Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 2, 2025

Emergency medical services (EMS) teams are often the first responders for patients having emergency health issues. Some medical events require expertise best provided by a specialist. When timing and accuracy are of utmost importance, they must be exactly sure of what each patient needs. Read the full case study here.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 2, 2023

Kapp During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Establishment (PHE)/legal enterprise collaborative fell short of constitutional standards in a number of situations, resulting in adverse judicial rulings of which the PHE and its like-minded academic advocates now complain. By Marshall B.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In 2019 Germany introduced its DiGA Fast Track process for rapid approval, testing, piloting and evaluation of health apps, which is open to all companies in the European Union (EU). I’m very direct with you – we will just replicate what works in Germany.”

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sweden also brought in new legislation in December requiring citizens to have a COVID passport at all events with more than 100 people. ” Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Leadership Legislation Emerging Technologies Care Organizational Governance Public Policy Technology.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 21, 2024

It is now providing access to health information on My Health Record, including National Health Index details and vaccination records. The National Event Management Service is also live, providing near real-time notification of death events.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Health professionals will also spend less time on administrative tasks and more time caring for their patients, hoped some stakeholders, helped along by integrated clinical and administrative process data. Respondents also wanted a reduction in duplicate testing and preventable safety events.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

As temperatures continue to rise, workplaces must adapt to protect the health of workers. However, informal workers enjoy fewer regulatory protections and their workplaces are particularly vulnerable to the impact of environmental events. This increases workers’ vulnerability to heat-related illnesses, such as heat stress.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Through the initiative , the health system will jointly develop artificial intelligence-based decision-support tools for earlier detection of adverse events in patients of varying acuities. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 9, 2023

"NICE CXone enables us to rapidly respond to changing public health events, seamlessly scale the supporting workforce as needed without disruption to service users and will empower us to provide better service to reach even more New Zealanders," said Mike Mulvaney, director of Technology Services at Whakarongorau Aotearoa.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

As well as facilitating safe travel, the certificates are being used in 20 EU members states for domestic purposes, such as accessing large events, restaurants, cinemas and museums. A recent European Commission report said that more than 591 million EUDCCs have now been generated. ON THE RECORD.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Meanwhile, public health — a sector where these benefits could have far-reaching impact — has been relatively insulated from this revolution. But probably the biggest reason why low-code development hasn’t been taken up by public health IT leaders with the same enthusiasm is data privacy. That’s all changing, however.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 19, 2023

Watch the full event video here. The post Trying and Sentencing Youth As Adults: Key Takeaways from Recent Petrie-Flom Center Event appeared first on Bill of Health. This transcript has been edited and condensed. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

From the end of the Public Health Emergency to the launch of ChatGPT and the Apple Vision Pro, executives reflect on what stood out to them this year.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

– The virtual, interactive series of events provides healthcare professionals with a platform to explore and evaluate the effectiveness of AI solutions in a simulated environment. This ongoing expansion will ensure that the challenge remains at the forefront of evaluating and advancing AI in healthcare.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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. Public Health Service recommended that all women of reproductive age get 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid per day.

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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. Increasing focus on identifying and addressing risks of self-harm, intimate partner violence, or sequelae of substance abuse will help decrease potentially preventable maternal adverse events.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The certificates are being used in 20 EU members states for domestic purposes, such as accessing large events, restaurants, cinemas and museums. Citizens over 18 in Wales are now required to show an NHS COVID Pass to get into nightclubs and many events under rules which came into effect on 11 October.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

“The younger population may be fluent with Tiktok and Snapchat, but struggles with government E-services”, commented Päivi Sillanaukee, ambassador for health and wellbeing, ministry of foreign affairs in Finland. Access the full DHAGE Report here.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 3, 2022

Perhaps the most egregious aspect of Veltman’s case is that her son’s Medi-Cal termination violated a rule that prevents people from being disenrolled from Medicaid during the federal public health emergency that was declared at the start of the covid-19 pandemic. “This shouldn’t be happening.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 17, 2022

In Norway, the same authentication process is used in banking as in health. ” Find out more about this topic and more as we reimagine health at the 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition (14-16 June 2022). “That comes with an additional convenience factor,” she said.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 22, 2022

A root cause of some Never Events errors in the National Health Service (NHS), such as those involving wrong site surgery (surgical procedures being performed on the wrong patient, or the wrong limb), is poor patient and health care provider communication.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 20, 2025

Thereafter, sportsbooks (establishments that take bets on sporting events and pay out winnings) only operated out of casinos in Las Vegas and select tribal-owned lands. The bill banned states from permitting the activity, but granted a carve-out to Nevada, which had already authorized sports gambling.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 3, 2022

As the Community Outreach Director, I was busy planning the “No Place Like Home” event — a community event to address toxic masculinity, mental health, supporting healthy relationships, and community. While the rest of the world was thrown in to “social isolation” by working from home and avoiding public spaces, we were trapped.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. But the immediate pivot to virtual events, and the spring launch of the HIMSS20 Digital event proved the value of knowledge-sharing and connection, even at a distance.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MARCH 24, 2022

CHIR and our colleagues at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) have published two new resources examining state-level preparations for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and the redetermination of the Medicaid eligibility of close to 85 million people.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sweeping healthcare policy changes that enable vulnerable Americans to receive affordable health coverage and access essential safety net benefits. Under the PHE, states must keep Medicaid enrollees continuously covered, irrespective of their circumstances. .

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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. Hartlage and Gregor will discuss more in their HIMSS22 panel, "Next Gen Public Health: The Future of Patient Engagement!"

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Bill of Health

JULY 15, 2022

Government Patent Use to Promote Public Health in the United States: Overcoming Nonpatent Exclusivities. Am J Public Health. Cost Per Event Averted in Cancer Trials in the Adjuvant Setting From 2018 to 2022. What to Know About the Alzheimer Drug Aducanumab (Aduhelm). JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jun 6. 2022 Jun 16:e1-e5.

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Dot Compliance

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

By following these guidelines, manufacturers can: Protect public health: Ensure that the products they produce are safe and effective for use. By understanding and implementing these guidelines, manufacturers can play a vital role in protecting public health and maintaining the integrity of the pharmaceutical industry.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Providers, researchers and government officials gathered Tuesday to discuss the "urgent public health crisis" of gun violence and throw their weight behind a new multimillion-dollar aware | The event, which emphasized the role of healthcare professionals in addressing gun violence, came with the announcement of an industry-backed, multimillion-dollar (..)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2021

They will focus on health equity by design, national public health solutions, behavioral and mental health, violence prevention, socioeconomic outcome indicators, and community resilience, said HHS. OMNY Health. WHY IT MATTERS. The cohort includes: Carium. Culture Care Collective. ManagingLife. Patientory.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

.” Five years later, Edelman has fielded a survey to determine what some 4,000 health citizens living in 4 countries (Brazil, India, the UK, and the U.S.) are thinking and feeling about life after COVID-19 — and especially where their trust lies in institutions, fellow citizens, and future public health emergencies.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Expanded Access is not intended to produce generalizable knowledge; however, it involves reporting of serious adverse events (SAEs) to the entity developing the product (the “sponsor”) and the regulatory agency (the U.S. patients each year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2020

For the duration of the public health emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, RPM services can be provided to both new and established patients, said the agency. You're heading off events before they become acute. If you do roll out RPM, pretty much these are the results you should expect," said Iance.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

And while experts still say that risk is low, recent events show that the H5N1 is spreading and evolving in concerning ways. It also asks that labs immediately send along samples of influenza A that dont test positive for the seasonal subtypes to a public health lab that can test for avian influenza.

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