La Revue du praticien
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The challenge of digital technologies in healthcare. Digital technologies are just starting to find their place into healthcare systems. However, their potential seems huge. ⋯ Digital companies invent applications for mobile phone, software and services that aim to enable physician practices, to substitute to medical advice and to reduce the need for hospitalizations through better management and prevention. There are still weaknesses, hurdles and uncertainties yet it is likely that the medical community will benefit from digital deployment in the long run. To make it happen, we will need to involve ourselves into the conception of digital solutions and to contribute to the needed changes regarding our business models.
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La Revue du praticien · Dec 2015
[NEW ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF VISCERAL MYCOSES].
Invasive fungal infections are increasing due to the increase in the number of at risk patients. The antifungal armamentarium has been improved the last few years with new galenic for ampoetericin B, the widening of the azole spectrum with voriconazole, poscaonazole and isavuconazole and the launch of a new antifungal class, the eschinocandins, currently represented by casoefungin and micftungin. The aim of this work is to provide an update in new antifungal drugs available.