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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Bavarian Nordic’s mpox shot, a crackdown on Ozempic prescribing and more

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Or if you prefer to enjoy the great indoors, you could curl up with a good book or binge watch moving pictures on the telly. Elevance Health’s Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield requested money from health-care providers and alleged they falsified patient medical records in ways that led the insurer to cover the medications.

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Pharma Industry Townhall to be held in Mumbai

Express Pharma

Presentation on unleashing the power of EMR : Sourav Das will share how pharma companies can harness Electronic Medical Records to supercharge marketing initiatives, leveraging invaluable insights. Attendees will gain knowledge, actionable insights, and a renewed perspective on the evolving realm of pharma sales and marketing.

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NHS App could offer video consultations by 2024

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” From March 2023, more users of the app will be able to use it to message their GP, book COVID-19 vaccinations, check their medical records and manage hospital elective care appointments – assuming that their NHS trust is on board with the digital upgrade.

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Study finds Germany trails Spain and the US in digital health

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GPs offering online appointment booking was available to around 55% of Spanish and US respondents, but only 15% of Germans, and the proportion of patients who had taken advantage of that was 42% and 35% respectively in Spain and the US, and 8% in Germany. In Germany the proportion was just 2%, and Spain was only a little better at 6%.

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NHS app downloads spike after COVID jab status update

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Users can also record the results of any recent coronavirus tests. The app rolled out in 2019 after being piloted in 30 GP practices across England, and can also be used to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions, and access medical records.

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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The label of “penicillin allergic” usually sticks to a patient’s medical record forever. The trouble is that many recorded allergies are actually intolerances, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

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Episode 937: Is your micro lab hiding susceptibility data from you?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher When a hospital microbiology laboratory performs antimicrobial susceptibility testing using microdilution or disk diffusion methods, not all of the results are presented to clinicians in the medical record. Let me know in the comments below.