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Mitigating Serious Fall Risks and Associated Costs and Injuries with AI-Driven Motion Sensor Technology

HIT Consultant

According to a study in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society , non-fatal falls cost an estimated $50 billion in medical expenses, while fatal falls account for an estimated $754 million. Due to this fact, the frequency and severity of fall injuries have made prevention a priority.

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Bioethics, Psychedelic Therapy Abuse, and the Risk of Ethics Washing

Bill Of Health

Although Grossbard and Bourzat deny the allegations, these accounts were vetted by leading news organizations, withstood legal threats from Grossbard and Bourzat, and have been substantiated by a growing body of consistent and corroborated accounts by survivors.

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An Early Look at State Opioid Settlement Spending Decisions

NASHP

Plans vary in their level of specificity, with some outlining broad strategies or priorities while granting an agency authority to make specific funding allocations, and others designating money to individual prevention, treatment, recovery, or harm reduction programs and other abatement priorities.

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Technology, Aging and Obesity Drive Healthcare Spending, BEA Finds

Health Populi

This granular information comes from the BEA’s satellite account, using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey which nationally examines expenditures by disease; and, a “blended account,” which mines claims databases of information for millions of insured Americans and billions of their claims.