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STAT+: Wearable devices generate powerful data but it’s not useful to doctors, yet

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I couldn’t get to her CGM data — she had it on her phone, but the report goes into a website that I didn’t have the login to, and it hadn’t been downloaded into my electronic medical record. So all this tracking data, I didn’t have it.”

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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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The Case for Data Unity, Sharing, and Usability

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Bonnie describes how pharmaceutical care would benefit from standard medical record identification. To learn more, download the Wolters Kluwer free ebook: Drug Data Unity: Realistic and Idealistic Futures for Information Exchange. She then discusses the practical issues behind implementing and adopting such a system.

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Pain-detecting tool for dementia patients rolls out in UK

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The app is available to download from Apple’s App Store and Google Play by registered users such as healthcare professionals, and PainChek says it has already made direct sales to dementia care units in the UK.

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

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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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AmerisourceBergen aims to make digital therapeutics access easier

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After a physician orders a product, DTx Connect delivers a welcome message to the patient via text or within a patient portal, along with an electronic link to download the DTx and any accompanying educational materials.

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As Apple Rolls Out Medication Tracking to all iPhones, Pharma Must Embrace Connectivity

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You wave your iPhone over a digital kiosk, instantly uploading your current medical record and insurance information. However, that barrier of downloading an app and signing up for an entirely new service was exacerbated by limited interoperability with other apps and services. We take Apple Health here.”