Background: Being physical active is essential for healthy ageing, but there is a tendency in older adults to become more physical inactive. Physical inactivity is exacerbated since COVID-19 epidemic. Lockdown measures and the application…
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As the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) holds listening sessions this week for its proposed rule that rolls back Covid-19 flexibilities for the virtual prescribing of controlled substances, four mental health companies issued a letter…
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Background: Dizziness and vertigo can be caused by various factors, such as peripheral vestibular and central disorders. Although consultations with specialists are advisable when necessary, patients with severe vertigo symptoms may have limited mobility,…
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Patients, regulators, and payers are insisting on data exchange in health care. But despite the availability of FHIR and of APIs from many vendors, interoperability is often described as “difficult and “not frictionless” according…
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have developed a COVID-19 breathalyzer test. The technology requires someone to breathe into it just once or twice, and it can then provide an indication if the…
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New Zealand’s Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring is now transitioning to a new digital system for collecting and storing adverse drug reaction reports in the country, retiring its almost 60-year-old database.The centre has worked…
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NHS England has cancelled the contract with the supplier of the current national flu and Covid-19 vaccination system in favour of an alternative as yet unproven system. As a result, the National Immunisation Management Service…
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Adimika Arthur, Executive Director, HealthTech 4 Medicaid
Manisha Sharma, Senior Medical Director, Promise Health Plan Blue Shield of California
During the pandemic, Medicaid enrollment grew by nearly 30% to cover more than 93 million Americans, due…
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LumaFlo, a medtech company based in Israel, has developed a decontamination technology that does not require UV light, something that can be dangerous for people nearby. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for safe…
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By Hannah Nelson
August 25, 2023 – A federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Connecticut has implementedpopulation health solutions from health IT vendor eClinicalWorks to enhance care quality.
In particular, the Connecticut Institute for Communities, Inc. (CIFC)…
