Mobi Health News

APRIL 14, 2021

The social media giant will begin notifying its users when they become eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in their state. .

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 24, 2022

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is failing parents by preventing off-label use of our existing COVID-19 vaccines in the under-five set. The CDC, through its vaccine provider agreements, prevents physicians and parents from pursuing off-label use of COVID-19 vaccinations in young children.

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Wyatt Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

On 9/30/2021, HHS Office for Civil Rights issues guidance on when HIPAA applies and does not apply to COVID-19 vaccine information. Generally, HIPAA applies to disclosures of protected health information by HIPAA covered entities and not to requests for such information by such entities or other businesses.

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Becker's Health IT

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The Department of Veterans Affairs admitted it failed to protect the COVID-19 vaccination status data for about 500,000 of its employees after a spreadsheet containing the information was improperly shared in October 2021, FedScoop reported Nov.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 20, 2022

Meanwhile, the original January 4 compliance date has been fast-approaching, with employers in the non-enjoined states and territories having little guidance from CMS as to what would happen next, and when they would need to comply with the CMS Rule’s vaccination requirements. Facilities in the District of Columbia, U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2020

For the 51st episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about the COVID-19 Vaccine. Obviously, being a healthcare IT publication, we’re not going to dive into any of the clinical details of the vaccine.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied , found that interaction with a chatbot developed by CNRS, ENS-PSL and INSERM was able to reduce vaccination refusal by 20 per cent within a test group of 338 participants. per cent), very few people have received the double COVID-19 vaccine dose.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Addressing Declines in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Treatment. A pre-Thanksgiving analysis of this data revealed that just 45% of SNF residents and 23% of SNF staff were up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. [iv] ii] QSO-21-19-NH (cms.gov). iii] 42 CFR 483.10(c)(6).

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Tara Davis and Nicola Soekoe In January 2021, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if wealthier nations did not ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Impact of the judgment: what have records disclosed shown?

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Hanys

JANUARY 14, 2022

The fact sheets for healthcare providers and recipients and caregivers were revised in response to new safety information regarding the serious risk of Immune Thrombocytopenia, which can cause easy or excessive bruising and bleeding due to very low levels of platelets, following administration of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

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Health Law Advisor

JUNE 23, 2022

In two recent memoranda, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made changes to previously issued survey guidance related to COVID-19 vaccination issues.

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Health Law Gurus

JULY 7, 2020

However, due to the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been calls for significant modifications to the process to expedite the vaccine development for use. Together, the public and private counterparts of ACTIV are working to create a collaborative framework to fast-track the development of a vaccine for COVID-19.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Nyirenda case: mandatory vaccinations and human rights Both judgments in Khatumba were delivered and decided before effective COVID-19 vaccines were yet available in Malawi or worldwide. Therefore, no matter how extreme it may seem to pursue such a policy, such a decision had not been illustrated to have been made.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 6, 2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is currently embroiled in a dispute over the ownership of patent rights to Moderna’s flagship mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273). If so, NIH, their employer, would be a co-owner of the vaccine technology and could, in theory, make it more broadly available around the world.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Epic is a founding member of the Vaccine Credential Initiative, which has been working for months to develop technology aimed at making it easier for users to share their COVID-19 vaccination records. " Now, he says, millions of MyChart users can access the credential through their account. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Note: This article has been revised to include information on the Group 2 states as of January 18, 2022. Staff for whom COVID-19 vaccination must be temporarily delayed. For temporary delays, facilities should track when the identified staff can safely resume their vaccination.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 7, 2023

By Aparajita Lath Two articles published last month in the BMJ analyze the public investment and financing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the extensive government funding that has supported the development of mRNA technology from 1985 to 2022. government substantially de-risking the vaccine development process.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

Despite pediatric COVID-19 vaccine availability, many youth remain unvaccinated , and are thus at higher risk of life-altering outcomes as a result of contracting COVID-19. [1]. Specific to the COVID-19 vaccine, children under age 18 in most jurisdictions will require parental consent. [8].

