Bill of Health

MARCH 20, 2025

Casinos, state governments, and most users themselves benefit from an economy with state-sanctioned sports betting. Nevada had been the only state to pass a bill authorizing sports gambling before the federal government banned the activity, meaning it was the only state which could collect tax revenue from sports bets.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I explore this analogy in a recently published article in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics ( JLME ), Increasing Equity in the Transnational Allocation of Vaccines Against Emerging Pathogens: A Multi-Modal Approach. Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health.

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Bill of Health

MAY 5, 2023

In its proposal, the EU Commission acknowledges that intellectual property rights, and, in particular, patent rights play an important role in access to medicine, especially during public health crises. The Commission may grant a Union compulsory license where a crisis or an emergency mode has been declared ( Article 4 ).

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Bill of Health

MARCH 14, 2025

Government Regulation Hims? 19-26, shares for the telehealth company Hims & Hers Health, Inc. The end of shortage poses meaningful concerns for public health. By Erin Lynch Government Regulation Mind over Machine: Navigating the Legal and Ethical Frontier of Neurotech By Erin Lynch The post Hims?

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 31, 2021

Patient Engagement Population Health Precision Medicine This is the second article in a series regarding process-based opportunities as the healthcare industry begins to emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. Population health and precision medicine defined. health system. Precision solutions for population health.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 13, 2025

This is complemented by the European Medicines Agency (EMA)s Policies 70 and 43 , which further govern access to clinical data for approved medicines. Thus, once that data indicated inefficacy, the EPO concluded the claimed invention lacked the required plausibility under Article 83 EPC (i.e., By contrast, the U.S.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 23, 2025

As a flurry of social media posts floods my feed, I have noticed public health officials plea for residents to remain indoors, minimizing the risk of breathing unhealthy air. About the author Jessica Samuels is a third-year dual degree law and public health student (J.D./MPH

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Bill of Health

JUNE 28, 2023

In the same year that the deliberative public engagement study on heritable HGE was conducted in South Africa, an expert advisory committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) published its policy proposals for a global governance framework for HGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2020

The following is a guest article by Mark LaRow, CEO at Verato. While the federal government has relaxed some patient privacy rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic, there are still avoidable mistakes healthcare professionals make when it comes to protecting patient data.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” Monsanto and Myriad) ( this 2015 article discusses the history and taxonomy of patent pledges, many of which are collected in this online database ). By Jorge L. Pandemic Pledges.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Through working on population health and finding what does and doesn’t work, public health initiatives have evolved. Mary Sirois, Managing Director, Performance Improvement Advisory Practice at Nordic Data and evidence help us uncover larger population health issues and understand trends of potential future issues.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The following is a guest article by Andy Flanagan , CEO at Iris Telehealth The U.S. behavioral health system faces unprecedented strain as patient demand continues to outpace provider availability. This growing gap creates significant barriers to care, particularly for high-risk patients who require immediate intervention.

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Bill of Health

JULY 15, 2022

The selections feature topics ranging from a discussion of potential pathways to enable government patent use before nonpatent exclusivities expire, to an examination of medical oncologists who receive more than $100,000 annually from pharmaceutical companies, to an analysis of the launch prices of new drugs from 2008-2021. JAMA Intern Med.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The following is a guest article b y Erin Weber , Chief Policy and Research Officer at CAQH Accurate provider data is foundational to the healthcare ecosystem. Before joining CAQH, Erin was a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), managing government engagements, and led revenue cycle research at the Advisory Board Company.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. The former Epic employee, now at HTD Health, talked to John Lynn for more than two hours. Read more… Balancing Data Sharing With Protection Amid Competing Government Data Requirements.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2019

Last week, Thailand began development of its telemedicine programme at 32 hospitals located in rural areas in eight provinces, according to an article by the Bangkok post. The telemedicine programme is a joint effort of the Public Health Ministry and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… The Role of Analytics in Identifying and Addressing Population Health Challenges. Read more… The Value of Health Data for Business Intelligence. Read more… Why the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The following is a guest article by BreAnne Buehl, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences at VMware Cloud Foundation by Broadcom Healthcare is one of our most complex, heavily regulated industries, so it’s no surprise that its adoption of AI is complicated and wildly variable. She is based in Silicon Valley.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 24, 2022

During large transnational public health crises, global demand soars for diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines. At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 22, 2023

By Aparajita Lath* The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), hosted the 10 th Trilateral Symposium on Human Health and Climate Change in Geneva this November.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 25, 2022

for protecting the not-sovereign sovereigns: “governments must have discretion”. (to Quinney College of Law and an adjunct in the Department of Internal Medicine/Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and Humanities (CHeEtAH). The post Sweet Land of Immunity appeared first on Bill of Health. the ones who took few personal risks.

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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. Many have wheelchair access ramps, and are heralded as accessible by the Bangladesh government and international funders, yet they lack accessible toilets.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2025

This article explores hyperautomations transformative opportunities and challenges, offering actionable insights to healthcare organizations aiming to leverage this innovative approach. To overcome this challenge, healthcare organizations should prioritize investments in robust data integration tools and governance frameworks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2019

While VBHC sounds promising, the reality is that it is challenging to achieve as transforming a health system that is truly patient-centred and outcome based requires a lot of work. The same article offers four key lessons for a successful switch to VBHC. Leaders committed to trying ideas and willing to accept the risks involved.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2025

Kamya Elawadhi, Chief Client Officer at Doceree Digital health tools, like telemedicine and mobile apps, play a key role in improving healthcare knowledge and better managing public health. And thank you to all of you for taking the time out of your day to read this article!

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chris Anello, Director of Digital Platforms at iTech AG The COVID-19 pandemic pushed healthcare organizations to the edge and exposed both challenges and opportunities related to public health data. For healthcare modernization initiatives to succeed, CX must remain top of mind.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

Since biotechnology inventions can be covered by several patents, each of which may not be easy to identify through public searches, the decision to publish a consolidated list of patents is a move in the right direction. The following article explains the key patents at stake in the intellectual property dispute.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The following is a guest article by Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO at Carrot Health.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In this article, I discuss the legal documents that every American adult should have. These documents can help ensure that your finances and health care are well-managed as you age and that your wishes will be followed after death. She is the author of over 70 articles and book chapters about health law and civil rights issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

So today we are diving into this topic to see just how social determinants of health impact population health outcomes and what initiatives are being implemented to address these factors and reduce health disparities within communities. And thank you to all of you for taking the time out of your day to read this article!

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 24, 2022

The following is a guest article by Dr. Neecey Hudson, PhD – Founder & Chief Scientist at Hood Medicine Initiative. Innovative, low-cost interventions are needed to supplement traditional measures in a manner that is irrespective of coordinated government provisions.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“The simple fact is that the federal and state governments are doing almost nothing to help people who have a broadband service available that partially meets their needs but abuses them with regular price hikes, spotty reliability, and poor customer service. Among many reasons broadband continues to lag in certain parts of the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

This article was updated with additional comments. 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. WHY IT MATTERS. " THE LARGER TREND. Email: afox@himss.org. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Trust, or really lack thereof, is a killer app for people’s coronavirus health outcomes. That is the through-line found in a very deep dive into 177 countries’ health data published in The Lancet in a research article on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19. The graph illustrates where the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 12, 2023

But can we manufacture that attitude through public policy? In this article, I will consider potential law and policy-based approaches to promoting entrepreneurial innovation in the realm of health equity. In conclusion, policymakers reading this article need only remember two pieces of wisdom.

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