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Minneapolis issues order legalizing gender-affirming healthcare for transgender community

JURIST

The order defines “gender-affirming healthcare” as all services, supplies, drug therapies, and other care that an individual may receive to support and affirm an individual’s gender identity. The order contains several protection measures that protect gender-affirming care for the transgender community.

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Amazon completes $3.9B acquisition of healthcare provider

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Amazon and 1Life Healthcare, Inc. Amazon announced its intended acquisition of the membership-based healthcare provider in July 2022. ” However, there may be ramifications for both One Medical customers’ health data privacy and the accessibility of healthcare. .]” billion acquisition of One Medical.

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Australia Senate inquiry calls for improved accessibility to reproductive healthcare services

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The Australian Senate’s Community Affairs Committee released a report Friday calling for the Australian Government to improve access to reproductive healthcare following the Senate’s referral of an inquiry into the nation’s contraception and abortion services to the committee on September 28, 2022.

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Report: Myanmar military responsible for numerous attacks on healthcare workers

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Myanmar’s armed forces (the Tatmadaw) has carried out 252 attacks on healthcare workers since the Tatmadaw illegally seized control of the country in a coup d’état in February, according to a report published on Tuesday. 190 healthcare workers have been arrested, with the report noting that these arrests are without justification.

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India doctors continue protests against healthcare bill

JURIST

While the bill awaits the state governor’s assent, it has received great opposition, especially from private hospitals and healthcare enterprises. The bill aims to increase access to healthcare, improve the quality of healthcare and places the onus on the government to maintain the state’s public health.

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Healthcare Leaders Must Come Together to Mitigate ChatGPT Risks, Experts Urge

Above The Law

The healthcare sector has been notoriously slow to adopt new technologies in the past, but Chat-GPT has already begun to enter the field.

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2023 Healthcare MiniGuide

LLRX

Zillman's guide addresses the challenging landscape of healthcare information that proliferates on the internet. A large measure of the information hosted on self described authoritative health and healthcare sites is grounded in speculative, e-commerce drive subject matter. Zillman's Marcus P.