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Health Law Advisor

JULY 27, 2023

However, the Biden Administration announced that COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths, emergency department visits, test positivity and results of wastewater surveillance will continue to be reported, although the sources of some of this information will change. Several other jurisdictions have followed suit. See [link].

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Bill of Health

APRIL 7, 2022

The proposed compromise would allow for “the use of patented subject matter required for the production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines without the consent of the right holder to the extent necessary to address the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 of the Agreement, as clarified and waived.”

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 27, 2021

The program pairs up celebrities and health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci to talk about COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

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Compliance Now

JANUARY 14, 2022

On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) voted to block the continued enforcement of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring large employers to either require all employees to obtain their COVID–19 vaccinations or submit to weekly virus testing.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Kate Behan, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Arcadia A so-called “tripledemic” — the convergence of flu, RSV and COVID-19 — led to significant morbidity and mortality, and it also forced the cancellation or delay of numerous medical procedures at overwhelmed health systems. As I explain below, technology can be a valuable support tool.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The report predicted that more breaches involving personal medical information are on the horizon, with the quick pivot to digital technologies leaving data vulnerable. And, of course, COVID-19 vaccines are likely to play a major role in 2021's health and security landscape, with streamlined distribution at top of mind for many officials.

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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.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 23, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a threat brief providing information on the cyber organizations of the Russian Intelligence Services which pose a threat to organizations in the United States, including the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

EHNAC, the standards development organization and accrediting body for electronically exchanged healthcare data, and the multi-sector collaborative CARIN Alliance have created the CARIN Code of Conduct Accreditation Program to advance the interoperability of health information and comply with data standardization requirements. ON THE RECORD.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 13, 2022

Two California brothers were both sentenced to 36 months of probation and ordered to pay $500 dollars in restitution after pleading guilty to misdemeanor conspiracy to steal or convert government property charges stemming from the theft of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Its legal status under Ontario’s health information privacy law allows it to collect and analyze healthcare and demographic data without consent for health system evaluation and improvement. "More information about ICES can be found on their brief YouTube video describing their data and organization."

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Over the course of the pandemic, CMS issued new rules requiring reporting on infections, deaths, staffing shortages, and supplies ; vaccines for health care professionals ; and education and reporting on vaccinations , among others.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As a first step, we need our health agencies to keep the public informed. Further, the CDC inexplicably restricted off-label use of these vaccines, closing the door for doctors to use their expertise and customize a plan that could include COVID vaccines for young children.

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KFF

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

distribution of vaccines internationally, though more likely to prefer the U.S. The analysis also examines how different information affects the public's views. This report finds the public is generally supportive of U.S. playing a major role versus a leading one, and there are partisan differences.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

DISCLOSING COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS. HHS has published an article on the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s effect on the disclosure of COVID-19 vaccination status for healthcare. Remember that HIPAA is not the only set of laws that regulate this information. The following are excerpts from the article.

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Compliance Now

DECEMBER 20, 2021

On Friday, December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision allowing OSHA to enforce its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employers with 100 or more employees. The CDC document “Key Things to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines” Information about protection against retaliation and discrimination.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It was highlighted that the data protection impact assessment (DPIA) run by Palantir on the NHS COVID-19 data store would not be broken down by ethnicity, despite BAME people being disproportionately affected by the virus. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

Increasingly, healthcare organizations are using the company’s platform to exchange more than prescription information. Vaccination status, demographic information and notes are increasingly shared. Exchanging health information is everything we do.” Surecripts is a company that is synonymous with e-prescribing.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 8, 2022

Because the LTC facility population was at the highest risk of COVID-19 infections, the CDC created the LTC PPP to prioritize vaccinations of that population as quickly as possible and while vaccine availability was limited. The company enrolled in the LTC PPP and scheduled its first vaccination clinic on Dec.

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