Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As millions of healthcare workers begin receiving the first vaccination to protect against COVID-19, public health officials and government leaders continue wrestling with not only the operational challenges of scale—this is the first mass vaccination since smallpox (1958-1977) and polio (1980s-present)—but also […].

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 12, 2022

Cases of COVID-19 are still occurring across the United States due to more contagious Omnicron variants. Doctors and scientists worry about the effectiveness of current vaccines in protecting older populations against Omnicron infections. Therefore, experts are highly recommending booster vaccines. 5 sub-variants.

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Jackson Lewis

DECEMBER 16, 2021

On December 15, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted, in part, the federal administration’s motion to stay the nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (“CMS”) from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate nationwide as to non-plaintiff states. Louisiana et al v.

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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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Health Law Pulse

JANUARY 21, 2022

A little over one week later, we reported that the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after COVID-19 was detected in eighteen countries, infecting almost 10,000 people and killing more than two hundred. The post COVID-19 Update: More Reflections on a Pandemic appeared first on Health Law Pulse.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 18, 2022

Many people use rapid at home COVID-19 tests to ensure that they have not contracted the virus. Receiving one negative test result does n0t necessarily mean that someone doesn’t have COVID-19. Repeat COVID-19 Tests. However, a PCR COVID-19 test has a higher detection rate of 95%.

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American Medical Compliance

JULY 22, 2022

5 COVID-19 variants are not presenting drastically different symptoms. 5 New COVID-19 Variants. 5 variant has accounted for over 50% of all COVID-19 cases in the United States, with BA.4 5 are the most prevalent types of COVID-19 in the United States. Since the beginning of July, the BA.5

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American Medical Compliance

JULY 22, 2022

5 COVID-19 variants are not presenting drastically different symptoms. 5 New COVID-19 Variants. 5 variant has accounted for over 50% of all COVID-19 cases in the United States, with BA.4 5 are the most prevalent types of COVID-19 in the United States. Since the beginning of July, the BA.5

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Race Equality Foundation CEO Jabeer Butt welcomed the review, but said it was not enough to explain the disproportionate deaths of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people from COVID-19. COVID-19 exposed health disparities across the country, as death rates have been higher among people from ethnic minorities.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

By Eduardo Arenas Catalán The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles), entail a notable attempt to consolidate lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. by requiring barriers like intellectual property to be human rights compliant; Principle 27.2(a),

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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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Catholic Health Association (CHA) is urging Americans to “love thy neighbor” by getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Sister Mary Haddad wrote in an editorial published in Modern Healthcare, published on September 3, 2011. who have been anti-vaccine in the COVID era. Sister Mary is CEO and President of CHA.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 7, 2023

By Anita Gholami The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which brings together parliamentarians from 46 member States, has been a vigilant guardian of respect for the European Convention on Human Rights and other international standards throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

might be finally turning a corner in the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the importance of data analytics and data in general, said Lupu of Sanford Health. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said recently that the U.S. " Dr. Roxana Lupu, Sanford Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

As the slower-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues around the United States, experts have noted the importance of the "last mile" – getting dosages into the arms of patients. "We took a customer live in four days last week specifically because of the COVID vaccine," de Zwirek said.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 3, 2022

In January 2021, the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness went live with LouVax, a vaccine scheduling and management system focused on increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Hartlage will present alongside CGI Global's Renee Gregor at HIMSS22 this month about lessons learned from the rollout.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

And this threat is unlikely to abate in the new year, with forecasts predicting telehealth will continue to present security challenges (along with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines ). ON THE RECORD. "Executives need to be willing to invest fully in cybersecurity throughout the organization.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

The economic and healthcare system impacts of this were explored in the Post-Covid Healthcare Landscape , delivered by Fitch Solutions’ Jamie Davies and Beau Noafshar, leaders in the Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, and Medical Devices groups. This has been found to be the case in the U.S., spends on NASA.

