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The Impact of Front-Line Primary Care In Improving Access For Mental Health Outcomes

Electronic Health Reporter

Over the past few years, there have been encouraging improvements in the realm of mental health care in the United States. Initiatives to improve mental health outcomes, such as the Affordable Care Act (2010), have been primarily aimed at requiring increased insurance coverage to encompass mental health services […].

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New AMA blueprint seeks to tap the full potential of digital health

Healthcare It News

More than $100 billion of venture funding has been invested in digital health companies since 2010, but that investment has not addressed healthcare's greatest needs, according to the AMA report. Create technologies and policies that reduce fragmentation. Scale evidence-based models quickly. THE LARGER TREND.

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Talkiatry Expands Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Care to 31 States

HIT Consultant

Expanding Psychiatry Footprint Timely intervention, when mental health conditions are less acute, is critical for decreasing more severe downstream health outcomes. Illese Perlumutter, Talkiatry child & adolescent practice intends to expand nationally, and address chronic rural care gaps.

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How a Korean hospital has held its EMRAM Stage 7 validation for over a decade

Healthcare It News

In 2010, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital made digital health history by being the first hospital outside of the United States to achieve Stage 7 for the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model. The Health4U patient portal, introduced in 2022, has enhanced patient engagement and self-care.

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Old Dogs and New Tricks: A Case for the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

Plainly, these laws were not fit for purpose — having been passed before Kenya took on international legal obligations relating to the right to health, before Kenya was a Republic, and well before Kenya adopted its Constitution in 2010 — they were what was available.

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

has some of the world’s leading medical facilities and research institutions, and the ability to deliver the highest available quality of care, it ranks last among rich nations in providing equitable, accessible, affordable, and high-quality health care. America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage.

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Value-based Care is Less Than 15% of Practice Revenues

Healthcare IT Today

NEJM Catalyst defines value-based care (VBC) as “A healthcare delivery model in which providers are paid based on patient health outcomes – providers are rewarded for helping patients improve their health, reduce the effects and incidence of chronic disease, and live healthier lives in an evidence-based way.”.