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Type 2 Diabetes in Young Patients Spiked in Year 1 of COVID-19 Pandemic

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Using electronic medical record data from 2018-2020 obtained from 24 medical centers across the US, including Johns Hopkins, University of Colorado, and Mayo Clinic institutions, a new study suggests rates of youth onset type 2 diabetes increased 77% during the first year of the pandemic.

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More patients are accessing their online medical records, with app users leading the charge

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More patients are accessing their medical records online via patient portals or apps and are doing so more often than in years past, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health I | From 2020 to 2022, the portion of U.S.

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Covid-19 increases risk of developing autoimmune disease, but vaccination helps, large study shows

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Researchers used the medical records of 10 million Korean and 12 million Japanese adults to see whether those who had Covid were more likely to be diagnosed with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases, or AIRDs, in the year following infection. Read the rest…

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Five Lessons Learned About Antimicrobial Stewardship Metrics

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It may be derived from work completed inthe microbiology lab, unitsdispensed from the pharmacy, administrations performed by nurses, expenditures produced from drug purchases, documentation within any area of the electronic medical record, extraction from supplemental tools or data warehouses, and so much more.

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2021 market access prospects for Germany

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Early in 2020 a law was passed in Germany which reaffirmed the ability of Gemeinsame Bundesausschuss (G-BA), the Federal Joint Committee, to require the collection of Real World Evidence (RWE) from launch for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). Such deals are not national but can be agreed at the insurer level.

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COVID drives a customer experience shift in life sciences CRM

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Virmani notes, for example, that Omnipresence has invested in several of the areas highlighted by Gartner’s 2020 Market Guide for CRM in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology , including AI-decision support tools, hyper automation, or self-service portals – and has found them incredibly useful for optimising omnichannel and customer insights.

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The tech revolution reshaping European healthcare

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In the European hospital setting, the first to digitise were the picture archiving systems (PACS) in radiology departments then electronic medical records (EMRs), patient administration systems and departmental IT flow work solutions (eg, laboratory information systems and radiology information systems).