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Should TikTok Doctors Owe Any Duty of Care Toward Their Followers?

Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2023

By Sarah Gabriele Doctors are now using social media platforms to spread medical knowledge and to interact with the communities that they are actively building. A recent survey showed that almost 1 in 5 Americans now turn to TikTok before their doctor for health advice.

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Public Health: Got Sleep?

Bill of Health

JUNE 27, 2022

There are certain public health commercials that generations will always remember. Sleep Deprivation and Public Health Effects. But when over a third of the adult American population regularly doesn’t get enough sleep, it’s a deadly public health problem. The post Public Health: Got Sleep?

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The Future of Public Health Law Lies in the Past — And Lawyers Need to Learn It

Bill of Health

MAY 2, 2023

Stripped down, a key question on appeal boils down to: how can a federal agency order the only effective public health response during the pendency of an epidemic? In other words, how can they act where they must make public health decisions under quickly developing circumstances?

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5 Ways Federated Computing Can Reshape Public Health

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Unlocking data silos using Federated Computing (FC) has the potential to achieve a positive impact across the healthcare industry, ranging from clinical care quality improvement and accreditation to population health management, precision public health and equitable drug development.

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Emoji Laws in Health Care ????

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 30, 2023

We are more accustomed to emojis being the characters in a “ cinematic masterpiece ” or the subject of corporate public relations. Health care is no exception. Public Health Awareness First, hospitals might try to reach patients through engaging ads that deploy emojis.

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Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 14, 2022

When pandemic response efforts are hampered by inadequate enforcement resources and political polarization, tort liability could, potentially, be a powerful public health tool. public health infrastructure has historically relied heavily on state and local authorities. Neither the U.S. Neither the U.S.

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Goulburn Valley Health partners My Emergency Doctor for after-hours telemedicine services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Goulburn Valley Health, a regional healthcare provider in the state of Victoria, has tapped telemedicine service My Emergency Doctor for additional virtual emergency doctor support. Established in 2016, My Emergency Doctor has been providing acute care after hours via video and phone across regional Australia.

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U.S. Government Renews COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Extending Health Benefits for Millions of Americans

The Health Law Firm Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 15, 2022, the United States again renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans special access to free tests, vaccines, and treatments. The public health emergency was initially declared in January 2020, when the [.]

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Cristina Britez and the Many Faces of Obstetric Violence

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Obstetric violence can also be a consequence of discriminatory gender-stereotypes and a lack of relevant medical information — withheld by doctors and nurses — that impede pregnant persons from making decisions over their health and life during labor and postnatal care. In these cases, going into labor can be life-threatening.

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The Tik Tok’ing of Medical Mis-Information: Doctors’ and Patients’ Roles in Curating Healthy Advice

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Doctors in the U.S. Doctors and patients, both, have roles to play in addressing medical misinformation online. That’s less than half of the percentage of doctors saying so — 98%, virtually all U.S. That’s less than half of the percentage of doctors saying so — 98%, virtually all U.S.

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Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Protect Their Future created a space where doctors and parents could advocate with a unified voice. For example, the group organized a physician coalition letter where several hundred doctors called on the FDA to urgently cut the bureaucratic tape and make vaccines accessible to young children. Solutions for the Future.

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Healthcare access, racial disparities, guns and climate – U.S. doctors are worried about some big social issues

Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2022

Doctors heads and hearts are jammed with concerns beyond curing patients’ medical conditions: U.S. Underneath that top-line statistic, it’s important to note that: 52% of doctors are “very concerned” about healthcare access, 28% are “concerned,” and. 68% of doctors said that the U.S.

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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

.” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Roundup: Non-OTC drugs prescription via telemedicine prohibited in India and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2023

Regulator bars e-prescription of non-OTC drugs in India Indian doctors using telemedicine can only prescribe OTC Drugs, according to the National Medical Commission. Meanwhile, the new regulations order doctors to keep digital records, such as patient records, reports, and images, for three years from their patient's last consultation.

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Losing Control of Controlled Substances? The Case of Telehealth Prescriptions

Bill of Health

JANUARY 30, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic and its concomitant social-distancing efforts rendered many, if not most, health visits inaccessible, telehealth platforms and companies swiftly stepped in to allow for virtual patient-doctor consultations. One such platform is Cerebral Inc. , Food and Drug Administration to address the shortage.

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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

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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‘Below the Belt’ Exposes the Silent Crisis of Endometriosis Care

Bill of Health

JUNE 21, 2023

One in ten women have it, yet, on average, people with the condition see seven doctors before they get diagnosed. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that doctors trust female patients less than male patients. Doctors routinely dismiss endometriosis symptoms as “bad periods” and hypochondria. Endometriosis is a silent crisis.

