Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

healthcare system, representing just one example of “healthcare federalism” — the division of power between the federal and state governments in the regulation of health care. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the position of the federal government clear, stating: “[T]he FDA has approved the use of the medication Mifepristone.

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FDA Bioethics Public Health Governance 176

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

While his friend did not win his race, William Weld did win the governor’s post and Abner joined State government under Weld. He ended up working in Massachusetts State government for about 15 years. Abner then went to Mexico and witnessed the emergence of telemedicine there.

Medicaid 113

Medicaid Medicaid Telemedicine Governance 113

Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

With government’s relaxing regulations, health care providers could move staff and resources virtually from place to place, regardless of State licensure or other barriers to providing telemedicine, remote monitoring, and other flavors of telehealth. Prior to the emergence of COVID-19, the use of telehealth in U.S.

COVID-19 114

COVID-19 Public Health Hospitals Doctors 114

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

During the height of the pandemic, there was a predisposition to give up personal health and location tracing data to government to help control the spread of the disease. By mid-2020, Edelman detected, “a decline in willingness to share personal data to fight the pandemic. Now barely more than half are willing to do so….

COVID-19 165

COVID-19 Public Health Governance Hospitals 165

Health Populi

APRIL 5, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated the use of digital health across its many segments: telehealth, mHealth, software platforms, behavioral health, digital therapeutics, among them.

Malpractice 93

Malpractice COVID-19 Public Health Governance 93

Bill of Health

MARCH 7, 2024

One such initiative — the ketamine therapy industry’s push to extend the COVID-era telemedicine flexibilities for prescriptions of controlled substances — highlights how sophisticated these campaigns can be, and how their impact stretches beyond the psychedelic industry. none can ( legally ) provide psilocybin, LSD, or MDMA ( yet ).

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FDA Telemedicine Public Health Doctors 111