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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

Food and Drug Administration recently moved to regulate health apps that act as medical devices (e.g., In the developing world, "mHealth projects are launching at an exponential rate," declared a recent issue of Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine. electrocardiogram) and would pose safety risks to patients if they malfunctioned.

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Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

Co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and leader of multiple Permanente Medical Groups at Kaiser Permanente, recognized for advancing AI technology, improving care access, and advocating for value-based care measures OAKLAND, Calif. Kaiser Permanente is comprised of the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). What’s up with Medical aid in dying in Canada? Eric: So again, the topic is going to be medical aid in dying in Canada. Four percent. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

Like in pandemic, I wrote a few articles early on and then when I started working for the city and state, I just stopped and partly was the horrible, horrible, horrible things we were seeing and that the government was doing to older people. And part of it was just not having time because I was doing my UCSF job and that job. Eric: Yeah.

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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t

Physician's Weekly

Kennedy then appointed new members, including vaccine skeptics, prompting alarm from the broader medical community. Kennedy Jr. this week fired every member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the group of experts who help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make those evidence-based judgments.

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What RFK Jr. Isn’t Talking About: How To Make Vaccines Safer

Physician's Weekly

In the medical odyssey that followed, she suffered double vision, chronic nausea, brain fog, and profound weakness. People with covid vaccine injuries, however, are stuck in a kind of limbo, often without clear medical options. Once a rock climber, she became a couch potato. It has paid out about 12,000 awards worth a total of $4.8