Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

Our desire for data liquidity has eluded us across the health/care ecosystem for too long, notwithstanding American taxpayers’ $35 bn investment in EHRs dating to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that embedded the HITECH Act funding EHR adoption for hospitals and physician practices.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 15, 2022

Health Populi’s Hot Points: John Mackey has held this view on food for a long time. It’s more of an “and” than an “or,” we know now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as financial health connects with mental health, physical health, and social/civic health.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2022

The transition toward more digital recordkeeping in healthcare began in earnest in 2009 with the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The legislation spurred providers to shed some paper-based inefficiencies and helped initiate the industry’s ongoing digital transformation. The bottom line: paper is slow, digital is fast.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In addition to fielding scrutiny over mifepristone access , reviewing opioid regulations , and handling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment approvals in the midst of a pandemic, Califf will be overseeing the FDA at a time when public health advocates are anticipating agency action on several tobacco issues.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to physicians who attended its programs in connection with its multiple sclerosis drugs between 2009 and 2014. A health system paid $18.2 COVID-10 Related Fraud. The federal government provided significant levels of emergency funding throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 17, 2022

The Commonwealth Fund has tracked primary care access for many years, and over time has found the United States to lack the kind of primary care “backbone” that many wealthy nations have — whose health citizens also enjoy much better health outcomes that relate to easier access to health care.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2023

. “Despite breathtaking medical advancements since President Harry Truman declared war on heart disease 75 years ago, researchers have observed a disturbing trend that started in 2009: America’s death rate from heart-related conditions is climbing again,” the detailed essay explains.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an eye-opener for what really matters in both personal and professional life. 19 Telehealth opportunities and remote care options can create a variety of these touchpoints in a personalized and case-specific way, ranging from an overview of patient consultations to implantable cardiac monitors.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation. Act I: Pre-COVID (Pre-2020) Act II: Post-COVID (2020 – 2021) Act III: Post-Inflation (2022 – ?). The amount of investment going into Health IT is nearly half the Post-COVID peak, but still 27% higher than Pre-COVID levels.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Like ordering from Amazon: Where health tech is heading, according to 3 CIOs. Medical groups to Biden: ED boarding at a ‘crisis point’ Nursing home groups request public health emergency extension. US flu hospitalization rate highest its been since 2009 swine flu pandemic, experts say. CONNECTICUT.

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Hall Render

APRIL 26, 2024

area health system chief leaving for post in Florida Supreme Court will not hear D.C. veto, upending plans for UNM public health school Christus obstetrics providers now working for a third-party company NEW YORK 2 colleges to partner with PT group on new specialty center Jamestown hospital could see cuts as parent co.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

FOIA backlogs have increased during COVID-19 and now exceed 140,000, according to the Government Accountability Office. Most requesters are neither able nor willing to find court battles, making it difficult in practice to enforce FOIA. Fortunately, much could be done to strengthen FOIA in the coming year.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The CARES Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020, to ensure that every American has access to the care they need during the COVID-19 pandemic and to address the economic fallout from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19. HIPAA Changes in 2020/2021 Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Remain in Effect.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

COVID-19 forced a spike in policy-makers’ interest and willingness to invest in public health; a spike that is unfortunately retreating to the old business as usual. I consulted several experts in health IT to ask how such IT could improve data collection and sharing in public health.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By Yael Hashiloni-Dolev and Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty In 2009, Israel was one of the first countries to authorize social egg freezing , before it was declared non-experimental. Currently only one small Israeli public health maintenance organization (Meuhedet) partly subsidizes SEF.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

Those HIPAA updates were followed by the incorporation of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which saw the introduction of the Breach Notification Rule in 2009 and the Omnibus Final Rule in 2013. HIPAA Changes Due to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19.

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Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2020

Seven in 10 Americans are concerned about the coronavirus outbreak’s impact on the economy, and 6 in 10 people worried about someone they love getting sick from COVID-19. this administration has not taken coronavirus seriously enough,” Murphy asserted. Anthony Fauci, who led the U.S.

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Drug & Device Law

MAY 11, 2023

Its staff has a broad view tied to public health considerations, available drug and non-drug treatment options, data that may not be publically available, and decades of experience with the subject matter. Brief at 19-20 (quoting Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs v. This also includes “ology” confusion. Sebelius , 671 F.3d

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Drug & Device Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

15, 2024) (“ CHD ”), the Third Circuit affirmed the right of a publicly supported university to require COVID-19 vaccination as a prerequisite to its students’ in-person attendance. 555, 573 (2009), and these antivaxxers didn’t come close. at *7 (footnote collecting COVID-19 decisions omitted). Levine , 555 U.S.

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