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Data linkage project seeks to improve First Nations maternal and child health outcomes

Healthcare It News

A new project led by indigenous community leaders, together with researchers from the University of Queensland, seeks to link disparate health records of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders across health facilities to improve maternal and perinatal health outcomes.

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Fraudsters Prey on Factors Influencing Health Outcomes

AIHC

Social determinants of health (SDoH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. While healthcare providers focus on how to capture SDoH data on patients to improve health outcomes, a counter force may be working in the background which hurts struggling families as they fall victim of fraud schemes.

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Kristen Ballantine, VP of Government Relations at Gainwell

HIT Consultant

Kristen Ballantine, VP of Government Relations at Gainwell. For most patients, it has always been extremely difficult to their personal health and medical data electronically. About Kristin Ballantine.

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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead. Community and Data Governance: Catalyzing Action It’s been said before that “data exchange and community action happen at the speed of trust”– this couldn’t be truer.

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Samsung Medical Center tops global health systems in HIMSS Digital Health Indicator

Healthcare It News

Samsung Medical Center in South Korea has achieved a top score globally for the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator. Launched in 2020, the DHI measures a health organisation's progress in building a digital health ecosystem in four dimensions: governance and workforce, predictive analytics, interoperability, and person-enabled health.

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The International Weaponization of Health Data

Bill of Health

On the one hand, the international sharing of health-related data sets has paved the way for important advances such as mapping the human genome , tracking global health outcomes , and fighting the rise of multidrug-resistant superbugs. Government officials recently have expressed concern about the open-access sharing of U.K.

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The Biden Administration’s Whole-of-Government Approach to Equity – in Health and Beyond

Health Populi

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.,