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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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Healthcare’s Sustainability Problem And The Solutions Tech Can Provide

Healthcare IT Today

Tech inspires these pledges through circular health-care initiatives, telehealth, smart hospitals, AI, and so much more. Hospitals produce more than 29 pounds of waste per bed per day, which requires efficient sorting, composting, and recycling processes. Smart Hospitals. And according to Phillips, 24 percent of 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.

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Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare IT Today

Digital transformation in healthcare is reshaping how we interact with health professionals, how data is shared among providers, and how decisions are made about treatment plans and health outcomes. The primary drivers of these developments are outcomes, cost, and experiences.

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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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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. Equitable and effective healthcare through partnerships.

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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.