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Mashup Score: 0Baltimore’s Unprecedented Overdose Crisis: 5 Takeaways - 6 month(s) ago
Nearly 6,000 people have died over the past six years — an unparalleled number among U.S. cities.
Source: www.nytimes.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 2Walgreens offering cheaper version of opioid reversal drug - 6 month(s) ago
Walgreens is set to offer a cheaper version of an important opioid reversal drug at its stores soon, according to Wednesday press release. “Walgreens today announced it is expanding access to an ov…
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Walgreens offering cheaper version of opioid reversal drug! https://t.co/nBS44DeErO
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Mashup Score: 3First drop in overdose deaths in 6 years, US preliminary data shows - 6 month(s) ago
The number of deaths from drug overdose fell 3% to 107,543 in 2023 from the previous year, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Wednesday.
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Some progress! The number of deaths from overdose fell 3% to 107,543 in 2023 from 2022. Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana & Maine saw declines of 15% or more in OUD deaths, while Alaska, Washington & Oregon reported increases of at least 27% compared to 2022 https://t.co/HLnX4yjqCe
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Mashup Score: 0Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One. - KFF Health News - 7 month(s) ago
Dozens of hospitals have deployed a device that uses artificial intelligence to monitor patients remotely. One hospital says it reduces nurses’ workloads — but some nurses fear the technology could replace them.
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“The BioButton stays on the skin with an adhesive, is waterproof, and has up to a 30-day battery life. The company says the device — which allows providers to quickly notice deteriorating health by recording more than 1,000 measurements a day per patient” https://t.co/MIVRBfescj
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Mashup Score: 0Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One. - KFF Health News - 7 month(s) ago
Dozens of hospitals have deployed a device that uses artificial intelligence to monitor patients remotely. One hospital says it reduces nurses’ workloads — but some nurses fear the technology could replace them.
Source: kffhealthnews.orgCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
“The BioButton stays on the skin with an adhesive, is waterproof, and has up to a 30-day battery life. The company says the device — which allows providers to quickly notice deteriorating health by recording more than 1,000 measurements a day per patient” https://t.co/MIVRBfescj
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Mashup Score: 2
Failure to shield farmworkers could allow the H5N1 virus to become a greater threat.
Source: www.washingtonpost.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
“…this additional testing will do little to address the primary threat that #H5N1 poses to humans: the infection of farmworkers. Our failure to protect them threatens their health & gives the virus an opportunity to evolve into a greater threat to people” https://t.co/isgEz98yY0
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Mashup Score: 0Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One. - KFF Health News - 7 month(s) ago
Dozens of hospitals have deployed a device that uses artificial intelligence to monitor patients remotely. One hospital says it reduces nurses’ workloads — but some nurses fear the technology could replace them.
Source: kffhealthnews.orgCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
“The BioButton stays on the skin with an adhesive, is waterproof, and has up to a 30-day battery life. The company says the device — which allows providers to quickly notice deteriorating health by recording more than 1,000 measurements a day per patient” https://t.co/MIVRBfescj
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Mashup Score: 0
This study estimated the benefits and costs of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ We Can Do This COVID-19 public education campaign (the Campaign) and associated vaccination-related impacts.
Source: www.ajpmonline.orgCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
“Campaign-attributed vaccinations resulted in 2,576,133 fewer mild COVID-19 cases, 243,979 fewer nonfatal COVID-19 hospitalizations, and 51,675 lives saved from COVID-19”👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/kiRyCPPZW8
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Mashup Score: 2
Failure to shield farmworkers could allow the H5N1 virus to become a greater threat.
Source: www.washingtonpost.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
“…this additional testing will do little to address the primary threat that #H5N1 poses to humans: the infection of farmworkers. Our failure to protect them threatens their health & gives the virus an opportunity to evolve into a greater threat to people” https://t.co/isgEz98yY0
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Mashup Score: 0
The measure, if enacted, does not instantly legalize marijuana at the federal level but could broaden access to the drug for medicinal use.
Source: www.washingtonpost.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
Huge news!!! Big deal for the criminal legal system and public health https://t.co/xDaeiYyAxt
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This is terribly sad & very avoidable. Medications for opioid use disorder are available in a variety of ways including through Medicaid & Narcan is available over the counter. Let’s not forget about fentanyl test strips. Why aren’t these available to all? https://t.co/U3sBcIgpuR