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Health Care Spending is Higher in the U.S. Than Other High-Income Countries
2023 10 Feb
According to a new report by The Commonwealth Fund, the U.S. spends more on health care than most other high-income countries, yet they suffer from having the highest rate of people with multiple chronic diseases and lowest life expectancy at birth. Next to other countries, people in the U.S. see doctors less often due to an array of factors,... Read more
Global Clinical + Care Coordination Forum (GCCCF) 2020
2020 06 Nov
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6th Annual MENA Health Insurance Congress
2020 29 Sep
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Advancing Health Through Science and Technology Innovation
2019 02 Oct
Over the past century, thanks in large part to advances in science, technology and medicine, the average human life expectancy has more than doubled. The pharmaceutical industry has played an important role in these advances by translating basic scientific insights into tangible solutions, and thus has delivered significant value to society in the... Read more
5th Annual MENA Health Insurance Congress
2019 01 Oct
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New Global Programme For Urban Health and Wellbeing
2014 12 Dec
World health, environmental, behavioural and social science experts have launched a major new interdisciplinary scientific collaboration that aims to achieve better health for billions of people living in fast-growing urban areas. The new global Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme has these key objectives: Empower planners and policy-makers with... Read more
Functional Medicine: A Holistic Treatment Approach
2014 10 Nov
The Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH, USA) formally opened its Center for Functional Medicine (CFM) on 23 September 2014, making it the first large institution to offer the functional medicine model to its patients. CFM has its own staff composed of four physicians, a nutritionist and a health coach. Leading the team is Dr. Mark Hyman, a pioneer... Read more
Access to E-Health Data Outweighs Privacy
2014 24 Jun
For half of UK patients with chronic medical conditions, the ability to access and control their health data online takes precedence over privacy risks associated with electronic health records. An Accenture Patient Engagement Survey conducted between 21 February and 16 March 2014 polled 519 healthy people and 500 individuals in the UK... Read more