The next public health pronouncement or clinical treatment might emerge from synthetic data: rows of totally invented people that contain no real data but reflects the actual characteristics of a population such as race,…
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Background: Pelvic floor dysfunction is a public health issue, with 1 in 3 women experiencing symptoms at some point in their lifetime. The gold standard of treatment for pelvic floor dysfunction is supervised pelvic…
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By Anuja Vaidya
November 28, 2023 – Patients receiving at-home hospital care under the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver experienced a low mortality rate and minimal complications resulting in admission to brick-and-mortar hospitals, according to…
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In a recent episode of the Talking HealthTech podcast, host Peter Birch speaks with Denisha Allicock, Public Health Strategist at MTX, and Dr Bryan Tan, the Chief Health Officer for Salesforce, APAC. The discussion…
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Background: Digital technologies, especially contact tracing apps, have been crucial in monitoring and tracing the transmission of COVID-19 worldwide. China has developed health code apps as an emergency response to the pandemic and are…
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Adam Rarick-Varner, Sr. Director of Healthcare Strategy, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 10 million Americans enrolled in Medicaid – nearly a 14% increase from the beginning of 2020. A…
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Investor interest in telehealth surged during the Covid-19 pandemic. While the healthcare industry’s widespread adoption of telehealth was driven by necessity due to social distancing practices, such expansion would not have been possible without…
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ReflexAI, the leading provider of AI-powered training and quality assurance tools for crisis response, emergency dispatch, and healthcare organizations, launched HomeTeam, a digital training tool that teaches veterans how to support each…
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Background: Extreme weather, including heat and extreme rainfall, is projected to increase owing to climate change, which can have adverse impacts on human health. In particular, rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk…
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By Hannah Nelson
November 07, 2023 – EHR data sharing can support near-real-time information access on drug use-related healthcare use to guide clinical and public health responses, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
Researchers leveraged…
