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Mavacamten: Real-World Experience from 22 Months of the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Program

Circulation: Heart Failure

Methods:Data on healthcare providers and pharmacy certification, patient monitoring (from Patient Status Forms, based partly on echocardiograms), and screening for drug interactions prior to each dispense were collected.Results:Of 6,299 patients who received 1 dose of mavacamten, 60.0% were women; 64.6% were >60 years of age.

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Italy’s Pioneering Push for Telemedicine. Supported by AI

Cardiomatics

For instance, the average waiting time for an echocardiogram at Turin’s Molinette Hospital was 31 days in 2016 and an even longer 53 days for a Holter ECG. This requires obtaining local certification for the telemedicine system used, which must share data with public electronic health records that are being set-up for each region.