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Book Review: ‘The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India’

Bill of Health

However, the book not only highlights problems but also offers several well-thought-out and actionable paths to reform. The book explains that despite these events, DEG adulteration continues due to regulatory failures. The book contains eleven chapters that provide a complete picture of the drug regulatory landscape in India.

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Blue Booking Long COVID: Accounting for Long-Term COVID-19 Complications in Social Security Disability Benefits Evaluations

Bill of Health

Here I suggest a potential solution in amending the Social Security Administration’s Blue Book to include Long COVID in the evaluation of disability benefits. Essentially, the Blue Book is a list of medical conditions and disability criteria that the SSA checks when deciding whether someone should receive disability benefits.

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Georgia's COVID-19 vaccination efforts boosted by scalable reg and booking tools

Healthcare It News

Another challenge with mass registrations and online appointment bookings is overlapping bookings. When one has thousands of patients trying to register simultaneously for a limited number of appointment slots, it can cause double-bookings and other scheduling problems. " PROPOSAL. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Tasmania transforming outpatient services with online booking, eReferral system

Healthcare It News

The Tasmanian government has recently released a four-year strategy to transform outpatient services across its public health system. The state government has also made a A$150 million ($100 million) investment over four years to upgrade its digital health infrastructure. THE LARGER TREND.

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Eight Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Social Determinants of Health

Bill of Health

State Government Opportunities: States can increase expungement rates by amending laws to apply automatic expungement to minor drug possession convictions and seal the records. States can also remove barriers to local governments setting a livable local minimum wage. Code § 32) by making the tax credit monthly. 34:11-56a et seq.

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State health app updates across Asia

Mobi Health News

This includes a queue management system, which now allows patients to book appointments, pay online, and check in before visiting any government health facilities. The system is hoped to help further decongest the registration counter at government hospitals while providing convenience to patients and staff.

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Managing a safe transition to new treatment guidelines

Healthcare It News

PROPOSAL Since the hospital books cancer patients for treatment several months in advance, the hospital's protocol governance working party decided to take a two-pronged approach in adopting the ADDIKD guideline while leveraging a cloud-based medical oncology and administration platform by healthcare SaaS provider EpiSoft.