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How to Construct Better Organ Donation Policy and Achieve Health Equity

Bill of Health

Per results from a 2003 study, in Germany — a country with an opt-in system requiring individuals to sign up for the organ donation registry — donation rates were estimated to be around 12%. And as health insurance policy debates evince, many Americans favor at least the perception of choice in policy relating to health care.

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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the erosion of the health insured population. lacked health insurance.

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The Rise of Healthcare Governance, Risk, and Compliance

MedTrainer

Healthcare organizations of all sizes and types are increasingly adopting governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks to address the industry’s complex regulatory landscape and evolving challenges. Healthcare GRC programs are relatively new, having gained prominence over the past two decades.

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Wistful Thinking: The National Health Spending Forecast In a Land Without COVID-19

Health Populi

.” These factors come out of the 2019 Medicare Trustees Report and include but aren’t limited to tax policy, the state of insurance marketplaces, and employer-sponsored health insurance assumptions. medical spending in Health Affairs in 2003. What if home was our health hub?”

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains.

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Is the Violation Right of Access or Information Blocking? Part 1 of 2

AIHC

A provision in the 21 st Century Cures Act intended to minimize the interference of the ability of authorized persons to access, exchange, or use Electronic Health Information. Enforcement date: The HIPAA Privacy Rule was first enforced in the United States on April 14, 2003. First enforced in the United States on April 5, 2021.

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White House OMB is reviewing proposed cybersecurity updates to HIPAA

Healthcare It News

The Department of Health and Human Services has filed proposed modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 security rule to strengthen the cybersecurity of electronic protected health information with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

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