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Thammasat University Hospital taps NEC Thailand to digitise elderly care

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Thammasat University Hospital is embarking on a digital transformation of its elderly care service. WHY IT MATTERS Thammasat Thammarak Center, the elderly care arm of Thammasat University Hospital, provides geriatric services, including OPD, daycare, rehabilitation, long-term care, intermediate care and palliative care.

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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

Bill of Health

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

Bill of Health

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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Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work

Bill of Health

The commodification of care, its profits dependent on underpaying workers, led to the scarcity of care that my clients, and more baby boomers every day, experience. Care worker organizing for higher wages and better treatment has been on the rise in recent years.

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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

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. And the payer community sees remote patient monitoring as a critical component of SUD care.

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Changing Hands, Not Washing Them: CMS’ First Report on Nursing Home M&A Data

C&M Health Law

Ownership and operation of nursing homes, and elder care in general, have been of concern to government officials and others as a ripe area for oversight and neglect. Nursing home care is one of the largest segments of the health care industry, with more than 1.4