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Important practice-points for pharmacists independently initiating and furnishing Paxlovid

Natalia Mazina

Recently – on July 6, 2022 – the FDA amended the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Paxlovid, an orally-administered COVID-19 therapeutic drug. Recently – on July 6, 2022 – the FDA amended the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Paxlovid, an orally-administered COVID-19 therapeutic drug.

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Inpatient telemedicine improves care and patient satisfaction at Howard University Hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In March 2020, the number of new COVID-19 infections was rapidly increasing in Washington. With no vaccination or specific treatment on the horizon, Howard University Hospital, an academic medical center in the district, prepared for a major surge of COVID-19 patients. Multi-way communication.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Compliance Considerations for Best Outcomes Written in collaboration with the AIHC Volunteer Education Committee Delivering mental health services via telehealth has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher rates of use of telehealth are now standard in many practices since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Telehealth for Behavioral Healthcare

Verisys

COVID has impacted every aspect of daily life, and these changes have affected people’s mental health, making telehealth services for behavioral health more important than ever. These license verification requirements have continued to change, so keeping up with regulations in telehealth is vital to compliance. According to the U.S.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2023 – January

SQA

Until EUDAMED is brought fully online, a series of performance study application/notification documents have been created to support performance study procedures with respect to the IVDR (see MDCG 2022-19). Decentralization is enabled by the advancement of digital tools, telemedicine, and more mobile and local healthcare.

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Health Provider News – February 10, 2023

Hall Render

billion since pandemic U.S. leading cause of death is heart disease, Alabama’s matches that Alabama lawmakers put temporary hold on $1 billion contract for prison healthcare New rolling NICU a ‘game changer’ for critical babies in Alabama More than a dozen Alabama hospitals at immediate risk of closing; officials say hospitals suffer $1.5

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The BFDs – The Ten Best Prescription Drug/Medical Device Decisions of 2023

Drug & Device Law

Plaintiff knew about it, too, since he signed an informed consent document mentioning it. Equally bad, Hrymoc effectively read a New Jersey statute, §2A:58C-5(c), which precludes punitive damages where a “device” was “licensed” by the FDA, out of existence. The device labeling specifically mentioned it. The plaintiff in M.T.

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