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ONC says stakeholders can 'pick up and run' with new regs

Healthcare It News

Touted as the product of 10 years of work, the most recent proposed rule issued July 10 by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will usher in an age of automation for healthcare interoperability through application programming interface-based exchange capabilities, officials said on Wednesday.

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Who doesn’t text in 2022? Most state Medicaid programs

Healthcare It News

West Virginia will use the U.S. Postal Service and an online account this summer to connect with Medicaid enrollees about the expected end of the covid public health emergency, which will put many recipients at risk of losing their coverage. West Virginia has more than 600,000 Medicaid enrollees.

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WVU Medicine uses $781K grant to greatly boost telehealth to rural patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The state is 24,320 square miles and is the only state located entirely in the area known as Appalachia, which faces gaps in educational achievement, employment and income as well as a variety of negative health consequences compared with the rest of the country. These services also are limited in scope. THE PROBLEM.

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

Health Populi

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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North Carolina launches new stroke registry linked to NC HealthConnex

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority, housed within the state's Department of Information Technology, announced this week that it's working North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to launch the N.C. Stroke Registry.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Jane Sarashon

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. is getting fuzzier by the day.

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Telehealth: Short-Term Fad or Key to Improving Access to Affordable Healthcare?

HIT Consultant

Stephanie Jamison, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Greenway Health. Recent McKinsey reports reveal that telehealth use has stabilized at levels 38 times higher than before the pandemic. That all changed practically overnight when COVID-19 struck. And consumers want more. So, what’s the problem, exactly? Equitable reimbursements.