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Australian Teletrial Program to expand nationwide with $45M funding

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In Queensland, multiple hospitals and health services (HHS) will be involved in the programme with the Townsville HHS hosting the regional ATP clinical trial coordinating centre, a specialist unit of senior clinical staff working collaboratively with primary and satellite sites to conduct tele-trials. WHY IT MATTERS.

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3 Compelling Reasons — Beyond the Law — to Expand Consumer Access to Personal Records

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Access Can Improve Health Outcomes Consumers, now more than ever, want control over their healthcare. And research shows giving patients access to their electronic health records can positively impact health outcomes. In 2007, Tom joined the board of Harmony Healthcare IT and became CEO in 2015.

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Connected Pharmacy MedMinder Raises $35M for Polypharmacy & Senior Patients

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Founded in 2007, MedMinder currently employs over 180 team members and is a recognized ultra-high-growth pharmacy care organization. Improving Accessibility and Quality of Home Care. MedMinder is the leading connected pharmacy care solution for seniors and polypharmacy patients.

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The Medical Library: A Hospital’s Most Underappreciated Asset

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Docline, the National Library of Medicine’s interlibrary loan request routing system, showed a decrease from 3,166 medical libraries in 2007 to 2,140 in 2017. These “virtual libraries” enable health systems to maintain access to the KBI they need for accreditation, and to promote best practices on-site.

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Why CTA’s Shepherding AI Is Important for Re-Imagining Healthcare

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That personal information can get mashed up and analyzed along with data from our electronic health records and health insurance claims to create a fuller picture of us… helpful in personalizing medical treatments and health regimens that are unique to us. Yes, the connected car for health has been cooking for some time.

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Virtual Primary Care Reimagined With A Virtual First Health Plan

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Robert Bressler, SVP of Primary360, Teladoc Health. The promise of primary care on improved health outcomes has been proven over time. In the decade between 2007 and 2017, enrollment in high-deductible health plans increased from 17 percent to 43 percent among adults aged 18- 64 with employment-based coverage.

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Americans Lost Future Life-Years in 2020: How Much Life Was Lost Depends on the Color of One’s Skin

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. “Provisional life expectancy at birth in the first half of 2020 was the lowest level since 2006 for both the total population and for males, and was the lowest level since 2007 for females,” the report observes. The Sum of Us, a new book by Heather McGhee, details the many flavors of inequities that put the U.S.

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