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Rare Disease Day and a Focus on Quality

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Today is Rare Disease Day. It’s an opportunity to raise awareness of the impact of rare diseases. There are more than 10,000 known rare diseases and only a few hundred have safe, effective treatments. In the United States, rare disease affects about one in 10 people.

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Expediting innovation in the rare disease domain

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Rare diseases affect a fraction of the population – 450 million + people globally. However, its effects can be equally severe and life-threatening as other prevalent diseases. For Rare Disease Day, Tarun Kumar Bansal discusses why we need to expedite innovation in the rare disease domain.

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Why Is Nobody Using Your Guidelines? – Insights On Designing Useful Guidelines For Infectious Diseases

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Recently The Joint Commission released an update to the elements of performance on Medication Management standard 09.01.01 Information technology support is critical to building a functional antimicrobial stewardship program and is needed to assess initiatives, such as the management of infectious diseases guidelines.

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