The DiGA initiative, created under the 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (DVG), means doctors can prescribe apps to the 73 million German citizens covered by public health, with costs reimbursed through health insurance. I’m very direct with you – we will just replicate what works in Germany.”

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Emoji Laws in Health Care ????

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 30, 2023

We are more accustomed to emojis being the characters in a “ cinematic masterpiece ” or the subject of corporate public relations. Health care is no exception. Public Health Awareness First, hospitals might try to reach patients through engaging ads that deploy emojis.

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Virtual care service expansions in Australia

Healthcare It News

MARCH 22, 2024

It ensures patients have medical coverage with a VRGS doctor who can answer their questions and discuss their condition, supported by an on-site nursing staff. South NSW Local Health District will be trialling the service at five initial sites in Bombala, Braidwood, Crookwell, Delegate and Yass from July, according to a media statement.

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Dubai’s Diginova to launch Biovista’s “AI Health Shield” in MENA and Asia

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Dubai’s Diginova Health Solutions is working with Biovista Personalized Medicine to offer its “AI Health Shield” in the region, in a deal that could generate over $5 billion (€4.3bn) in revenue.

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China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

China is set to run a pilot programme to implement and promote new standards for internet-based family doctor contract services. The Ping An Family Doctor platform also provides access to EHRs, allows the uploading of medical reports, and generates AI-driven personalised health plans.

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Cerner CEO pledges to zero-out 'noise' from EHRs, population health and revenue cycle

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

That noise she referred to as having to know when your last colonoscopy was instead of your doctor having that at their fingertips. "COVID-19 showed the world what's wrong: Not enough focus on public health, prevention and equity. It's spending seven hours in a reception area, waiting for lab results."

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

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Doctors from Japan’s Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital and Shizuoka Cancer Center will also provide expert guidance to Vietnamese doctors regarding the use of the AI tool. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Quality Care AI Digital Health Care Analytics Technology.

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5G will power the next evolutionary stage of healthcare in APAC

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

We hold training sessions for [medical] students who can directly communicate with doctors and surgeons in operating theatres using 5G,” shared William Chan, CIO, CUHK Medical Centre. In contrast, National University Hospital, part of the NUHS health cluster in Singapore, faced several challenges when building a dedicated 5G network.

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Why an ICD Code for Loneliness May be the Key to Address this “Profound Public Health Threat”

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 27, 2024

The following is a guest article by Cindy Jordan, Co-Founder and CEO at Pyx Health Last year, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy identified loneliness as a “ profound public health threat ” that can be just as hazardous to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

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NHS trials AI-enabled software to make brain surgery safer

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This platform allowed the doctor to practice the technique in a simulated environment which should improve accuracy and ultimately safety. ” Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Workflow Emerging Technologies Care Process Technology. I welcome these technologies that offer better outcomes for the patients.

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Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency may be coming to an end in May. Mehra discusses whether virtual-first is the way to go, what the impending end of the public health emergency means for virtual care, how patients implementing technology into their healthcare routines can help and where telehealth will be in five and 10 years.

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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Shelley, a professor in the Department of Policy and Public Health Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health. "But primary care doctors are the front line of healthcare in this country, and their patients still needed care."

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Digital at the core of a collaborative care model

Healthcare It News

APRIL 8, 2024

It features a booking system, a real-time queue tracker, and access to information, such as doctors’ directory and patient’s visit and billing history. Patient feedback forms, loyalty programmes for children and seniors, and health screening promotional packages are also included in the app. its mobile patient application.

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Thailand closely monitors COVID-19 patients via telemedicine platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

According to a local news report , the BKK HI Care platform enables remote patient monitoring by doctors. The platform is accessible for nurses and doctors via Windows, iOS and Android mobile phones, tablets and computers. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth COVID-19 Patient Access Population and Public Health.

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How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Healthcare It News

JUNE 20, 2022

Hopefully the Congress and state legislatures will act soon to ensure the temporary reimbursement expansions for telemedicine will continue after the public health emergency ends. Telehealth opens up many new avenues to expand access to care, streamline the delivery of care, create new workflows and improve patient outcomes.

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Losing Control of Controlled Substances? The Case of Telehealth Prescriptions

Bill of Health

JANUARY 30, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic and its concomitant social-distancing efforts rendered many, if not most, health visits inaccessible, telehealth platforms and companies swiftly stepped in to allow for virtual patient-doctor consultations. One such platform is Cerebral Inc. , Food and Drug Administration to address the shortage.

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What can Europe to do bridge the digital health divide?

Healthcare It News

MAY 17, 2022

” Bauer says that the EU must publicize its digital health programs more widely not just on radio, newspapers and television, but also in doctors’ offices and community buildings to better engage citizens. Without such efforts, research shows that digital health can worsen health inequalities.

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OpenNotes, Lipitz Center launch coalition for care partner engagement

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 19, 2022

Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have launched the Coalition for Care Partners to strengthen healthcare's capacity to systematically identify, engage and support care partners effectively through existing patient portals. OpenNotes and The Roger C.

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Behavioral health has a supply-demand issue. Can virtual care help?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and clinicians have pointed to behavioral health as a particularly effective use case for telehealth and virtual care. But what about after the public health emergency? The program focused on supporting primary care doctors in managing older adults with mental illness.

