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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

In the developing world, "mHealth projects are launching at an exponential rate," declared a recent issue of Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine. We debated the types of policies that would be most likely to encourage innovations that make a positive difference for individuals and populations.

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March 2023 Updates and Features

Aspiring Minority Doctor

I'm also beyond honored and thrilled to be currently featured in this month's issue of The DO (official magazine of the American Osteopathic Association). I am also quite fond of a lot of the other DOs mentioned in the article, so it was quite humbling to see my name mentioned alongside so many phenomenal individuals.

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Critics Suggest FDA Approving Aduhelm Will Erode the “Public Trust”: What About Patients’ Trust?

FDA Law Blog

For example, we know that cancer patients have a high tolerance for toxicity when offered a chance at improved survival, a risk tolerance that would not be shared by individuals suffering from the common cold. As the Patient-Focused Drug Development “Pilot” under PDUFA V Concludes, Is FDA Passing the Baton to Patient Organizations?

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

It’s all individual. It’s reminding me of what you were saying, Bill, of the individual is not enough and it’s how we sit in these other broader communities that really matters, particularly around these existential questions. And I get to play a Bob Dylan song that’s been on my bucket list to learn. Alex: Mm-hmm.

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

GeriPal

So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness. All of the evidence shows that for mental illnesses in individual cases of mental illness, we cannot make those predictions. You get me with one-finger-chords on the guitar if you’re watching on YouTube (best I could manage). I think that’s a big mistake.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Michele: Yeah, so in May of 2018, there was an article by Suleika Jaouad in the New York Times Magazine, and they spent about two weeks in our hospice with us learning about the work that’s done. Eric: Does the chaplaincy also provide support to them, or can they visit the hospice unit, those individuals? Michele: Yeah.

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal

But the other was she read an article about our hospice in the May of 2018 New York Times magazine. I am there with individuals who are dying. And you have the individual here who needs the end of life care, who needs this service as well. So she found that incredibly moving, so that’s one of the songs on the album.

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