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DEA and HHS extend virtual prescribing for controlled substances through 2025

Healthcare It News

The agencies also said they would continue to develop the final rule governing the virtual prescribing of controlled substances in the post-pandemic era to be consistent with public health and safety and to mitigate drug diversion risks.

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Petrie-Flom Welcomes 2024-2025 Student Fellows

Bill of Health

2026) hails from small-town Indiana and worked for three years as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) before attending law school. 2025) is Assistant Professor at Brown University’s Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and a master’s candidate at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics.

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HHS finalizes 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategy 

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By focusing on person-centered, inclusive design as the first of its federal health information technology principles, ASTP says the plan seeks to "strengthen individual's ability to securely access and use their own health information to take greater control over their own health.

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HHS Proposes Updates to 20-Year-Old Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct

McGuire Wood

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Research Integrity (ORI) released a notice of proposed rulemaking to update the 2005 Public Health Service (PHS) Policies on Research Misconduct. HHS seeks public comments on the proposal through Dec. ORI expects the proposed changes to be effective Jan.

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What Type of Salt Should You Buy? Rethinking 1924 Food Fortification Policy in 2024

Bill of Health

by Jessica Samuels For 100 years, food fortification , the practice of deliberately increasing the content of vitamins and minerals in a food, has been essential to combating public health crises. Public Health Service recommended that all women of reproductive age get 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid per day.

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Health Commons Project Acquires OneHealthPort to Expand Health Data Interoperability in Washington State

HIT Consultant

. – The strategic move strengthens Health Commons Project’s mission to enhance data interoperability, improve care coordination, and promote public health across Washington. Increased Accessibility: Offering new, affordable ways for providers with limited IT resources to access critical health data and reports.

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Personalized Screening is Key to Breast Imaging AI Market Reaching $205M by 2025

HIT Consultant

Breast cancer screening programs are an important public health intervention, and initiatives like the BCAM may prompt eligible women to attend their screening appointments. However, uptake of screening only adds to the growing backlog of unread breast imaging scans, which was compounded further by the COVID-19 pandemic.