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A Tale of Two Americas as Told by the 2019 OECD Report on Health

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Opioid-related deaths grew some 20% since 2011 in the U.S. health care versus the OECD peer nations. fall below the OECD average, and the proportion of people who self-report that they are in “good health” is the third highest in the OECD. and are impacting mortality rates in Canada, Estonia and Sweden, too. For the U.S.

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Can AI Make Healthcare Human Again? Dr. Topol Says “Yes”

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Verghese, and since you’re reading the Health Populi blog, you must get to know Dr. V now. Your first dip into his wisdom should be “A Doctor’s Touch,” his TED talk from 2011 with over 1.5 million views. You will thank me for pointing you to this pearl. You will want to know more.

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ATA Policy Summit: Telemedicine Policy Topics Ripped from the Headlines

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Wakefield will speak Thursday, June 27, 2:45pm – 3:15pm FDA, Facing Cybersecurity Threats, Tightens Medical-Device Standards ( Washington Post , June 13, 2013) The ATA Federal Policy Summit includes two presentations focused on the increasingly important topic of cybersecurity and device regulation.