Healthcare It News

MAY 17, 2022

Trust is crucial in encouraging the uptake of digital health systems, according to Anne Moen, professor of health informatics and nursing at the faculty of medicine in the University of Oslo. Nordic countries have long-established digital services, with many interactions with government already occurring online.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The six partners of EIT Health met earlier this month in Vienna, ahead of the planned launch of Austria’s new EIT Health Regional Innovation Hub in early 2022. They discussed how the hub is going to operate across Austria and how it is going to be linked into the European network of EIT Health. Kapsch BusinessCom.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 22, 2024

Over A$235 million in funding will be provided by the Victorian government so it can recruit more clinicians. Expanding the VVED will also enable it to support more direct referrals from aged care, paramedics, primary health networks, the Nurse on Call service and self-referrals from the community.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 1, 2022

government officials and media celebrate recent economic gains , women — especially women of color — are not recouping their economic losses. Law can be a powerful tool to advance public health , and workplace scheduling is no exception. In February 2022, the Schedules That Work Act was reintroduced in Congress.

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Bill of Health

JULY 15, 2022

Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. 2022 Jun 13;OP2100756. 2022 Jun 6. Am J Public Health. 2022 Jun 16:e1-e5.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2024

Far too often, the public health imperative of harm reduction is blocked by federal policy, state laws, and other structural barriers anchored in the “war on drugs” that reduce the effectiveness of harm reduction efforts. 152.092, repealed by SF 2909) or, at the least, amend them to exclude testing strips (e.g.,

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The Tasmanian government has recently released a four-year strategy to transform outpatient services across its public health system. The state government has also made a A$150 million ($100 million) investment over four years to upgrade its digital health infrastructure. THE LARGER TREND.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

At the same time, they are regularly treated as commodities , often in ways that are completely divorced from their public health value. How may we convince these actors — governments, private-sector companies, funders — to agree to a more equitable allocative framework? is the relevant criterion the mortality rate?

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The petition explains that our status quo leaves many immunocompromised and disabled people unable to access key services without risking their health, preventing them from fully participating in everyday life. In October, I wrote directly to Amtrak’s CEO, as well as other high level Amtrak officials, but have yet to receive a response. (I

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Bill of Health

MARCH 30, 2022

Supreme Court weighed into one such case: the Court granted the government’s request for a partial stay to allow the Navy to continue to use vaccination status in making deployment and assignment decisions while the litigation proceeds. Following the government’s request, the Supreme Court granted a partial stay.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While most healthcare leaders in the Asia Pacific recognise the value of health data more than their global peers, they are still facing significant challenges in using data effectively, according to Royal Philips' Future Health Index 2022 report. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps ( ORCHA ) is launching a digital health academy to support health and care professionals in using digital health tools.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2022

An interim national health plan in New Zealand underscores the contribution of digital tools in allowing the health system to provide more care in homes and communities. Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora – M?ori In Budget 2022, the government invested NZ$11.1 THE LARGER TREND.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 7, 2023

By Aparajita Lath Two articles published last month in the BMJ analyze the public investment and financing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the extensive government funding that has supported the development of mRNA technology from 1985 to 2022. government. It is generally known that the U.S.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

In their initial August 2022 complaint , Moderna alleged that three of its mRNA patents were infringed by Pfizer/BioNTech. The company revoked its patent pledge on March 7, 2022, and the infringement claim against Pfizer/BioNTech came shortly after. Indeed, as made public, the U.S.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 26, 2023

have debated whether the government should produce drugs and biologics. Ultimately, the industry was successful in keeping the government away from biologics manufacturing by agreeing to abide by government regulations. By Aparajita Lath For over 100 years, policy makers and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2023

What You Should Know: – In a downtrodden market climate, things don’t need to feel doom and gloom, according to Rock Health’s Annual 2022 digital health funding report. 2022 was a necessary reminder that investment is cyclical and that strong players build resilience in weathering funding climate changes.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sweeping healthcare policy changes that enable vulnerable Americans to receive affordable health coverage and access essential safety net benefits. Most government agencies have disparate legacy eligibility and enrollment systems that do not share data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to treat benefits for telehealth services like excepted benefits. In an announcement about the bipartisan bill, Rep.

