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Advancing Healthcare Equity: Federal Licensure Reciprocity for Physicians Caring for Transplant Patients and Donors

Bill of Health

During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the United States Department of Health & Human Services demonstrated flexibility by superseding state licensure mandates, thereby allowing providers with valid medical licensure in one state to care for patients in all states.

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How the VA laid the groundwork for a pandemic-fueled telehealth spike

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Department of Veterans Affairs, via the Veterans Health Administration, oversees care for more than 9 million individuals through upwards of 1,000 facilities. Many of those patients, however, face mobility hurdles and other challenges that can make it difficult to reach in-person care.

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Pharmacy Plays a Growing Role in Consumers’ Health @Retail – J.D. Power’s 2023 Rankings

Health Populi

[As an informative sidebar for more context into health consumer satisfaction, I wrote about Costco and its iconic, and much-loved, hot dog which persisted at the high-value price of $1.50 For mail order, the leader in patient satisfaction was Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy which has often led this pack in the J.D. Power research.