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Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID

Bill of Health

This article will discuss the importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in protecting the rights of people with long COVID and other disabilities in the workplace, in health care, and in disability and other benefits in order to chart an equitable path forward.

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HIMSS21 Middle East: Why patient data from the Middle East is being scrutinised like never before

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The group of leading experts gathered virtually to discuss the importance of harnessing technology to gain health insights from data, and their findings were discussed on Day Two of the HIMSS21 Middle East session around 'Leveraging Data and Technology to Advance Population Health Management' The session participants were: Dr Ada Al-Qunaibet, (..)

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Mobilizing Long COVID Awareness to Better Support People with Acquired Disabilities

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A hospital or health insurer that invests in an employment program has no hope of recapturing presumed economic gains. Both the diagnosis and definitions of Long COVID accepted under the ADA limit eligibility , but there is hope that in the future these criteria will expand to include patients’ lived experiences.

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COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?

Bill of Health

Consider, for example, flexible work-from-home policies ; expanded federal proclamations that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is broad enough to cover individuals with, recovering from, or regarded as disabled because of COVID-19 or long-COVID; and efforts to prioritize and normalize mental health care.

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HHS OCR Releases Guidance on Gender-Affirming Care and Health Care Anti-Discrimination Laws

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Notably, the 2020 Rule reinterpreted the regulatory definition of “sex” for purposes of assessing discrimination under Section 1557 as only referring to biological sexes of male and female, undoing the more expansive interpretation in the 2016 Rule that included gender identity and sexual orientation within its purview.

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Health Provider News

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