Because US healthcare is private and operates by the rules of the free market, prices for services and medications can differ substantially. It is very difficult for patients and doctors to know the medication cost in advance.
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Save the date for 29 June 2021.
Join the premiere of (OVER)DOSE - a documentary about medication management and patient safety.
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For improving antimicrobial stewardship globally, several things would need to be coordinated:
Databases about outbreaks and bugs becoming resistant.
Broadscale rapid diagnostics would need to be in place to detect the bugs and resistance.
Improved antimicrobial stewardship, so the antibiotics we use today will still work in 20 or 30 years.
Defined rapid diagnostics reimbursements schemes.
Defined incentives for the development of new antibiotics.
The idea behind regenerative medicine is to enable medicine to use human cells as therapies. This means that instead of using artificial joints and other implants we currently use for healing, we could use cells that would regenerate our own tissues. This would disrupt the industry of joint replacement implants and surgery.
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TikTok is an increasingly popular platform without an age limit of the audience and creators. 15 to 60-second videos offer audience information, challenge them to dance, or just take user’s minds off every day worries. All sorts of professionals are using TikTok to build their brand or just have a little bit of fun. Medical workers are no exception.
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Most AI systems today are developed to aid diagnostics, not influence treatment choices. Compared to diagnosis support tools, which are based on existing diagnostic images, treatment outcomes predictions, and hence therapy suggestions are more complex. They demand more complex clinical trials.
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Efforts are increasingly quantified with sensors, wearables, or even biohacking — interventions to influence body biology. The new hope for advancements in longevity is seen in artificial intelligence, which is becoming increasingly powerful.
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Communication of ideas is of significant importance for the success of a product, yet often times, companies struggle with it. As John Nosta observes, many innovators are tremendously hampered by the ability of the marketplace to absorb or understand that innovation.
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