Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 3, 2022

As the Community Outreach Director, I was busy planning the “No Place Like Home” event — a community event to address toxic masculinity, mental health, supporting healthy relationships, and community. While the rest of the world was thrown in to “social isolation” by working from home and avoiding public spaces, we were trapped.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

In the context of HIPAA enforcement discretion, the Secretary can waive sanctions and penalties that result from non-compliance with the following standards of the Privacy Rule: 164.510 – Uses and disclosures of Protected Health Information requiring an opportunity for the individual to agree or object.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 7, 2022

The legal and institutional regime aimed at preventing and controlling the spread of infectious diseases, grounded on the International Health Regulations (IHR) was heavily criticized. The alarm mechanism based on the declaration of Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), in particular, has been severely tested.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2022

Monitoring the safe and effective use of medicines has now been an essential part of public health policy for several decades. Barry Mulchrone, Senior Director& Head of Pharmacovigilance Oversight and Analytics, IQVIA Annette Williams, VP & Global Head, Lifecycle Safety, IQVIA. New advances in technology (e.g.,

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

Translation: watch out for winter and flu season, especially if people don’t re-mask and take care to protect themselves and others — particularly important in geographies where more folks have opted out of getting vaccinated. PPP in the US), and in emerging markets, currency weakness.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 15, 2022

In 2019, the County of Milwaukee became the first jurisdiction in the country to declare racism a public health crisis. Their public-facing COVID-19 dashboard, for example, allows citizens to view key public health information sorted by race – laying bare any potential health disparities.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The CARES Act improves 42 CFR Part 2 regulations by expanding the ability of healthcare providers to share the records of individuals with SUD but also tightens the requirements in the event of a breach of confidentiality. However, public-facing platforms such as TikTok and Facebook Live must not be used.

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Health Law RX

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

An employee is considered “fully vaccinated” two weeks after completing primary vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine with, if applicable, at least the minimum interval between doses as recommended by the CDC, World Health Organization (“WHO”), or if administered as a part of a clinical trial. Verification.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Health data from different countries and organizations, for instance, vary in data entry and quality. And this is not just a one-time event, but a highly dynamic system of new data and new sources that must be blended in. A COVID-19 vaccine was developed with lightning speed.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

However, their presence in our lives, and in our ostracized world, helped us to process current events, and would have been a rudder during the pandemic and racial unrest, that erupted in the midst of the pandemic and seeped into these total institutions. To let them tell it, we are their therapists.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JULY 22, 2022

509(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order updating and clarifying timeframes for requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster shot. On April 4, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. See Executive Order No.

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Hall Render

MARCH 18, 2022

Socially Determined unveils metric measuring impact of social connectedness on health outcomes, business performance. The status of Public Health Emergency declarations. Jeff Zients stepping down as White House covid coordinator; Biden names public health expert Ashish Jha as replacement.

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Hall Render

MARCH 11, 2022

How Nonprofit Hospitals, Health Systems Compensate Executives. Encompass Health’s home health unit attracts acquisition interest-sources. COVID-19 cases dwindle, but Alabama lawmakers continue push for public health reform. State health officer reflects on progress 2 years into pandemic.

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Hall Render

APRIL 15, 2022

HHS reveals strategy on social determinants of health. HHS extends COVID-19 public health emergency for another 90 days. Prices are soaring — but not for health care. Renewal of public health emergency expected before April 16 deadline. New director chosen at Eastern Idaho Public Health.

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Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Moderna wants the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 6. Sensitive health data of 50 million Americans hacked or breached last year: analysis. Private equity’s pandemic-era health care push. Pandemic puts local health care to the ultimate test. County’s public health system.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The EUDCC, which covers COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery, aims to facilitate safe travel for citizens in Europe. Previously most EU countries accepted the NHS COVID Pass, but only a few were able to scan them. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD. We are open to other countries to join our system.”

