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At Denver Health, telehealth education and equipment help close equity gaps and boost engagement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S.

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Fostering Mentally Healthier Workplaces via Disability Advocacy: COVID-Era Strategies and Successes

Bill of Health

The following encapsulate three examples of cross-sectoral programming developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Provision of national and local resources and information, as well as a series of pre-recorded panels involving experts in social justice, COVID-19, social media, and youth experiences form key production components.

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Use of Preventive Health Services Declined Among Commercially Insured People – With Big Differences in Telehealth for Non-White People, Castlight Finds

Health Populi

Declines in preventive care services like cancer screenings and blood glucose testing concern employers, whose continued to cover health insurance for employees during the pandemic. from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 to 1.29

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Introducing the Global Health and Rights Project’s New Affiliated Researchers

Bill of Health

María Natalia’s grounded and participatory approach to generating actionable policy reforms has helped to address gaps in COVID vaccinations for undocumented immigrants living in villas (shantytowns) and spans issues from climate change and health to legal empowerment.

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How telehealth overcomes barriers to cleft palate care and speech therapy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She works as part of Smile Train's Global Medical Advisory Board developing the Cleft Palate Speech Training Project, which provides workshops in Spanish and English for parents and colleagues who work with children with repaired clefts. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Global Health Equity Care.

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For Your Information: Government Response to Long COVID

Total Medical Compliance Resources

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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The Journal of Law and the Biosciences’ Growing Impact

Bill of Health

Abstract : In September 2021, President Biden announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would require large employers to ensure workers are vaccinated against Covid-19 or tested weekly. Some commentators speculated that reframing the policy as a testing mandate would boost support.

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