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De-identified trove of peer-to-peer ALS data added to MGH clinical trials database

Healthcare It News

A dataset dating back to 2005, containing contributions from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients will be added to the Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials, or PRO-ACT database at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Timely availability of clinical information during health care transitions, in a setting with robust telemedicine access, can shift the method of care delivery without adversely affecting patient health outcomes," wrote the researchers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Importance of Regulatory Compliance in Healthcare

Compliancy Group

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) of 2005 spurred the development of a system to encourage healthcare staff to report medical errors voluntarily.

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

Under-investment in social determinants of health are major drivers of inequitable health outcomes in the United States. health system continue to exacerbate poor health and disparities. Finally, racism and other forms of discrimination in the U.S. Uninsured people in the U.S. COVID-19 and the U.S.

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Old Dogs and New Tricks: A Case for the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

Because of this, many states fell back to public order policing of the pandemic and/or states of emergencies, using security tactics, techniques, and legislation as a public health tool to the obvious detriment to both human rights and public health outcomes.

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Scarcity Is Not an Excuse to Discriminate: Age and Disability in Health Care Rationing

Bill of Health

The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies show that public health and human rights protected in international treaties are not exclusive nor necessarily in tension. On the contrary, human rights-compliant responses lead to better public health outcomes.

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A Tale of Two America’s for Health

Health Populi

Health citizens living in states in New England, and then those west of Michigan and north of Missouri and Kansas, demonstrate better-than-average health outcomes. “Insurance coverage is a necessary but not sufficient condition” to improve health outcomes in America, the Fund asserts in its report summary.