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Abortion Bans Threatening Pregnant Patients’ Lives Are Unconstitutional

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A Texas federal district court determined in August 2022 that an emergency condition “must be present, rather than likely to be emergent,” which fails to guide real-time decisions of doctors treating pregnant patients in emergencies. Louisiana ) explicitly refer to doctors’ discretion to ascertain these conditions, many do not.

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Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency may be coming to an end in May. Mehra discusses whether virtual-first is the way to go, what the impending end of the public health emergency means for virtual care, how patients implementing technology into their healthcare routines can help and where telehealth will be in five and 10 years.

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Doctor Burnout Levels Increasing as a Result of the Pandemic

American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an influx of doctor burnout. Helping Doctors Through Extensive Burnout. doctors was 62.8%. Vivek Murthy raised the alarm earlier this year about what he called a national crisis on doctor burnout, which is made worse by the pandemic. Strategy to Decrease Overall Doctor Burnout.

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‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill of Health

APRIL 25, 2023

Even before the first wave peaked, doctors suggested the worst was over and that measures to control the virus were more dangerous than the virus itself. In February 2021 they recorded “The End of the Pandemic” 5 where listeners heard that “a UCSF infectious disease doctor is convinced this pandemic is ending, and sooner than you think.”

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Why Isn’t Health Data Available Where It’s Needed Including Public Health?

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 4, 2021

Many patients just assume that the healthcare interoperability problem has been solved and that the data from their doctor or a lab or imaging center is going to be shared between doctors, specialists, and whomever needs it in healthcare. I often talk to patients who wonder why their healthcare data isn’t following them.

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Speedoc to deliver home healthcare for Parkway Shenton

Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2023

Based on a press release, Parkway Shenton looks to roll out 24/7 doctor and nurse house calls, remote health monitoring, as well as, medical consultations and hospital-level care at home for patients. Enterprise Taxonomy: Quality Care Patient Access Population and Public Health Care

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Author Q&A: Hilary Wething on US Paid Sick Leave Policy Impacts

Bill of Health

DECEMBER 16, 2022

By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research. Hilary Wething, PhD, is an assistant professor of public policy and a Jackman-McCourtney Early Career Professor at Penn State University. We asked Dr. I think this is because, in practice, people may go to the doctor for multiple purposes.

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Moderna, citing need for 'flexibility,' seeks broad clearance of fourth COVID shot

Healthcare Dive

MARCH 18, 2022

regulators to authorize another booster shot for people 65 and older, Moderna has followed with a similar request for all adults, arguing an OK would "provide flexibility" to public health officials and doctors. Days after Pfizer asked U.S.

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Carceral Health Care Is Designed to Fail

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

We know that incarcerated patients often present at younger ages with more advanced stages of disease when seen by external health care providers. And we know that our prisons, jails, and detention centers employ doctors with suspended and limited licenses as the exclusive source for health care for incarcerated people.

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U.S. Government Renews COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Extending Health Benefits for Millions of Americans

The Health Law Firm Blog

JULY 18, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 15, 2022, the United States again renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans special access to free tests, vaccines, and treatments. The public health emergency was initially declared in January 2020, when the [.].

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Vendor notebook: Virtual care options on Google Cloud, AR surgical imaging and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2023

The company says that it aggregates a care team of nurses, doctors, pharmacists, coordinators and others and partners with payers, providers and employers. public health departments with implementing sexual health testing to reduce the incidence of rising sexually transmitted infections in their communities.

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Physician-Led Advocacy for the Future of Reproductive Health Care

Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2022

By “representing physicians with a unified voice in courts and legislative bodies,” the organization advances policies that help improve the practice of medicine and public health. As the legislative and policy-making body of the AMA, the HOD identifies pressing health policy issues impacting patients and physicians. .

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South Korea begins move to make telemedicine permanent

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare is pushing further to institutionalise telemedicine by launching a nationwide pilot of the service. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Under the three-month pilot, telemedicine services are only offered when a doctor deems it necessary and safe for target patients.

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Roundup: India's CoWIN to track all vax status and more briefs

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Doctors from Japan’s Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital and Shizuoka Cancer Center will also provide expert guidance to Vietnamese doctors regarding the use of the AI tool. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Quality Care AI Digital Health Care Analytics Technology.

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France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

” The DiGA initiative, created under the 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (DVG), means doctors can prescribe apps to the 73 million German citizens covered by public health, with costs reimbursed through health insurance. I’m very direct with you – we will just replicate what works in Germany.”

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Telehealth consortium to deliver after-hours service in rural NZ

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Based on a media release, the government-subsidised service will still charge a patient co-payment for consultations with a doctor; it will remain free for children under 14 years old. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Rural and underserved communities Population and Public Health Patient Access Care

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Thailand closely monitors COVID-19 patients via telemedicine platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

According to a local news report , the BKK HI Care platform enables remote patient monitoring by doctors. The platform is accessible for nurses and doctors via Windows, iOS and Android mobile phones, tablets and computers. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth COVID-19 Patient Access Population and Public Health.