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Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2021

The Wall Street Journal featured the grocery chain Kroger in an article yesterday titled, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Tests Give Boost to Kroger’s Health Ambitions. It was the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated some early-adopting health consumers viewing their home as their ultimate site for self-care and health care.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The NYC Marathon Allocative Scheme, in Brief The number of registered runners for the New York City Marathon has increased enormously over time, from 127 in the inaugural edition in 1970 to 50,000 in recent years (except for a COVID-19 hiatus).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2021

Medication nonadherence presents a significant issue for the health industry and patients. Outcomes also recently added MyScheduling, which enables patients to schedule and change appointments – including COVID-19 vaccine – at their local pharmacy, and could significantly reduce administrative tasks for pharmacies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

Chambers' health clinics were where the telemedicine program that the system had spun up in response to COVID-19 played a new role. But as with other health systems, Wallach said, the COVID-19 crisis pushed the facility into being able to offer telemedicine for ambulatory care "literally overnight."

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The ruling lays the groundwork for courts to force states to include religious exemptions to mandatory vaccines whenever they include secular exemptions, such as medical ones. Tandon , a religious rights case unrelated to vaccines, arose in March 2020 during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

As an important example, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that, for instance, despite widespread availability of free vaccines, there are continued inequities in vaccine coverage, which perpetuates COVID-19–related health inequities. than on white people.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 18, 2021

The world has been in urgent need of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tools. Here’s a look at what we’ve learned from COVID-19 era regulatory practices in clinical development. This first came for COVID-19 test kits and treatments aimed at minimizing symptoms and shortening disease duration.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Roojin Habibi, Timothy Fish Hodgson, and Alicia Ely Yamin Today, as the world transitions from living in the grips of a novel coronavirus to living with an entrenched, widespread infectious disease known as COVID-19, global appreciation for the human rights implications of public health crises are once again rapidly fading from view.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

J was brought to the Emergency Department with a cough, but after a test, we learned he was COVID positive. Clinically, it was difficult to discern if it was COVID-19 or withdrawal triggering his body aches and diarrhea. Most patients with severe COVID did not present with obvious respiratory distress.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. The unprecedented scope of the COVID-19 pandemic quickly gave rise to a surge of pledging activity, which is detailed in this article (see pp. Pandemic Pledges.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the topic of the COVID-19 pandemic and its destructive impact was central to many of the discussions that took place. Among them, was the issue of vaccine hesitancy around the world, especially in underdeveloped nations such as those in Africa. Hesitancy: a convenient scapegoat.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 1, 2022

But, to do that, it must make a commitment to the truth about COVID as it is in real time, a very serious current threat to health that is likely to be raging uncontrolled for quite some time, not, as we all might hope, a minimal annoyance fading into irrelevance. If it didn’t, there would be no justification for a vaccine in the first place.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The numbers in the last three categories highlighted in the last paragraph more closely align with the yearly numbers presented for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, which might indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic prevented or delayed OIG representatives from handing out penalties.

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

This post will delve into the key highlights, focus areas, and accomplishments presented in the semiannual report, shedding light on the OIG’s crucial role in safeguarding the integrity of federal healthcare programs and addressing emerging challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

COVID-19 is not the first pandemic within prisons. Like these earlier carceral pandemics, the over 620,000 COVID-19 infections and 3,100 related deaths among incarcerated individuals to date simply expose how U.S. By Andrea C. health law and policy fails to protect people in custody.

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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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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Health care and high-risk congregate settings must retain a policy that requires its workers to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or complete COVID-19 testing one to two times per week. The order addresses what documents may be presented to show proof of vaccination. See Exec. 12:100-4.2.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 6, 2023

One recent story was a breach of data at an Illinois health center that resulted in the exposure of COVID-19 vaccination status of over 700 people. The solutions will also need to clean and validate that data, making it presentable in ways that are intuitive for the end user.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 7, 2022

On March 15, 2022, STAT published text of a proposed compromise at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily relax global standards for intellectual property for COVID-19. This note focuses on the practical risks the proposed agreement presents as a precedent. In general, there are no legal benefits to the proposal.

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