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Tailored treatments: How AI will change NZ healthcare, and what we must get right

By Arindam Basu* of The Conversation

The Conversation

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While advances in genomics are making precision prevention possible, machine learning algorithms fueled by our personal data have made it closer to a reality.
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Analysis – Imagine this: a novel virus is rapidly breaking out nationwide, resulting in an epidemic. The government introduces mandated vaccinations and a choice of different vaccines is available.

But not everyone is getting the same vaccine. When you sign up for vaccination, you are sent a vial with instructions to send a sample of your saliva to the nearest laboratory. Just a few hours later you receive a message

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Expanding nursing locum pilot program would fill health-care gaps across NL, says union

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Yvette Coffey, president of the Registered Nurses’ Union Newfoundland and Labrador, said the union hopes to expand a pilot project that allows nurses in the health-care system to work as locums in other regions of the province. (Peter Cowan/CBC)

Newfoundland and Labrador’s registered nurses’ union says it wants to expand a pilot project it believes would help fill gaps in rural health care across the province.

Union president Yvette Coffey said a nurse locum program that began in September 2022 allowed nurses already in the provincial system to fill short-term gaps in Labrador. About 100 nurses have taken part so

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Advocates for improved mental health care predict ‘consequences’ of $15 million budget cut • Nebraska Examiner

LINCOLN — Advocates for improved mental health services in Nebraska predicted dire consequences Thursday from a $15 million cut in spending expected to be included in the state budget.

One in five Nebraskans suffers from some kind of behavioral health issue, they say, with that number rising during the COVID-19 pandemic. And only half of those needing help are getting it, they added.

‘Not the time to cut the budget’

“Now is not the time to cut the budget,” said Tim Heller, chairman of the State Mental Health Advisory Board and parent of a son with a severe and persistent

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Doctors who visited Gaza speak of ‘atrocities,’ collapsing health care

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The faithful slowly walked in a procession past the stone facade of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Palm Sunday, gathering to pray for peace as war raged around them.
Holy Family Church’s tranquil courtyard, filled with dozens of children and older people, believes the humanitarian crisis is happening beyond its gates in Gaza City.
Inside the church, worshipers in their dress clothes lined the wooden pews decorated with palm fronds for the service marking the start of Easter week.
“Our celebration of Palm Sunday is an opportunity for hope, goodness and peace for us and for

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Emergency Physicians Call on Congress to Help Stop Violence in Health Care

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ACEP, ENA and ANA Encourage Stronger Protections for Health Care Workers

March 22, 2024 – Leaders from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) joined forces Friday on Capitol Hill to emphasize the need for passage of legislation to mitigate the frequency and severity of workplace violence in health care.

During a briefing for congressional staffers, the representatives of the three organizations used data and storytelling to build understanding of the impact this ongoing crisis has on health care workers and patients, a situation that is particularly affected in emergency

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Behavioral Health Industry Experts Join Oceans Healthcare’s Board of Directors

Leaders Bring Clinical and Policy Acumen as Providers Advances Quality, Growth and Financial Goals

PLANO, Texas, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Oceans Healthcare has announced the addition of highly regarded Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor Dr. Michael Jellinek and decorated public health executive Dr. Courtney Phillips to its Board of Directors. These additions underscore the growing behavioral health organization’s commitment to advancing healing and long-term recovery through patient-centered behavioral health care.

Dr. Michael Jellinek, MD, member of the Oceans Healthcare Board of Directors.

Dr. Michael Jellinek, MD, member of the Oceans Healthcare Board of Directors.

Courtney Phillips, Ph.D., member of the Oceans Healthcare Board of Directors.

Courtney Phillips, Ph.D., member of the Oceans Healthcare Board of Directors.

“Our nation’s behavioral health crisis

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by Alisha Putri•