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Race Equality Foundation says UK review into medical device bias is not enough

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Race Equality Foundation CEO Jabeer Butt welcomed the review, but said it was not enough to explain the disproportionate deaths of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people from COVID-19. COVID-19 exposed health disparities across the country, as death rates have been higher among people from ethnic minorities.

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4 Keys to Modernizing Public Health Data Collection and Analysis

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Health Analytics Lead, Accenture Federal Services The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the urgent need to modernize the nation’s public health system. Despite success in rapidly developing vaccines, the unprecedented public health emergency also exposed significant gaps in U.S.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

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An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data.

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Why Preventive Healthcare Hinges on Diagnostics Innovation

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This means testing must be far more widespread, done in the pursuit of a more complete picture of health and to provide insight into the individual ailments and public health crises that may be coming down the track. The future of diagnostics will be pre-emptive. Embracing new digital diagnostics. About Michael Simpson.

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Health Provider News – September 16, 2022

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These 10 states still have COVID emergency orders in place. Why asking about social determinants of health is so important. HHS expected to renew COVID-19 PHE for 11th time. Southeast Health wants to receive additional property taxes. Alabama’s COVID-19 positivity rate, hospitalization rate continues its decline.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2022

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One example is partnering with Healthy Together, which uses the agency's API to provide veterans with secure mobile access to their health records. FDA authorizes at-home COVID-19 tests from Amazon, Roche, Siemens. At the start of the year, the Biden Administration authorized a handful of new at-home COVID-19 tests for use.

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