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Singapore Updates Data Privacy Rules for Healthcare Sector

Triage Health Law

Singapore as a medical tourism destination Singapore boasts a strong healthcare sector that is supported by advanced IT and digital systems and infrastructure. It attracts more than 500,000 medical tourists annually, accounting for approximately US$ 1 billion in tourism spending. billion by 2029 [1].

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Egg Freezing in Israel: Legal Framework and Women’s Viewpoints

Bill Of Health

Giant corporations such as Apple and Facebook have offered funding for social egg freezing to their female employees while provoking ongoing bioethical and public debates regarding their implications, including; medicalization , (dis)empowerment , “appropriate” motherhood , medical risks, and success rates.

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Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

Health Populi

First, meet the stakeholders: they are patients, physicians (prescribers, which today can go beyond doctors per se to include nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and others depending on state licensure), payers, and manufacturers of the drugs. Health Populi’s Hot Points: While U.S.