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Gaëtan Dugas. Gaëtan Dugas ( French: [ɡaetɑ̃ dyɡa]; February 20, 1953 – March 30, 1984) was a Québécois Canadian flight attendant whose role in the early years of the AIDS epidemic attracted considerable attention. Initially identified as a central figure labeled "Patient Zero" Dugas faced allegations of being a primary source of HIV ...
PatientsLikeMe ( PLM) is an integrated community, health management, and real-world data platform. The platform currently has over 830,000 members who are dealing with more than 2,900 conditions, such as ALS, MS, and epilepsy. Data generated by patients themselves are collected and quantified with the goal of providing an environment for peer ...
Patient portals are healthcare -related online applications that allow patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals. Typically, portal services are available on the Internet at all hours of the day and night. Some patient portal applications exist as stand-alone web sites and sell their ...
April 23, 2024 at 8:40 AM. UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack earlier this ...
Portra Images. People with private health insurance might pay higher prices for procedures or tests at a hospital. A report published Monday by the research group Rand Corp. found that in 2022 ...
The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health care institutions to provide information about ...
May 13, 2024 at 4:22 PM. Pfizer Follows Eli Lilly's Footsteps To Sell Medicines Directly To Patients. Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) is looking to build on the success of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout by ...
Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit, [5] integrated health care system [6] that engages in medical research, [7] teaching, [8] and patient care. It is the largest hospital-based research enterprise in the United States, with annual funding of more than $2 billion. [9] The system's annual revenue was nearly $18 billion in 2022. [10]