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Organ Transplant Candidates Who Use Medical Cannabis Face Discrimination

Bill of Health

Similarly, a retrospective case-control study of 211 patients who underwent liver transplantation found no significant difference in complications, readmission rates, medication non-compliance, or continued substance use between cannabis users and non-users.

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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

They argue that children should not be cast as merely “hidden” or “silent” victims of pandemics and emphasize the need for “a deeper elaboration on the content of the Principles will be needed to ensure compliance with the CRC” as the product of a “more deliberate and detailed discussion” which “actively engages and empowers children.”

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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

Health Populi

The three spoke about navigating compliance (think: regulations and reimbursement) in an uncertain world. Amy Abernethy asserte d as she shared her pandemic perspectives on a panel with 2 other former U.S. health policy and regulatory leaders. An uncertain world is our workplace in the health/care ecosystem, globally, in this moment.

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Report: Facebook Tracker Collecting Hospital Patient PHI

Compliancy Group

“Almost any patient would be shocked to find out that Facebook is being provided an easy way to associate their prescriptions with their name,” said Glenn Cohen, faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.