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AMA offers new tools to help doctors navigate COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

On this National Doctors Day , as the U.S. Its financial checklist offers physicians and administrators 14 tips to help business during the public health emergency, such as consolidating administrative resources like coding tools and making better use of digital health technologies. WHY IT MATTERS.

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The Dr. Oz Paradox

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Such bad advice, which could get any doctor in legal trouble if disseminated to their patients, may be given to the public at large without fear of sanction. We march into battle with the army we have, and doctors around the world are choosing hydroxychloroquine more than any other solution.

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Australia’s Medical Board to disallow 'tick and flick’ online prescribing

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

" Meanwhile, the guidelines will also allow first-time consultations with a doctor using telehealth and the issuance of new and repeat scripts as part of a telehealth consultation. " It emphasised that real-time doctor-patient consultation is key to safe prescribing. ON THE RECORD "Telehealth is here to stay.

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NEC expands digital elderly care system trial to Chiang Mai

Healthcare It News

JUNE 7, 2023

In the second phase, a cloud-based application that allows remote health monitoring, as well as managing appointments and medication requests, will be rolled out. In the final phase, NEC will enable telemedicine services to allow patients to receive diagnoses and get on consultations with doctors from their homes.

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Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

After declining for six years, the burnout rate among doctors began to spike with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research by the American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic and Stanford Medicine. Though occupational burnout among doctors is higher relative to the U.S. WHY IT MATTERS. physicians was 62.8% in 2020, 43.9%

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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study. consumers and 277 Castle Connolly health care professionals.

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Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano

Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

He also approved $60 million to help uninsured patients and people from out of state pay for abortions in California, and signed reproductive health care laws, including one protecting doctors who mail abortion pills to other states. California bans short-term health plans. California Newsom became the first U.S.

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A Patient’s Right to Masked Health Care Providers

Bill of Health

JULY 20, 2023

The patient discreetly asks the receptionist to inform both the tech who will measure the patient’s intraocular pressure and the doctor who will examine the patient’s optic nerve that they should wear masks. Doctors and their staff move quickly, sometimes limiting appointments to five minutes or less.

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The Cost of Prescription Drugs, Doctors and Patient Access – A View from HIMSS19

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Most patient visits to doctors result in a prescription written for a medicine that people retrieve from a pharmacy, whether retail in the local community or via mail order for a maintenance drug. The vast majority of doctors polled by OptimizeRx say they have a role to play in discussing health care costs with patients.

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Should TikTok Doctors Owe Any Duty of Care Toward Their Followers?

Public Health: Got Sleep?

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The Future of Public Health Law Lies in the Past — And Lawyers Need to Learn It

5 Ways Federated Computing Can Reshape Public Health

Emoji Laws in Health Care ????

Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response

Goulburn Valley Health partners My Emergency Doctor for after-hours telemedicine services

U.S. Government Renews COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Extending Health Benefits for Millions of Americans

Cristina Britez and the Many Faces of Obstetric Violence

The Tik Tok’ing of Medical Mis-Information: Doctors’ and Patients’ Roles in Curating Healthy Advice

Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access

Healthcare access, racial disparities, guns and climate – U.S. doctors are worried about some big social issues

Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Roundup: Non-OTC drugs prescription via telemedicine prohibited in India and more briefs

Losing Control of Controlled Substances? The Case of Telehealth Prescriptions

News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

‘Below the Belt’ Exposes the Silent Crisis of Endometriosis Care

Abortion Bans Threatening Pregnant Patients’ Lives Are Unconstitutional

Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

Doctor Burnout Levels Increasing as a Result of the Pandemic

‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Why Isn’t Health Data Available Where It’s Needed Including Public Health?

Speedoc to deliver home healthcare for Parkway Shenton

Author Q&A: Hilary Wething on US Paid Sick Leave Policy Impacts

Moderna, citing need for 'flexibility,' seeks broad clearance of fourth COVID shot

Carceral Health Care Is Designed to Fail

U.S. Government Renews COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Extending Health Benefits for Millions of Americans

Vendor notebook: Virtual care options on Google Cloud, AR surgical imaging and more

Physician-Led Advocacy for the Future of Reproductive Health Care

South Korea begins move to make telemedicine permanent

Roundup: India's CoWIN to track all vax status and more briefs

France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

Telehealth consortium to deliver after-hours service in rural NZ

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Thailand closely monitors COVID-19 patients via telemedicine platform

AMA offers new tools to help doctors navigate COVID-19

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Australia’s Medical Board to disallow 'tick and flick’ online prescribing

NEC expands digital elderly care system trial to Chiang Mai

Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano

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