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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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. We have watched the United States declare a public health emergency.

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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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American Medical Compliance

JULY 22, 2022

According to Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner, Dr. Allison Arwady, the BA.4 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

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American Medical Compliance

JULY 22, 2022

According to Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner, Dr. Allison Arwady, the BA.4 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

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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. ” she asserted. .”

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Vaccines are pharmaceutical products, a critical tool in public and global health. At the same time, they are regularly treated as commodities , often in ways that are completely divorced from their public health value. Operative criteria of “burden” and related considerations (e.g.,

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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. After operating on paper for a few weeks, the agency launched the tool. HIMSS22 Coverage.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Newsom a legal principle that threatens to upend over a century of legal precedent recognizing the authority of state governments to ensure public health by mandating vaccines. 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

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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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

In that introductory editorial, Ending Structural Racism in the US Health Care System to Eliminate Health Care Inequities, Ortega and Roby write that, “3 studies in this issue of JAMA show that access to and utilization of services is not merely predicated on health insurance or the availability of health care.

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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.

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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. In short, these public statements, if made in a manner that is intended to be taken seriously (e.g., Pandemic Pledges. Moderna’s Pledge.

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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. health law and policy fails to protect people in custody. By Andrea C.

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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

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. And when that information changes, updates need to get out quickly.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By December 2020, the world had astonishingly powerful tools against COVID-19. New mRNA vaccines, underpinned by decades of public investment , had been authorized by global regulators. The answer to one of the most important public health questions of our time — who gets access to vaccines? —

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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. 12:100-4.2.

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SQA

MARCH 25, 2021

COVID-19 Pandemic Triggers Development of New Standard for Ventilators, 12 January 2021. When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, so too did the demand for ventilators. The concepts presented in PDA Technical Report No. Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-Operation Scheme (PIC/S).

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Mandl also urged developers to design algorithms focused on improving administrative burdens and physician-patient relationships while maintaining safety He also encouraged Congress to create and implement legal and ethical safeguards to protect health care workers from liability.

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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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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

FDA limits J&J COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clot risk. Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Alabama hospital rationing medical supplies due to COVID disruptions in China. Alabama sees bump in COVID-19 cases, state health department monitoring. Colorado’s COVID cases keep rising.

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SQA

APRIL 30, 2021

Commission Extends Transparency and Authorization Mechanism for Exports of COVID-19 Vaccines, 11 March 2021. The EC has extended until the end of June 2021 the transparency and authorization mechanism for COVID-19 vaccine exports. The EU continues to be the leading provider of vaccines around the world.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll, the year 2020 ushered in declarations of a National Emergency (“NE”) and a Public Health Emergency (“PHE”). Employers should know what the expiration of the PHE and NE means for health plans, mandatory coverage of COVID-19 testing, the completion of I-9 forms and other matters.

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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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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

CMS may now enforce its COVID-19 vaccination policy for healthcare workers in all 50 states. CMS responds to states seeking vaccination mandate waivers. Federal vaccination mandate begins for healthcare workers in 24 states. HHS seeks $30B to combat COVID-19. Million in Covid Relief.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

40% of Nursing Home Residents Haven’t Received COVID-19 Boosters, Analysis Finds. AI in Healthcare Presents Need for Security, Privacy Standards. Biden extends COVID-19 national emergency. How 5 health systems are spending their innovation investment dollars. Amazon’s Growth In Healthcare Is Unparalleled.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 7, 2022

This week marks the two-year anniversary of World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declaring COVID-19 a pandemic. 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.

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Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

OSHA accepting new comments on healthcare worker COVID-19 protection rule. OSHA will hold hearing on permanent COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers. Moderna wants the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 6. Private equity’s pandemic-era health care push. What’s next?

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Hall Render

JUNE 9, 2023

ConnectiCare names new president; interim leader Wachtelhausen to retire CT passes bill focused on expanding kids’ mental health services DC Why D.C.’s Here’s why ARKANSAS Arkansas Children’s Hospital raises $5.9 Here’s why ARKANSAS Arkansas Children’s Hospital raises $5.9 What happens now?

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Hall Render

MARCH 3, 2023

on 7th medical office building acquisition in a year Baptist Health expanding in Nassau and St. Luke’s Health System asks judge to hold far-right leader in contempt, seeks $7.5M Joseph Regional Medical Center Outpatient surgery center eyes Lewiston site St.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 18, 2022

As weekly deaths from COVID in the U.S. 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.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 1, 2023

with more than 5 Magnet designations Four more years: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wellstar re-up contract Hospital fails to dodge $10M malpractice verdict after attempting to pin payment on radiologist New survey reveals insight into Georgia’s maternal health crisis New chief medical officer hired for St.

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Total Medical Compliance Resources

APRIL 14, 2023

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Makes Progress in the Whole-of-Government Response to Long COVID U.S. Today, HHS is releasing this Fact Sheet outlining the progress made in the last year in responding to Long COVID and actions moving forward. AHRQ intends to make up to $9 million in awards by September 2023.

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