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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Health Populi

” As OED evolves the definition of PPE, the wordsmiths could borrow from OSHA’s website , noting that PPE, “is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. In May 2020, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) re-visited the acronym, “PPE.” In the U.S.,

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Living La Vida Hybrid, for Work, Shopping, Entertainment and Healthcare – Emerging from the Pandemic

Jane Sarashon

The growing telehealth/Rx channels of Nurx, Hims and Hers, Ro, GoodRx, among others, could channel medications and virtual services to women in the privacy of their homes, a health care access pathway we will be closely watching.

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Supreme Court Preview: Key Health Law Issues for the 2024 Term

Bill of Health

Wiley , Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Health Law and Policy Program at UCLA Law. Wiley The Supreme Court’s decisions have important and long-lasting effects on health care access, the public’s health, health equity, and the power of communities to create healthier living and working conditions.

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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – January 21, 2022

Hall Render

Arizona Health Care System Can’t Take Much More, Current Surge Has Yet to Peak: Doctor. A strained Arizona health system means not all patients get timely care. One AZ public health official predicts COVID-19 pandemic could become endemic by early Spring. IU Health gives Ivy Tech $8.75

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

public relations firm strikes second acquisition after landing PE investment D.C.’s -area philanthropist opens women’s wellness center in Bethesda D.C. healthcare workforce finds lack of diversity St.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022 INDIANA Beacon Health announces hiring freeze, pay cuts for employees Carmel-based NICO Corp. loss amid ‘significant investments’ NEW MEXICO Albuquerque hospital recognized for its work in robotic surgery Las Vegas, N.M.,

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What the Pew Report on Trust and Distrust in America Means for Health/Care, El Paso and Dayton — Pogo Rears His Head Again

Health Populi

This holds true for health care access, burdens of chronic disease, health literacy, and by definition access to the social determinants of health the bolster well-being. And so “Forward” we go, knowing that loving our neighbor is the best revenge.