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UK gov’t defends NHS data sharing plans in strategy document

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The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care has published a document setting out its strategy on handling patient data – and defending its plan to transfer millions of GP records into a centralised database. He has our e-mail… (We've heard nothing from him, @DHSCgovuk or @NHSX since the "pause" ).

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How blockchain can revolutionise medical records and save lives

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One of the most challenging problems in the health-care industry is balancing people’s medical privacy with ease of access to medical history via electronic health records (EHRs). The state of medical records today. Blockchain: The ultimate electronic health record. Here’s how.

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Medication Therapy Management in geriatric

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Medication Therapy Management in geriatric Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Is a service provided typically by pharmacists that aims to improve outcomes by helping people to better understand their health conditions and the medications used to manage them. What medication do you take that do not require a prescription?

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Anas Batikhi, Founder & CEO at Santechture Shares on RCM-Tech, A Necessity in The Healthcare Industry

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Anas Batikhi: The healthcare sector, an ongoing evolving industry on its own, is simply a flowing stream of processes, revenues & valuable health outcomes. Health care, like any other sector needs sustainable funding to deliver on such outcomes. About the Author: Anas Batikhi is the Founder & CEO at Santechture.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Mobile Healthcare Applications

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Apart from high-quality care, personalization, and transparency, patients are eager to have more control over their time and day-to-day health activities with easy access to accurate medical information. Deloitte reports that 350,000 apps related to health are available in top app stores worldwide.

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The value of good data to patients

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Better patient care pathways and models of care can be leveraged from the use of data, and the ability to collate and assess this information will drive more sustainable models of care, whilst unlocking the value of ‘longitudinal, real-world data’ as a resource for healthcare organisations, research and academia, policy advisors and pharma.

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Antimicrobial MTM Case

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A 58-years-old woman (89kg) with a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hypothyroidism, has presented to the Primary Health clinic with Fever and high grade chills, Headache & body-ache, Loose stools, and 2-3 vomiting episodes. Practice good personal hygiene.  Practice good personal hygiene.