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Eight Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Social Determinants of Health

Bill of Health

The legal opportunities highlighted above address federal , state , and local policy misalignments that have resulted in among other things, limited access to health care, unstable housing, limited economic opportunity, lack of employment, and harmful criminal records for minor offenses, all of which exacerbate the opioid crisis.

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U.S. Virgin Islands Launches Health Data Interoperability Pilot

HIT Consultant

We have already begun the behind-the-scenes work of building out a governance structure, and along with creating local policies and agreements that comply with federal privacy and security standards to support the secure electronic exchange of health information, brings it all into focus and sets it into high gear now.”

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Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed

Bill of Health

To be sure, enforcement through litigation must remain available, but the real work of crafting national, state and local policies regarding correctional sleep standards might be better done by legislators in consultation with health care experts. This presents researchers and policymakers with an opportunity.

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