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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. However, these practices have continued into the modern era. Because overconsumption of nutrients has been linked to toxicity and diseases, public health officials should continue to reflect on the benefits and risks of food fortification today.

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Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – October 2024

HealthIT Answers

The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of October that we think deserve sharing again. The post Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – October 2024 appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Weekly Roundup – November 16, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. More Insights From the Experts at HLTH 2024. Several more healthcare IT leaders took some time to share their thoughts on data integration, key use cases for AI, how to help frontline workers, and how to build trust.