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Google Care Studio has unveiled a new mobile version of its clinician-facing search tool that helps organize patients’ medical records. The company pitches this new modality as a way for doctors to check in on a patient or access patient information on the go. 

“I’m really excited because one of the big challenges that we see in the healthcare space for providers is context switching. There’s so much information to try to understand in the moment and make split second decisions. Clinicians have to do this all day long,” Paul Muret, VP of Care Studio, told MobiHealthNews. “It can get completely overwhelming for them. And so being able to provide that additional summarization and searchable information so they can go ask a question whenever they need to is super critical.”

Care Studio was previously unveiled on desktop, however Google is pitching the mobile version as a way for doctors to use the tool on the move. 

“The mobile app is really designed to solve this kind of context switching problem, so that when the clinician is literally walking down the hallway and they’re talking with, let’s say, one of their nurses about a specific patient in the lab, and

Vault, a P.C.R. test, offers an at-home test kit for travel from Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic to the United States. The kits cost $119 and include a video session with a qualified professional; there are drop-off points for samples across these countries’ major cities, with results of the P.C.R. test returned 12 to 48 hours after being received by the lab.

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Manuka honey

Manuka honey isn’t like processed honey often found in a bear-shaped bottle, filtered, heated, or pasteurized to give it that syrupy, golden look while also killing the beneficial nutrients. While all unheated, raw honey has some health benefits, manuka, in particular, has been shown to be the most impressive in multiple studies with active compounds that can play a key role in supporting the health and appearance of the skin.

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