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

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By Elizabeth Pendo Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections for disproportionately impacted populations is greater than ever. Title I of the ADA prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment.

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

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Enterprise Taxonomy: Analytics Population and Public Health Interoperability Strategic Planning Workflow Digital Health Emerging Technologies Data and Information Care Organizational Governance Process Technology. Register now to listen to the session 'on demand' at HIMSS21 Middle East.

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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?

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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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