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The Role of Reporting in Combatting Nursing Home Abuse 

American Medical Compliance

Alarmingly, approximately 1 in 6 individuals aged 60 or older have experienced some form of abuse in community settings, including nursing homes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Yet, abuse within these settings remains a pervasive and often hidden crisis, impacting countless individuals worldwide.

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Ready to Change Your Pharmacy Strategy? It’s Time for Analytics, Data, and AI

HIT Consultant

And for health care providers globally, pharmacies are the stockroom by which they rely on to treat patients. By offering personalized support and timely interventions, pharmacies can enhance patient satisfaction and adherence, leading to better health outcomes.

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COVID-19: An integrated healthcare system is the way forward

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Healthcare’s Sustainability Problem And The Solutions Tech Can Provide

Healthcare IT Today

Tech inspires these pledges through circular health-care initiatives, telehealth, smart hospitals, AI, and so much more. Hospitals produce more than 29 pounds of waste per bed per day, which requires efficient sorting, composting, and recycling processes. Smart Hospitals. And according to Phillips, 24 percent of U.S.

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Using Open-Source Technology to Transform Healthcare and Housing for the Homeless

Healthcare IT Today

OPAL will allow us to provide care and housing readiness for the individuals we work with in street medicine, recuperative care (medical respite), and hospital discharge, said Beth Kangas, Executive Director at ZVMS. The potential impact of open-source solutions like OPAL extends beyond individual health outcomes.

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

Health Populi

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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Value Comes to Healthcare: But Whose Value Is It?

Health Populi

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. This raises the issue of the U.S.