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Medicare Advantage boosterism, providers’ surprise billing savior in Texas, and a health insurance firewall

STAT

You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money through the health care system.    Sign up here  to get it in your inbox. The latest in the Medicare Advantage Discourse. Read the rest…

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Google’s hospital play, Optum’s data shakeup, & the call for more telehealth oversight

STAT

You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is transforming the life sciences.  “Device Connect for Fitbit” is one of the first public initiatives to emerge since Google acquired Fitbit for $2.1 Google’s wearables plan takes shape.   Read the full story. 

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Black Eschar

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

Steele, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) Reveal the Answer Answer: 1. Systemic symptoms : May include fever, malaise, and headache Making the diagnosis [5] Patient history and clinical suspicion are key in making the diagnosis. Notify the CDC via the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System. 4th edition.

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Health Ministry releases draft National Pharmacy Commission Bill, 2023

Express Pharma

The Union Health Ministry has released the draft National Pharmacy Commission Bill, 2023, which seeks to repeal the Pharmacy Act of 1948 and replace the Pharmacy Council of India with a national commission. The ministry put up the draft bill on its website on November 14 seeking comments from the public.

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2023 In Review for The Digital Apothecary

The Digital Apothecary

2023 Areas of Focus This year, my focus was largely on AI and digital health technologies (DHTs). The widespread availability of LLMs to the public has indeed caused significant changes in societal attitudes towards AI, confirming my belief that AI is a present-day reality, not a distant future concern. APhA DigitalHealth.Rx

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USAID on expanding digital health globally – part one

pharmaphorum

Adele Waugaman, senior digital health coordinator of the COVID-19 response at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), tells us what the agency focuses on to strengthen digital health infrastructure globally and improve and expand healthcare access. Digital Strategy and Digital Health Vision.

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Available for Preorder: The 2023-24 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors

Drug Channels

This report—our fourteenth edition—remains the most comprehensive, fact-based tool for understanding and analyzing the large and growing U.S. We are providing you with the opportunity to preorder this thoroughly updated, revised, and expanded 2023-24 edition at special discounted prices. pharmaceutical distribution industry.