Bill of Health

JULY 20, 2022

Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires that pharmaceutical manufacturers give discounts on specified outpatient drugs to certain covered entities who typically serve low-income or otherwise underserved patients, including hospitals and clinics. health care spending. billion, reaching $6.3

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

"The telehealth cliff is looming, casting much uncertainty and concern for the health and safety of Medicare beneficiaries, and the sustainability of our already overburdened healthcare system," said Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. A years-long effort.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 7, 2020

The 128-page update to AMA's Digital Health Implementation Playbook Series comes as telehealth adoption is increasing by leaps amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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AIHC

MARCH 31, 2025

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Bill of Health

JUNE 16, 2022

disease burden in 2016 and how often conditions are mentioned in the 2020 edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 , an 832 page book sometimes referred to as the medical student’s bible. This means that several public health problems that cause significant disease burden — like motor vehicle accidents or gun violence — are barely tested.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. workers with private insurance more likely report poor access to health care, greater costs of care, and lower satisfaction with care versus people covered by public health insurance plans — whether Medicaid, Medicare, VHA or military coverage. households.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

billion in annual operating revenue, Memorial Healthcare System is one of the largest public health systems in the U.S. THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. With 15,000 team members, 3,000 providers and $3.1

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: In the report’s discussion, KFF recognizes that this year’s study, the 22nd annual, was fielded in the unprecedented time of the coronavirus pandemic. Job losses in the public health crisis have resulted in millions of American workers and families losing health benefits.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The attacks have been limited so far, but the healthcare and public health sector in the United States could potentially be a target. The flaws affect Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. The two flaws are being chained together and are being exploited by a Chinese threat actor.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

BMC Public Health. 2016 Oct; 2(4): 237–244. Adv in Health Sci Educ. Using Telehealth to Reduce All-Cause 30-Day Hospital Readmissions among Heart Failure Patients Receiving Skilled Home Health Services. 2016; 7(2): 238–247. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Telehealth Implementation Playbook.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The NHS “supply shortage” is a result of financial cuts to both social care and public health. This article in the BMJ published earlier this year called for increasing these investments to ensure further erosion of population and public health outcomes, and to prevent further health disparities in the UK.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

MarkeTrak 10:Hearing Aids in an Era of Disruption and DTC/OTC Devices, [link] Goman, Adele M, Am J Public Health 2016 Oct;106(10):1820-2. Epub 2016 Aug 23. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303299. 2016.303299.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Tyler, who was national spokesman for Ted Cruz’s 2016 Presidential Campaign, said that we in America need to, quote, “radicalize kindness.” ” A recent article in the BMJ talks about “Valuing health as development: going beyond gross domestic product.”

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 3, 2025

While each goal on its own is a critical driver of high performing health systems, working the five as a strategic quintet can benefit individual patients, families, communities, and the nations that fund (or share in funding) health care services to the country’s residents.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This feeling of political stress was uncovered at the time of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election by the American Psychological Association in their Stress In America study, which I discussed here in Health Populi. tomorrow having spent nearly three weeks getting smarter about health and healthcare in various parts of Europe.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

Five years ago, in 2016, the W2O Group said that, “Relevance is reputation.” ” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. Keep an eye on the “S” in ESG for health care, along with E and G.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 18, 2023

Affected patients had received medical services at PMC or its affiliated companies, Phoenix Neurological & Pain Institute, and/or Laser Surgery Center between 2016 and 2023. The breach was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as affecting up to 162,500 current and former patients.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, it is important to note that Israel provides women with the opportunity to use their cryopreserved eggs (frozen for “social” or “medical” reasons), due to its generous public funding scheme of IVF. Currently only one small Israeli public health maintenance organization (Meuhedet) partly subsidizes SEF.

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2018

It’s important to note that equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans were worried about healthcare between 2014 and 2016 as the Affordable Care Act was being implemented. More Democrats worry about healthcare than Republicans, this year at a huge gap of 72% for Dems vs. 39% for Republicans. Gallup interviewed 1,041 U.S.

