Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Additionally, the Government declared COVID-19 a “ formidable disease ” under the Public Health Act on April 1, 2020. The Minister of Health duly issued Rules aimed at the control or suppression of COVID-19, in terms of his powers under this Act.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 22, 2021

The state government of Victoria was found to be the biggest COVID-19-related ad spender during the pandemic.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The COVID-19 vaccination statuses of approximately 500,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees have been impermissibly disclosed. The spreadsheet also included details of claimed religious and medical exceptions to COVID-19 vaccination.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Liability shields in the pandemic context may also be interpreted as “symbolic gestures by state legislators who were desperate to point to action at a time when government at all levels seemed paralyzed in the face of COVID.” Legal limitations and strategies.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

After the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers was withdrawn last month , many pronounced private employers to be “on their own” to make decisions about vaccine requirements for their employees.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 1, 2021

Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing app will now also function as a national vaccine registry. Hayat-Vax is a joint collaboration between Sinopharm CNBG and Abu Dhabi’s G42.

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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 News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Australian government has set aside A$106 million ($76 million) over four years to support what it calls "permanent" telehealth, which will ensure flexibility in healthcare delivery and continuous health consultations via phone or online. WHY IT MATTERS. Around 89,000 providers are now using telehealth services. million ($22.8

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Delta variant led the federal government to resume control over mAb supply and promulgate allocation guidelines. Older and medically vulnerable people who continue to face high risk of COVID-19 illness after vaccination should not be asked to wait in line behind adults who refused vaccines.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

More than 591 million EU Digital COVID Certificates (EUDCC) have now been generated, according to a European Commission report published today. The certificate, which covers COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery, aims to facilitate safe travel for citizens in Europe.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 5, 2022

The trajectory of COVID-19 vaccine sales is now harder to predict amid questions about the rollout of additional doses and whether purchasing in the U.S. might shift from the federal government to private payers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As millions of healthcare workers begin receiving the first vaccination to protect against COVID-19, public health officials and government leaders continue wrestling with not only the operational challenges of scale—this is the first mass vaccination since smallpox (1958-1977) and polio (1980s-present)—but also […].

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Tara Davis and Nicola Soekoe In January 2021, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if wealthier nations did not ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Impact of the judgment: what have records disclosed shown?

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 22, 2022

A registered nurse from a veteran’s hospital in Detroit pleaded guilty to charges related to COVID-19 vaccination record cards fraud. Employees and applicants of healthcare facilities must provide truthful information regarding their vaccination status and understand the penalties for engaging in fraud.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 3, 2022

In January 2021, the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness went live with LouVax, a vaccine scheduling and management system focused on increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine. After operating on paper for a few weeks, the agency launched the tool.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The research team also pointed to recent warnings from government agencies about the possibility for cyberattacks against the healthcare sector. And this threat is unlikely to abate in the new year, with forecasts predicting telehealth will continue to present security challenges (along with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines ).

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Bill of Health

MARCH 24, 2022

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. Consider, for instance, the case of COVID-19 vaccines. We summarize our proposals in the following sections.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 18, 2024

Judge Zione Ntaba’s contribution highlights how courts in Malawi decided cases relating to the Government’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic , including, in particular, the provision of social security measures in parallel with lockdown measures, and the policy proposals relating to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

States maintain these obligations even when non-State actors are involved in health care financing, provision, and governance, albeit further normative development in this area is still urgently needed.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

One of us (LG) was involved in the drafting of the Siracusa Principles, which have become the chief international instrument governing permissible human rights limitations during national emergencies. Governments should also reach into their diplomatic toolbox to encourage compliance.

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Jackson Lewis

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Supreme Court denied a request to enjoin New York State from enforcing its regulation requiring COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers despite the fact that the regulation did not allow for religious accommodations. Yesterday, the U.S.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Global solidarity requires cooperation between governments, while national solidarity involves cooperation within a state to address common challenges and achieve shared goals. Solidarity operates at two intersecting levels. That has created deep inequities in access to health products that can save lives.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

who co-chaired the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (which issued a 200-page report offering more than 80 recommendations toward a multi-layered national cyber defense strategy), said the federal government has to do much more. " So there has to be a much closer connection between the private sector and the government, he said.

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Health Populi

MAY 26, 2021

The emergence of the COVID-19 vaccine “infodemic” has slowed the ability for nations around the world to emerge out of the public health crisis. Growing cynicism among some health citizens facing the politicization of public health tactics like vaccines and facial masks is what we’re talking about.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

On May 20, 2019, Milwaukee County became the first governing board in the US to pass a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis. Local government needs to take a leadership role and we intend to do so.”. Milwaukee County used the same approach when COVID-19 vaccines became available.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The report supports the ongoing processes taking place at the international level to transform global health governance. In June 2023, the Assembly adopted Resolution 2500 (2023) on “Public health emergency: the need for a holistic approach to multilateralism and health care.”

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The most extreme embodiment of this phenomenon, vaccine nationalism , happens when perfectly lawful tools — contracts known as advance purchase agreements — are used to skew the allocation of vaccine doses to wealthier governments and their populations whenever there is a surge in transnational demand for a given vaccine.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Despite these experiences, Kenya failed take a human rights-based approach to responding to COVID-19, as was also the case in many other countries. One of the most glaring reasons for this failure was that the Kenyan government simply did not know how to do so.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 13, 2022

Two California brothers were both sentenced to 36 months of probation and ordered to pay $500 dollars in restitution after pleading guilty to misdemeanor conspiracy to steal or convert government property charges stemming from the theft of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Continue to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, boosters, and the self-care routines such as masking with effective facial coverings and physical distancing, along with testing. Do this for climate change, and for other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals that the health care industry must embrace in and beyond 2022.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Widespread international health emergencies, and particularly pandemics, can lead to a major imbalance of negotiating power between manufacturers and governments. Governments may face difficult policy decisions in their attempts to expeditiously control the spread of disease. Government, the U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 24, 2023

While at least one Chinese state-sponsored hacking group is known to conduct cyberattacks for financial gain, most groups conduct attacks for espionage purposes and to obtain intellectual property (IP) of interest to the government of the People’s Republic of China, such as IP related to medical technology and medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health also procured and implemented an online scheduling system toward the end of 2020 just as the COVID-19 vaccines were becoming available. Ryan Health used the online scheduling system exclusively for scheduling the COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 8, 2022

Because the LTC facility population was at the highest risk of COVID-19 infections, the CDC created the LTC PPP to prioritize vaccinations of that population as quickly as possible and while vaccine availability was limited. The company enrolled in the LTC PPP and scheduled its first vaccination clinic on Dec.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Moreover, the Principles can equip civil society, jurists, and others with the tools to hold their governments and powerful corporate entities accountable to the standards set by human rights. But the Principles bear relevance and were developed for all levels of governance in mind.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Jay Nakashima at eHealth Exchange detailed how California’s Cedars-Sinai used FHIR to send adverse events related to COVID-19 vaccines to the FDA – a process that replaced manual data entry and faxing. Read more… Technology Is Accelerating Hospital-at-Home Adoption.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 2, 2022

This month’s article looks at COVID enforcements.?? ?. Healthcare compliance history has shown that when the government disperses significant funds, audits and enforcement associated with the disbursement of those funds will shortly follow. MorseLife agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle the False Claims Act allegations.

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