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Reproductive Governance in a Post-Roe US: The Weaponization of Health Systems

Bill of Health

I was living and working in Peru in 2001, when Karen Noelia Llantoy discovered she was pregnant with an anencephalic fetus. The post Reproductive Governance in a Post-Roe US: The Weaponization of Health Systems appeared first on Bill of Health. By Alicia Ely Yamin.

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Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah: A Pioneer in Safe Abortion Law Reform

Bill of Health

She then served as Ghana’s Minister of Health from 1996 to 1998 and as Ghana’s Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1998 to 2001. From Minister to Advocate Dr. Brookman-Amissah returned to Ipas in 2001, where she served as Vice President for Africa until 2014.

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Against American Public Health Exceptionalism

Bill of Health

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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4 Key Ways QHINs Will Improve Healthcare Interoperability

HIT Consultant

“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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Managing Healthcare Compliance in West Virginia

MedTrainer

State-specific governing bodies, such as the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and the Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) , oversee and enforce these regulations. West Virginia has distinct regulations and requirements that healthcare providers and organizations must follow.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

Consolidating and coordinating information between providers, payers and public health departments is particularly tough, not only because there are so many providers, but because of the variability between data platforms and systems. In 2001, Sonia was appointed to the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA).

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The High Cost-of-Thriving and the Evolving Social Contract for Health Care

Health Populi

23% of households had zero or negative net worth in 2017, up from 16% in 2001. The research calls out that consumers’ retirement concerns are declining physical health and running out of money. .” That is, government spending. did not save for old age. The statistic for the U.S. In the U.S.,