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The Health Law Firm

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 15, 2016, a new study was released from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, that suggests people in states that allow medical marijuana may be using fewer opioid painkillers. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In the pre-election ballots cast, the number of ballots cast has surpassed total 2016 voter turnout. concerned about state citizens’ public health in the era of COVID-19. Take Texas: Texans’ voting engagement leading up to Election Day has shattered records.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 23, 2022

A 2016 Nature article reported that more than 70% of surveyed researchers tried and failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce their own experiments. This has been called the “reproducibility crisis” and has been described in a number of studies.

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Health Populi

JULY 3, 2020

Public Health Workers. As a sidebar, I am mindful that Taiwan’s leader is President Tsai Ing-wen , the first female leader of the nation elected in 2016. “And please…please…please wear a face covering,” Dr. Jerome Adams, the U.S. Surgeon General pleaded on June 30, 2020 , during a speech to U.S.

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NY Health Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In October of 2012, New Yorks Office of Mental Health (OMH) issued two Clinical Advisories stating that certain large adult homes provided housing experiences for persons with serious mental illness that were not clinically appropriate to their needs and were not conducive to their rehabilitation or recovery.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2018

Note the last line of that matrix, population with health care coverage: the U.S. It’s important to realize that this statistic is based on data from 2016 at a historic high, when the Affordable Care Act was in full implementation]. ranks lowest on that, at 90%. [It’s

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Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 19, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: In an essay I wrote for The Huffington Post back in July 2016, I asserted that broadband connectivity was a social determinant of health.

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Health Populi

JULY 11, 2018

In 2016, 21.4 on several dimensions: diet and health outcomes, farming as an industry and economic engine, and social determinants, along with seven other categories. In so doing, regions would enhance public health, stronger local economies, and more resilient ecosystems. employment.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 13, 2023

Close OSHA Crystalline Standard: Addressing the Public Health Crisis To address this public health crisis, OSHA established a strict PEL for respirable crystalline silica at 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air averaged over an 8-hour workday. Become Compliant × Get Compliant! Find Out More! Please Wait.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

For example, healthcare providers can promote healthy lifestyles, raise awareness of emerging health issues, and make announcements when special clinics or services are available to the public. There are several examples of HIPAA social media violations that have resulted in disciplinary action against the offender.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I’d called WiFi a social determinant of health in a Huffington Post column I wrote back in 2016 , recognizing the emerging virtual health opportunity and potential for furthering the digital divide without bolstering broadband “everywhere.”

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Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2018

At the same time, Colombia resolved a 50-year civil war-type conflict, La Violencia, in 2016, leaving the nation scarred physically and mentally to deal with post-traumatic stress and a public health crisis for mental health. EpiPen pricing and Martin Shkreli in the media in 2016 and 2017 have added fuel to that fire.

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Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Currently, the Defense Department’s threshold for drinking water is 70 parts per trillion based on a 2016 EPA advisory. The regulation would dramatically reduce limits on six types of the chemicals, with caps on the most common compounds, known as PFOA and PFOS, at 4 parts per trillion.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2021

The challenge is to make the records of a patient’s history across multiple doctors, multiple years and multiple health systems both actively and conveniently accessible and viewable. Development of the electronic health record. Alexandru, A.G., Radu, I.M., & Bizon, M.L. Big Data in Healthcare – Opportunities and Challenges.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

These agencies safeguard public health and ensure the competence and ethical conduct of providers. These agencies help maintain the integrity and quality of healthcare services in Florida , protecting the public and promoting patient safety. Eligible patients include Florida residents with specific qualifying conditions.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Pennsylvania Healthcare Compliance Resources The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is responsible for safeguarding public health, preventing disease outbreaks, and ensuring access to quality healthcare services. Read on for insights into the essential aspects of healthcare compliance in Pennsylvania.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

What underpins and inspires the seven “new” entrants to disrupt health care is consumer expectations. Can the provider partner with tech firms on data and research projects to improve care?

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently released an update to the 2016 List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings. Like USP, the Board encourages utilization of Chapter <800> in the interest of advancing public health. Managing HDs Within Your Facility.

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