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NEC expands digital elderly care system trial to Chiang Mai

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WHAT IT'S ABOUT The municipality of Chiang Mai and NEC Thailand recently signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of smart city solutions, including smart hospital technologies to support its provision of elderly care. Their number is projected to continuously rise and make up about 30% of the population by 2040.

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Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response

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public health infrastructure nor American political culture support the kind of muscular central government mandates that have characterized the COVID-19 policies of many other countries. The tort system does this by articulating standards of reasonable care and exposing entities that fall short of these standards to liability.

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The Council of Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Convention: Implications for Health and Patients

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This means it covers applications like ChatGPT-assisted diagnosis , AI-based fall detection in elderly care facilities, AI-assisted surgery , and menstruation cycle trackers. health governance, organ donation, medical data protection).

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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

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Finding time to get to the doctor is a challenge. The Leidos-Milken partnership in spring 2021 launched a collaborative initiative aimed at bringing together leaders in the private, government, academic, and nonprofit sectors to address the national opioid epidemic and mental health crisis.

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Health Provider News

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million for youth mental health care KENTUCKY Pike County nursing home officials release statement following loss of Medicare agreement Three Humana executives drop $11.2M on 7th medical office building acquisition in a year Baptist Health expanding in Nassau and St.

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governor pushes new Medicaid expansion proposal with work requirement Missouri state senator wants voters to have say in KU Health System, Liberty Hospital merger Kansas ACLU request to halt excessive wait times at Larned turned down by judge ‘Who cares about us? Accused Of Filing False Claims Settles For $14.7M What’s next?

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Children’s mental health programs in danger after budget cuts Disciplinary information is missing from some doctor profiles in CT. What about telehealth? Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations S.