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Safety, quality and clinical practice

Confusion over how anti-abortion bill could affect St. Louis | The New York Times

A St. Louis ordinance prohibits discrimination in housing and employment for "reproductive health decisions." New anti-abortion legislation bans ordinances and rules that restrict anti-abortion agencies, which may be exempt from the ordinance if the bill passes.

Information technology

Mobile app designed to prevent pregnancy gets EU approval | NPR

A new app has been certified as a type of birth control in the E.U. The fertility-tracking app is more effective than similar apps on the market but less effective than other birth control methods.

Nebraska to use state HIE to track all filled prescriptions | Health Data Management

The Nebraska Health Information Initiative's health information exchange is working with software maker DrFirst to gather prescription data and send it to Nebraska's prescription drug monitoring program, which the initiative hopes will curtail opioid abuse.

NewYork-Presbyterian's foray into pediatric telehealth | Medcity News

New York-Presbyterian Komasnky Children's Hospital has launched Pediatric Urgent Care, a telehealth program through which providers and children's caregivers can video-chat.

Pharmaceuticals

Behind pharmaceutical companies' money back guarantees | Pacific Standard

Do money-back guarantees from drugmakers actually lower costs?

In other news

Brain training apps don't seem to do much of anything | Popular Science

A new study shows that brain-training app Lumosity doesn't actually help you improvement cognition—it only helps you get better at using the app.