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NEC expands digital elderly care system trial to Chiang Mai

Healthcare It News

JUNE 7, 2023

In the second phase, a cloud-based application that allows remote health monitoring, as well as managing appointments and medication requests, will be rolled out. In the final phase, NEC will enable telemedicine services to allow patients to receive diagnoses and get on consultations with doctors from their homes.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.

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Trust is a Superpower for Public Health – The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer Through the Health Lens

Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2024

In addition, the politicization of health, dispersion of authority (with friends and family at least as trusted as scientists to “tell the truth on health”), and self-guided health (not necessarily in partnership with a licensed clinicians) can all be risks for health outcomes.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Public health in particular can leverage telehealth to great advantage. Maybe the larger library branches designate reading rooms or purchase telehealth kiosks so that patrons can schedule a time or drop in to have private, secure telehealth sessions with their doctor in "real time."

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Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

After declining for six years, the burnout rate among doctors began to spike with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research by the American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic and Stanford Medicine. Though occupational burnout among doctors is higher relative to the U.S. WHY IT MATTERS. physicians was 62.8% in 2020, 43.9%

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Queensland's Gold Coast Health deploys Rauland's Concierge platform to reduce contact in COVID-19 wards

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth COVID-19 Patient safety Patient Access Population and Public Health Quality Care. " THE LARGER CONTEXT. There has been a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases across Queensland since end July due to an outbreak caused by the Delta variant.

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Epic enables location services with Mapquest integration

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Some health IT innovators and providers have turned to location and mapping services to assist with care. For instance, in 2017, Allscripts announced that it had partnered with Zocdoc to help patients with finding doctors and scheduling appointments.

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China doubles down on smart medicine

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Meanwhile, in the realm of personalised medicine, SinoUnited Health , a medical service chain in Shanghai, has also developed its data-driven chronic disease management platform, which allows doctors to craft more targeted and individualised management plans for their patients.

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Speedoc to deliver home healthcare for Parkway Shenton

Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2023

Based on a press release, Parkway Shenton looks to roll out 24/7 doctor and nurse house calls, remote health monitoring, as well as, medical consultations and hospital-level care at home for patients. Enterprise Taxonomy: Quality Care Patient Access Population and Public Health Care

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Moderna, citing need for 'flexibility,' seeks broad clearance of fourth COVID shot

Healthcare Dive

MARCH 18, 2022

regulators to authorize another booster shot for people 65 and older, Moderna has followed with a similar request for all adults, arguing an OK would "provide flexibility" to public health officials and doctors. Days after Pfizer asked U.S.

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CareCloud CEO predicts what's around the corner for telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 1, 2021

What's less certain, however, is what that utilization will look like in the future, particularly as the end of the public health emergency looms. What is driving all this, of course, is the regulatory changes during this public health emergency. First of all, we should think about the public health emergency.

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HHS watchdog reiterates importance of preventing telemedicine fraud

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 1, 2021

"OIG is conducting significant oversight work assessing telehealth services during the public health emergency. She pointed to recent rulemaking in which the OIG recognized the promise that digital health technologies, including telemedicine, have for improving care coordination and health outcomes.

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Should TikTok Doctors Owe Any Duty of Care Toward Their Followers?

Public Health: Got Sleep?

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NHS doctor's personal history inspired new digital mental health service

Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response

Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access

COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness

U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence ‘a public health crisis’

Goulburn Valley Health partners My Emergency Doctor for after-hours telemedicine services

Singapore tackling chronic diseases with wearables

Bupa Arabia backs Dubai’s Okadoc with investment and strategic partnership

‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

How a simple QR code can avoid 2,000 ED admissions

‘Below the Belt’ Exposes the Silent Crisis of Endometriosis Care

France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

Emoji Laws in Health Care ????

Virtual care service expansions in Australia

Dubai’s Diginova to launch Biovista’s “AI Health Shield” in MENA and Asia

China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

Cerner CEO pledges to zero-out 'noise' from EHRs, population health and revenue cycle

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

5G will power the next evolutionary stage of healthcare in APAC

Why an ICD Code for Loneliness May be the Key to Address this “Profound Public Health Threat”

NHS trials AI-enabled software to make brain surgery safer

Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Digital at the core of a collaborative care model

Thailand closely monitors COVID-19 patients via telemedicine platform

How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

Losing Control of Controlled Substances? The Case of Telehealth Prescriptions

What can Europe to do bridge the digital health divide?

OpenNotes, Lipitz Center launch coalition for care partner engagement

Behavioral health has a supply-demand issue. Can virtual care help?

NEC expands digital elderly care system trial to Chiang Mai

A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Trust is a Superpower for Public Health – The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer Through the Health Lens

Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Queensland's Gold Coast Health deploys Rauland's Concierge platform to reduce contact in COVID-19 wards

Epic enables location services with Mapquest integration

China doubles down on smart medicine

Speedoc to deliver home healthcare for Parkway Shenton

Moderna, citing need for 'flexibility,' seeks broad clearance of fourth COVID shot

CareCloud CEO predicts what's around the corner for telehealth

HHS watchdog reiterates importance of preventing telemedicine fraud

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