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Bill of Health

JULY 26, 2023

Other researchers have found that “ many persons with disabilities do not receive any humanitarian support from NGOs or the Government ” following natural disasters. For me, the summer 2022 floods in Sunamganj and Sylhet districts exposed these considerable gaps in starkly human terms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

Notably, by July 2022, all state Medicaid programs provided at least some audio-only coverage for behavioral wellness. KFF noted that the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act legislation requires the federal government to issue telehealth guidance by the end of 2023. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2022

healthcare organizations, prompting a warning from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Limiting access to data through public key infrastructure and digital certificates to authenticate connections to devices.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights rule regarding the use of online tracking tools is at odds with existing HIPAA rules and could cause meaningful harm to patients and public health. In August, Advocate Aurora Health agreed to settle a class action lawsuit for $12.2

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The healthcare and public health (HPH) sector has been warned about the risk of cyberattacks by a pro-Russian hacktivist group dubbed KillNet, following a recent attack on a U.S. KillNet is believed to have started operating around the time that Russia invaded Ukraine, between January and March 2022. healthcare organization.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2022

Set to begin in September 2022, the aim of the trial is to study the treatment outcomes of hands-on patient care and data-driven remote care, compared to traditional models practised in the country. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center says the group poses a significant threat to the healthcare and public health sector. The Cuba ransomware group has increased attacks in the United States, with attacks doubling since December 2021, and ransom payments are also on the rise.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2022

14 of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors reported at least one ransomware attack, although the healthcare and public health sector was the worst affected, accounting for 148 of those attacks, followed by financial services with 89 attacks, and the information technology sector with 74.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Twenty-three percent shared that they were more likely to ask for mental health support because telehealth was available to them. The EHR data from January 1, 2019, through April 30, 2022, evaluated in the study showed that in 2021, male providers had 24% lower odds of providing a telehealth visit than their female counterparts.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This feels especially apt right “now” as we enter 2022, Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, with people mentally stressed, anxious, and shrugging off the Omicron variant – while taking on more DIY life-flows, self-care and desire for (more) control. We start at a macro bird’s-eye view with Gartner’s top US consumer and cultural trends for 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

Remove unnecessary in-person visit requirements for telemental health services. Allow for the waiver of telehealth restrictions during public health emergencies. Allow more eligible healthcare professionals to use telehealth services. THE LARGER TREND In 2021, a bipartisan group of 50 U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 2, 2022

HC3 said the HHS is unaware of any specific threats to the Health and Public Health (HPH) Sector; however, it is clear that allies on both sides of the conflict have cyber capabilities and there are fears that there could be cyberattacks on the HPH sector as a consequence of the conflict.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 18, 2023

What You Should Know: Three years after COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency, many healthcare supply chain leaders and frontline professionals are operating in survival mode, according to new industry research from Deloitte Consulting LLP. Key findings include: 70% of interviewees cited data visibility as a concern.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The one exception to this consistent approach to employees’ requests for preliminary injunctions comes in a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued on February 17, 2022. A Fifth Circuit Outlier.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

With that objective, it’s always instructive to explore the annual study from the Business Group on Health, the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, large employees have many concerns about worker and dependents’ health.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

[i] Behavioral health is the highest-funded clinical indication within digital health, and digital behavioral health companies raised $1.7 billion in the first three quarters of 2022. [ii] ii] Investments in behavioral digital health services have the potential to transform the healthcare system in several key areas.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2023

By Hannah Rahim Many mental health provider directories for private and public insurance plans contain inaccurate or outdated provider information , which creates a misleading illusion of accessible care. These ghost networks result in many patients being unable to access essential mental health care.

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