All posts tagged "healthcare"
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From period pain to heart disease, the gender health gap is real – here’s how to close it
For decades, women’s health has been chronically underfunded and under-researched. The consequences of this neglect are widespread and deeply damaging. Millions of women live with avoidable pain, delayed diagnoses, inadequate
- Posted June 12, 2025
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Your zip code can have just as much of an impact on your health as your DNA.
In a recent podcast episode with Joyanna Gamble-George, MHA, PhD, and Karriem Watson, DHS, MS, MPH, the above statement didn’t just stop us in our track – it reshaped the entire
- Posted September 30, 2024
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Harnessing data for public health benefit: Five minutes with Puja Myles, director of Clinical Practice Research Datalink
This interview with Puja Myles, director, Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) in the Safety and Surveillance Group at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, is part of a ‘Five
- Posted September 15, 2024
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How the failure of Healthcare.gov kickstarted US government transformation
The 2013 launch of healthcare.gov – the US government website that helps Americans find health insurance – is most often viewed as a failure. The website crashed on its first
- Posted July 15, 2024
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AI-generated documents ‘biggest bet’ to improving NHS productivity, ex-director of transformation says
Countless lives could be saved if the UK were to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) that can automatically generate documents and so allow nurses and clinicians to focus on patient care,
- Posted September 21, 2023
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‘Be attentive to the needs and ideas of everyone around you’: Five minutes with Dr Asher Salmon of Israel’s Ministry of Health
Asher Salmon, director of international relations, Ministry of Health, Israel, tells Global Government Forum about sharing expertise with other countries for mutual benefit, his impression of the Finnish civil service,
- Posted August 13, 2023
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‘Across the public sector there is a sense of excitement but also worry, and both feelings are justified’: can governments ensure AI is equitable?
Concerns are growing about artificial intelligence and its ability to exacerbate inequalities. Global Government Forum convened a panel of public servants from around the world for a webinar on how
- Posted August 7, 2023
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Out of adversity comes opportunity: COVID-19 and the future of healthcare
Healthcare authorities were right at the forefront of the COVID crisis. It was a torrid time, but with it came lessons that have the potential to change care provision for
- Posted July 10, 2023
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US and EU launch ‘first sweeping AI agreement’ to strengthen public services and emergency response
The White House and the European Commission have signed an administrative agreement committing each to quickening progress in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of improving agriculture,
- Posted February 1, 2023
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Biden says government is working again as US Senate passes milestone climate change bill
Senators in the US voted through the night on Sunday to push through president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – a major piece of legislation that allocates US$454bn to tackle
- Posted August 8, 2022