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SQA

MARCH 25, 2021

Manufacturing Considerations for Licensed and Investigational Cellular and Gene Therapy Products During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, January 2021. The new guidance provides recommendations for developers of SARS-CoV-2-targeting monoclonal antibodies during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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Hall Render

APRIL 7, 2023

5 moves to know Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission Doctors are drowning in paperwork.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

U of California, Irvine to Launch Institute for Precision Health. Pandemic’s mental health crisis shows California needs to reinvent health care. COVID in California: CDC to unveil new metrics to assess virus risk. California Public Health Officials Eye New Approach to COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Hall Render

MAY 5, 2023

acquisition of Oak Street Health to expand primary care footprint Did Hospitals Violate EMTALA by Failing to Provide Abortion Care? of Iowa Health Care denies sharing patient data with Facebook, but are they right? Charles Health System employees file $2.5M

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Hall Render

JANUARY 7, 2022

US children hospitalized with COVID in near-record numbers. Alabama seeing rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations. COVID-19 patient count increasing at Children’s of Alabama Hospital. Alabama Department of Public Health at ‘highest level’ of concern over COVID cases surge. Georgia Dept.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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Hall Render

MARCH 31, 2023

in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing? County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk Gilead drops option to buy cancer therapeutics company Health and Life Organization Inc. buys industrial property in Rancho Cordova for $5.12

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Hall Render

MAY 19, 2023

Supplemental Grant for Rural Health Programs UAMS to Study Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Breast Cancer Treatment Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary Donates $1.4 Supplemental Grant for Rural Health Programs UAMS to Study Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Breast Cancer Treatment Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary Donates $1.4

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Bill of Health

MARCH 27, 2023

Bard The White House is preparing to shut down their COVID Task Force this May, in conjunction with ending the public health emergency — the latest in a series of astounding and shortsighted decisions that put individual Americans at as great a risk from serious harm as a result of catching COVID-19 as at any stage in the pandemic.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Margaret’s files Chapter 11 bankruptcy for Peru, Spring Valley hospitals Why an Illinois hospital CEO laid off 20% of its leadership Illinois Department of Public Health predicts the outlook for the COVID-19 virus Tough choices at Memorial Health HSHS says system outage caused by cyberattack Physician convicted in $9.5M

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Hall Render

JUNE 9, 2023

Here’s why ARKANSAS Arkansas Children’s Hospital raises $5.9

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Hall Render

APRIL 29, 2022

New Mississippi law bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Uptick in COVID-19 cases prompts NJ health facilities to tighten visitor restrictions. State renews COVID-19 public health orders. Veteran health care leader named COO of Lovelace Medical Group. MISSISSIPPI. NEW MEXICO.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

to expand behavioral health services Michigan teaching hospital to bring in consultants amid debt covenant breach Trinity Health to grow West Michigan orthopedic practice after settling federal lawsuit Healthcare giant McLaren reveals data on 2.2

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

leads in life expectancy Utah nonprofit pharmaceutical company is fixing the market, producing 80 drugs VERMONT Vermont hospital training staff to be nurses Mental health urgent care takes root in Vermont The state’s health care regulator looks for input in ‘hospital transformation’ process Vt.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 1, 2023

1 Mass General Brigham to build AI products with Australian health tech company Mass General Brigham hospital workers to receive average 21% raises Mass General Brigham to integrate triage AI across system Mass General Brigham sued over infection control lapse Nurse practitioner pleads guilty to $7.8M

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

billion behavioral health contract to Centene Idaho Drops Panel Investigating Pregnancy-Related Deaths as US Maternal Mortality Surges Kootenai Health CEO to retire after nonprofit conversion Kootenai Health on track for nonprofit conversion Ammon Bundy a no-show for beginning of St. to 18 central Mass.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 18, 2022

Earlier this week, the agency faced criticism from the public health community that its back-to-school COVID guidance pares back already weak protections against the spread of disease by dropping its recommendations for asymptomatic screening and quarantine after exposure. This is sad.

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Hall Render

MAY 26, 2023

Children’s National Hospital hosts prom for patients battling illnesses Unfair labor complaints filed against George Washington University Hospital as nurses try to unionize DELAWARE ChristianaCare spin-out named ‘Most Promising New Company’ at Delaware Bio pitch event Delaware among states that struggle to provide nursing home oversight.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 7, 2022

thus has reverberating repercussions: it strips away not only necessary public health precautions, but also hard-won adaptations, such as remote work and more generous sick leave policies. This premature and at times exclusive push to “normalcy” in the U.S.

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