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Calling for Holistic Maternal Care to Address Racial Disparities: The Role of Midwives and Doulas

Bill of Health

By Jordan Brooks and Tamar Ezer Expanding access to midwives and doulas in the United States is a vital and often overlooked way to increase access to culturally-congruent birthing options during pregnancy and improve health outcomes for birthing individuals and their children. The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S.

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Report: How Apple Is Advancing Digital Healthcare Transformation

HIT Consultant

Offering features that enable Apple Watch to act as an intelligent guardian for users’ health. Offering features that help users improve their everyday health and fitness for better health outcomes, 4. Fueling innovative third-party health and fitness apps with developer tools. Keeping Privacy in Mind.

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Convenient Scapegoat: Why Hesitancy is Not the Cause of Low Vaccination Rates in Africa

HIT Consultant

The World Health Organization estimates that in the majority of African countries, there is one hospital per one million people, one doctor per 10,000 people and one hospital bed per 10,000 people. There are many structural factors on the demand and supply side that constrain health systems in Africa.

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Leveraging Connected Solutions for Improved Patient Care

Healthcare IT Today

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global population aged 60 and over will double by 2050. This transformation emphasizes the cultivation of long-term health habits among individuals, reducing the burden on hospitals and redefining healthcare as a proactive endeavor.

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Value Comes to Healthcare: But Whose Value Is It?

Health Populi

Another global view on value is offered in the report, Delivering quality health services: A global imperative for universal health coverage , from the World Health Organization, the World Bank Group, and the OECD. This raises the issue of the U.S.

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A roadmap for designing more inclusive health chatbots

Healthcare It News

Researchers from the University of Westminster; Kinsey Institute at Indiana University and Positive East looked at resources from the UK's National Health Service and the World Health Organization to develop their community-driven approach for increasing inclusivity, acceptability and engagement with artificial intelligence chatbots.

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COVID-19: An integrated healthcare system is the way forward

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Network Infrastructure Telehealth Workflow With dozens of healthcare facilities across the UAE, the country’s healthcare system is evolving faster than elsewhere in the world says Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in Dubai.

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