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World Health Day 2019: Let’s Celebrate Food, Climate, Insurance Coverage and Connectivity

Health Populi

Today, 7 April, is World Health Day. With that in mind, I devote this post to three key social determinants of health (SDOH) that are top-of-mind for me these days: food for health, climate change, and universal health coverage. UHC happens to be WHO’s focus for World Health Day 2019. [As

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The Role of Companion Apps In Preventive Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

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Tufts Medical Center to pilot nutrition screening in EHR

Healthcare It News

Proponents say food-based interventions could address one aspect of social determinants of health and improve health equity while they address chronic diseases. At the international level, the World Health Organization focuses on food security and other challenges to address global health equity.

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The State of Digital Health Investment and What It Means for Health Organizations

HIT Consultant

Bob Farrell, CEO, mPulse Mobile Over the last several years there’s been significant investment in digital healthcare startups and growth-stage organizations, particularly those showing technical innovation that delivers improved health outcomes and more efficient care delivery models.

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Calling for Holistic Maternal Care to Address Racial Disparities: The Role of Midwives and Doulas

Bill of Health

By Jordan Brooks and Tamar Ezer Expanding access to midwives and doulas in the United States is a vital and often overlooked way to increase access to culturally-congruent birthing options during pregnancy and improve health outcomes for birthing individuals and their children. The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S.

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AI is the New Health Literacy Challenge for Patients and the Health/Care Industry

Health Populi

patients were uncomfortable if their health care provider relied on AI for their medical care. Patients were split between whether AI would lead to better, worse, or neutral health outcomes, shown in the lower pie chart from the study. In consumer interviews conducted in December 2022, Pew found that 60% of U.S.

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Difrent and Visionable announce partnership to empower healthcare transformation through video collaboration

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The partnership aims to improve health outcomes and save costs by ensuring that clients maximise their investment in the Visionable platform and helping them to design the most effective ways of working. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER CONTEXT.