Bill of Health

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Colombian case reinforces that human rights and public health are not mutually exclusive. Importantly, this is reflected in the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies (2023). Can age and disability be considered in triage decisions in the face of public health emergencies?

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2021

the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed disparities in housing, food, and job security, and the role that one’s ZIP code and social determinants play in health outcomes. The post The Biden Administration’s Whole-of-Government Approach to Equity – in Health and Beyond appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. In the U.S.,

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HIT Consultant

JULY 15, 2024

What You Should Know: – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is taking a leap forward in digital health transformation by partnering with Guidehouse and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to assess the current state of its public health data infrastructure.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community with the question – How are health organizations leveraging data analytics and technology to address population health challenges and identify trends that can inform public health interventions? The following are their answers.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 25, 2022

This disturbing health crisis is insidiously ingrained in the culture of corrections and surprisingly neglected in American public health scholarship. People who are incarcerated already exhibit elevated rates of morbidity , and it is likely that the sleep deprivation associated with corrections only depresses health outcomes.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 6, 2023

A new value-based programme of the Victorian government's Transport Accident Commission has started collecting and analysing patient-reported outcomes and experiences. Meanwhile, The Clinician is enabling more public health organisations across Australia to harness patient-generated information to improve health outcomes.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Nearly nine in 10 respondents trust the use of predictive analytics in clinical settings, acknowledging its positive impact on patient and staff experiences and health outcomes. Digital Transformation chief Setiaji said they were prompted to upskill health workers who have been mere "input officers" untrained to harness data.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

” Patient health outcomes were the overarching factor in determining whether public-private partnerships can optimise 5G adoption in healthcare. As a long-time veteran in Taiwan’s public healthcare, Lee shared his view. "We [the government] need to set up regulation infrastructures [for 5G adoption].

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For individuals with chronic illnesses exacerbated by extreme temperatures, these reductions in temperature are crucial for improving health outcomes. The findings show that, as a result, respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes improve among those living in weatherized homes.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The scope of health data sharing and use of health data have expanded far beyond electronic health record adoption in healthcare settings to encompass data sets inclusive of demographics, behavioral health, social determinants of health (SDOH), and public health.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Americans are no doubt conditioned to expect spectacular failure in the face of public health crises. In both contexts, these reporting failures make it difficult to mount a competent public health response to prevent unnecessary mortality. By Jennifer D. Just as COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. While the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The NSW government has put up an online toolkit that provides information about the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. According to a media release, the Menopause toolkit links to "clear and accurate" information, including locations of NSW government-funded clinics. NSW launches online menopause toolkit.

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Jane Sarashon

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With my ongoing focus on social determinants and drivers of health for health equity and access, the first essay that caught my attention is on Government Obligations and the Negative Right to a Healthy Urban Environment. I’ll focus this post on one of the pieces that resonate with what I’m working on these days.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2024

The acquisition advances Healthy Together’s mission to improve collective health and make government and enterprises more efficient. Early detection supports rapid interventions throughout the public and private healthcare ecosystem. ” said Inder Singh , Founder of Kinsa Health.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

There's help for providers who want to help aging patients navigate complex government websites and access the information and resources they need to overcome isolation, lack of transportation and limited financial resources barring full access to healthcare opportunities. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Their performance grades will be made available on public dashboards to help AB PM-JAY beneficiaries make informed decisions. The NHA seeks to introduce the concept of value-based care across the Indian public health ecosystem. WHY IT MATTERS. Enterprise Taxonomy: Payers Finance Quality Care Value-based care Business Care.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 31, 2021

Population health and precision medicine defined. When President Barack Obama announced during the 2015 State of the Union Address that the government was launching the Precision Medicine Initiative, a debate began about whether and how precision medicine and population health management could coexist in the U.S. health system.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 22, 2022

The federal government and several states have implemented strategies to improve and promote OUD treatment access, especially for the relatively inexpensive and effective medication buprenorphine. Goodin, PhD, MPP, is assistant professor of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy at the University of Florida.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 24, 2022

