Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Roojin Habibi, Timothy Fish Hodgson, and Alicia Ely Yamin Today, as the world transitions from living in the grips of a novel coronavirus to living with an entrenched, widespread infectious disease known as COVID-19, global appreciation for the human rights implications of public health crises are once again rapidly fading from view.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With rising case numbers in across the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region and the rest of Europe, a fully vaccinated status might become compulsory for the use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) soon – at least in some countries. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

While initially developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, those SMART Health Cards – accessible via digital wallet apps or QR codes – were also seen as a key enabler for a larger system to more easily enable access, control and sharing of verifiable vaccination and other records.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 31, 2022

Vaccines are no longer our only medical intervention for preventing severe COVID-19. Older and medically vulnerable people who continue to face high risk of COVID-19 illness after vaccination should not be asked to wait in line behind adults who refused vaccines. By Govind Persad, Monica Peek, and Seema Shah.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 18, 2020

Shifting the perception of digital health and care. Without doubt, the crucial requirement of us all, as citizens, to be physically distant as part of the response globally to COVID-19 has resulted in a significant shift in how we think about technology as a tool to overcome distance.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 7, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised unprecedented challenges for the global health framework and its long-term consequences are not yet in full sight. The alarm mechanism based on the declaration of Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), in particular, has been severely tested.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

consumer in the COVID-19 moment…a moment that may last most of the rest of the months of 2020. First, foremost, Americans are concerned about the impact of a disease outbreak on their health, personal finances and the U.S. 43% of Americans are concerned they will contract COVID-19. 20-21 and Feb.

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Medical Gas Compliance

APRIL 21, 2023

While treating the coronavirus is still a primary focus for healthcare facilities, one thing is becoming clear–-We are shifting away from Covid-19 being considered a global emergency. The World Health Organization (WHO), the agency responsible for international public health, has stated the pandemic is at a “transition point.”

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Health Law Pulse

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

During a recent Q&A, a representative with the World Health Organization warned that the Omicron variant is not the last of its kind. Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers will continue to provide relevant updates for healthcare providers on the Health Law Pulse during the COVID-19 public health crisis.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Tara Davis and Nicola Soekoe In January 2021, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if wealthier nations did not ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. This, critically, could have helped save lives.

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Health Law Pulse

JANUARY 21, 2022

A little over one week later, we reported that the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after COVID-19 was detected in eighteen countries, infecting almost 10,000 people and killing more than two hundred. We have watched the United States declare a public health emergency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Other programmes, including Public Health England’s COVID-19 Observatory, were also able to collect and analyse coronavirus data. The World Health Organisation has cited China as an example of where a health system was able to improve diagnostic accuracy and scale availability.

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Health Law Pulse

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The World Health Organization (“WHO”) reported on December 14, 2021, that seventy-seven countries have reported cases of the Omicron variant. The CDC reported that the Omicron variant spreads more easily than the original COVID-19 virus but how easily it spreads compared to the Delta variant is still unknown.

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Health Populi

MARCH 16, 2021

“So close and yet so far” feels like the right phrase to use a year after the World Health Organization used the “P-word,” “pandemic,” to describe the coronavirus’s impact on public health, globally. One year and over 550,000 COVID-related deaths in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The following is a guest article by Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO at Carrot Health.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 17, 2023

Two pharmaceutical giants of the pandemic, Moderna and BioNTech, are taking steps for increasing the manufacturing capacity for the COVID-19 vaccine in Africa. Last March, Moderna announced its plan to set up a manufacturing facility in Kenya to produce messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, including COVID-19 shots.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health. At the same time, they are regularly treated as commodities , often in ways that are completely divorced from their public health value.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 6, 2022

It only narrowly modifies compulsory licenses of patents covering COVID vaccines. IP on COVID vaccines should be a global public good. For COVID treatments and diagnostics to be broadly available at affordable prices, their IP must be considered a global public good by all. We need a new approach. Data exclusivity.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 24, 2022

During large transnational public health crises, global demand soars for diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines. Consider, for instance, the case of COVID-19 vaccines. Although some of these products can be developed within compressed timelines, global production capacity remains limited.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The World Health Organization released a policy brief this past week aimed at combating age-related bias in health-related artificial intelligence tools. Renewed focus has been placed on addressing bias in AI , especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE LARGER TREND. " ON THE RECORD.

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Total HIPAA

MARCH 17, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent coronavirus outbreak, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) , a public health emergency of international concern. On March 11, WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic, detected in 114 countries around the globe as of that date.¹.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 10, 2021

LAS VEGAS – One year ago this week, a group of digital health experts formulated the Riyadh Declaration on Digital Health, which outlined priorities and recommendations for the global health community in response to COVID-19 and other future pandemics. mortality rate from COVID-19 was 2.8

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2024

A Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health What You Should Know: – The World Health Organization (WHO) unveils S.A.R.A.H. , an AI-powered digital health promoter, available 24/7 in eight languages via video or text. Meet S.A.R.A.H.: – S.A.R.A.H. Previous iterations of S.A.R.A.H.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

During the third DHAGE 2021 high-level meeting, held last month, decision makers in Europe identified collaborations and challenges for the future of digital healthcare policies - when accounting for the health inequailities that have been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This would create a greater knowledge database.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 13, 2023

Speeding up Test Development We’ve seen with COVID-19 how quickly a virus can evolve and how hard it is to design both tests and vaccinations that accommodate different variants. Virax Biolabs uses data from the World Health Organization and others to develop tests quickly.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 11, 2021

COVID-19 exacted a toll on health citizens’ mental health, worsening a public health challenge that was already acute before the pandemic. It’s World Mental Health Day , an event marked by global and local stakeholders across the mental health ecosystem.

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Health Law Pulse

JULY 25, 2022

Between 60 to 75 percent of new COVID-19 diagnoses are now said to be attributed the BA.5 Health officials have advised anyone who has not had a second booster to do so now, with fears that existing immunity could be waning. Researchers have branded BA.5 Researchers have branded BA.5 The post BA.5

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By Calvin Wai-Loon Ho With the mainstreaming of digital technology across many spheres of social life, infodemic management must be an integral part of public health emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By December 2020, the world had astonishingly powerful tools against COVID-19. New mRNA vaccines, underpinned by decades of public investment , had been authorized by global regulators. The answer to one of the most important public health questions of our time — who gets access to vaccines? — By Zain Rizvi.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.

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Health Populi

JULY 9, 2020

Combine these new life-flows with conflicting information about the nature, severity, and life-span of COVID-19: From three levels of government leaders: The President and the Executive Branch at the Federal Level, Governors of States, and Mayors of cities; Public health agencies, especially the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency came to an end on May 11. This also happens to coincide with the World Health Organization declaring an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. What does the end of the public health emergency mean for the future of the healthcare industry?

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2022

Monitoring the safe and effective use of medicines has now been an essential part of public health policy for several decades. Prior to COVID-19, few members of the public knew what pharmacovigilance was. New advances in technology (e.g., A higher profile for pharmacovigilance – and a need for communication.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 30, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a greater importance in implementing proper infection control protocols, such as identifying cases of infections and supplying proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to emergency medical workers. Emergency medical workers are at an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Their ten must-do’s for bending the cost curve while driving constructive change for a better health care system are to: Ensure access. Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Address social determinants of health. Accelerate digital health. Innovate long-term care.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 30, 2023

Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) enacted in the United States came to an end this May. General Manager of Healthy.io

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