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Type 2 Diabetes in Young Patients Spiked in Year 1 of COVID-19 Pandemic

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Using electronic medical record data from 2018-2020 obtained from 24 medical centers across the US, including Johns Hopkins, University of Colorado, and Mayo Clinic institutions, a new study suggests rates of youth onset type 2 diabetes increased 77% during the first year of the pandemic.

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No longer brushed off: A Minnesota clinic tries to rewrite medicine’s approach to miscarriage

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— By the time Taylor Teske came to be sitting on an exam table in an obstetrician’s office in Minnesota, her medical records marked a devastating journey: nine pregnancies, one baby, eight miscarriages. The first miscarriage happened in June 2018, almost as soon as she found out she was pregnant.

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Five Lessons Learned About Antimicrobial Stewardship Metrics

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It may be derived from work completed inthe microbiology lab, unitsdispensed from the pharmacy, administrations performed by nurses, expenditures produced from drug purchases, documentation within any area of the electronic medical record, extraction from supplemental tools or data warehouses, and so much more.

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Roivant spinout Datavant merges with Ciox to form $7bn health data giant

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San Francisco-based Datavant was spun out of biopharma entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy’s Roivant group in 2018, and operates a cloud-based platform that helps life sciences and healthcare groups manage, secure and share anonymised data.

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When Worlds Collide: The Theory of Real-World Evidence Meets Reality

The FDA Law Blog

RWD can be collected from a wide range of sources, such as electronic health records, registries, administrative claims, pharmacy data, and feedback from wearables and mobile technology. In fact, in 2018, FDA emphasized that leveraging the use of RWD and RWE in regulatory decision-making is “a top strategic priority for the FDA.”

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NHS digital triage provider to expand with £5m investment

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Earlier this year, eConsult was added to the NHS app , a project launched by NHS Digital in 2018 as part of its push into digital health. It has features including ordering of repeat prescriptions, appointment management, symptom checking and allowing people to view medical records.

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European Health Data Space (EHDS) update: what this means for pharmaceutical and biotech

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The intention is to streamline the process for patients wishing to access their medical records via electronic health record systems (“EHR systems”) and to facilitate the ability for researchers, innovators, and policy makers to use the data in a trusted and secure way that preserves privacy.