This global crisis has tested our ability as a civilization to respond to public health emergencies and mitigate the impact of geopolitical interference impeding our collective adherence to sensible policies geared towards disease prevention. Effective public health communication is the cornerstone of any pandemic response.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2024

Among its efforts is a focus on promoting community-level health behaviors, such as increasing screening efforts; reinforcing the benefit of prescription and over-the-counter medications; and targeting communities that are at elevated risk for heart disease due to social and economic conditions. But now is the time to reverse those setbacks.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Trusted Exchange Framework describes the common principles for data sharing, while the Common Agreement is a legal agreement that defines the governing approach, expectations, and rules for the QHINs. With more accurate, complete, and up-to-date data, physicians can make better decisions to generate better health outcomes.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Trust, or really lack thereof, is a killer app for people’s coronavirus health outcomes. That is the through-line found in a very deep dive into 177 countries’ health data published in The Lancet in a research article on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19. The graph illustrates where the U.S.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Legal penalties have been shown to effectively drive entrepreneurial innovation in areas with clearly definable objectives, but choosing which industry metrics will result in desired public health outcomes is no easy task. We shouldn’t expect everyone to aspire to develop a billion dollars of affordable housing.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 8, 2023

To achieve such intersectional approaches, the social determinants of health provide a useful framework. It explains how conditions, forces, and systems, including poverty, discrimination, underlying health disparities, and governance, not only shape daily life but also vulnerability to climate-induced disasters (Figure 1).

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Physician Credentialing Company

MAY 15, 2024

It encapsulates both quantifiable financial metrics and qualitative health outcome measures to provide a comprehensive view of the value generated by healthcare investments. Calculating ROI in healthcare can be complex due to the multifaceted nature of health outcomes and costs. Identify and quantify the financial gains.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“The simple fact is that the federal and state governments are doing almost nothing to help people who have a broadband service available that partially meets their needs but abuses them with regular price hikes, spotty reliability, and poor customer service. Among many reasons broadband continues to lag in certain parts of the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Prioritizing data that has been purpose-built and clinically validated ensures that we’re tracking data that truly predicts and impacts health outcomes, not just correlation. Cancer researchers are investigating the impacts of cancer on long-term health outcomes, financial strain, and household impact.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The lawsuits, arising from the desire to hold platforms accountable for exploiting children’s susceptibility to rewarding stimuli during development, present a novel theory of liability based solely on an algorithm’s ability to cause addiction rather than adverse mental health outcomes.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2024

“QHINs are the pillars of TEFCA network-to-network exchange, providing shared services and governance to securely route queries, responses, and messages across networks for eligible participants including patients, providers, hospitals, health systems, payers, and public health agencies,” according to ONC.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 25, 2024

. – The strategic partnership aims to transform healthcare delivery for health plans and individuals managing conditions like diabetes and heart disease by addressing the critical link between nutrition and health outcomes.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Governments, private and public health care organisations are taking action after the learnings from the pandemic, to increase data quality and equality. Technologies and solutions like cloud, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), sensors, and mobile technology can help improve health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

With many more types of health information specifically included as EHI, organizations regulated under the 21 st Century Cures Act are on the hook to respond to requests for that information from individuals, providers, public health agencies, and health information exchanges. About Mariann Yeager.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“Two intersecting and interdependent systems comprise democracy in the United States,” Eileen Salinsky, Program Advisor with Grantmakers in Health, wrote in a compelling essay in April 2022. Most Americans don’t feel the government cares about them, nor do most feel protected by U.S. Today is Election Day in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2024

Texas A&M Health: Advancing Healthcare through Innovation and Research Texas A&M Health is a comprehensive health science center dedicated to advancing the future of healthcare and preparing the next generation of health professionals.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Like other regions in the United States, Wisconsin is characterized by its unique blend of rules and mandates that govern healthcare compliance within the state. These agencies help maintain the integrity and quality of healthcare services in Wisconsin , protecting the public and promoting patient safety.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A month before the public health emergency ended on May 11, 2023, 87 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid. The increase was driven by multiple factors, including the pause of all periodic eligibility reviews during the public health emergency. Early predictions estimated that up to 24.4M

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