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A public health grant provides a lifeline for pregnant and postpartum women in Colorado. Federal cuts threaten its stability.

Healthcare Dive

MAY 7, 2025

The abrupt end of $11 billion in public health grants nationally disrupted a program in Colorado that provides residents critical access to behavioral health and substance abuse support.

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Public health scholars ask HHS to reject Georgia Medicaid work requirement extension

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 6, 2025

The American Public Health Association and dozens of other experts had harsh words for Georgia’s request to continue its controversial “Pathways to Coverage,” saying it enrolls fewer beneficiaries at a higher cost.

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HHS publishes AI Strategic Plan, with guidance for healthcare, public health, human services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services has issued its HHS Artificial Intelligence Strategic Plan , which the agency says will "set in motion a coordinated public-private approach to improving the quality, safety, efficiency, accessibility, equitability and outcomes in health and human services through the innovative, safe, and responsible use (..)

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KFF

MARCH 6, 2025

This Health Policy 101 chapter examines how public health is governed and delivered in the United States.

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HHS Unveils AI Strategic Plan for Healthcare, Human Services and Public Health

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today has released its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategic Plan , outlining a comprehensive vision for how AI can transform healthcare, human services, and public health. Public Health: Strengthening public health surveillance, prediction, and response to health threats.

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Electronic data sharing between physicians and public health agencies rare, new ONC data finds

Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 18, 2022

Fewer than one in five primary care physicians electronically exchanged patient health information with public health agencies in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator.

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How AI is making an impact on public health

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

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Vendor Notebook: Salesforce extends AI to public health services, DrFirst acquires Myndshft

Healthcare It News

APRIL 29, 2024

Improvements in public health case administration, faster prior authorizations for specialty medications and rideshare delivery of lab kits for wellness are just a few interesting goals making vendor news in April.

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DEA and HHS extend virtual prescribing for controlled substances through 2025

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The agencies also said they would continue to develop the final rule governing the virtual prescribing of controlled substances in the post-pandemic era to be consistent with public health and safety and to mitigate drug diversion risks.

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Judge temporarily blocks $11B in public health funding cuts

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 7, 2025

A district court judge granted an emergency restraining order during a hearing Thursday, citing a “voluminous” list of harms documented by the plaintiffs.

Public Health

HIMSSCast: Digital tools can leverage SDOH data and improve outcomes

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

More about this episode: HIMSSCast: Making SDOH interventions a reality EHRA recommends simplifying standards to scale SDOH Scaling SDOH initiatives with analytics and coordinated workflows SDOH critical to national public health data infrastructure ONC creates SDOH toolkit for communities Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Spotting opportunities to accelerate Malaysia's digital health transformation

Healthcare It News

JUNE 9, 2025

He is set to share his experience in bridging public-private partnerships for national-scale digital health transformation and exploring opportunities to accelerate this at the upcoming HIMSS25 Asia-Pacific (APAC) Conference next month, July. I'm also the founding president of the Precision Public Health Asia Society.

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Determining patients' needs via pop health data

Healthcare It News

MAY 5, 2025

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Reclaiming Salus Populi

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. Along the way, courts have displayed an alarming disinterest in science or the impact of their decisions on the public’s health.

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Access issue for underserved populations is more than primary care

Healthcare It News

MAY 2, 2025

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Singapore tackling chronic diseases with wearables

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

ON THE RECORD "Our latest collaborations with Abbott and Health2Sync, and with Google, ConnectedLife and Fullerton Health, will allow us to trial new solutions that deliver more timely and actionable recommendations to Singaporeans to prevent or manage chronic conditions.

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HHS sued again over cuts to public health grants

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 29, 2025

In another lawsuit against the HHS over the grant cuts, municipalities in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio and Missouri, as well as a labor union, argue eliminating the funding would weaken their ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, like measles.

Public Health

Judicial Invalidation of the FDA’s Laboratory-Developed Test Rule — Legal and Public Health Consequences

NEJM

MAY 28, 2025

Recently, a federal judge struck down an FDA rule on laboratory-developed tests. If this invalidation stands, it will have consequences for clinical care and the FDA’s authority over medical devices.

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$14M more for EMR implementation in Victoria and more briefs

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

million ($14 million) more to replace paper-based patient medical records systems in several public health settings. Victoria announces $14M EMR expansion The Victorian government is investing A$21.4

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The “Food Wars” and the Courts

Bill of Health

APRIL 4, 2025

Neither of these cases was brought by State Attorneys General, who can advance broader public health claims and remedies, as evidenced by the tobacco litigation. He served as Assistant Counsel for Health and Human Services to Governor Mario M. Cuomo, and was an Adjunct Professor at New York Medical College Public Health Ph.D.

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Stride by Stride: How Run Clubs Foster Public Health

AJPH

JUNE 11, 2025

American Journal of Public Health, Volume 115, Issue 7 , Page 1029-1031, July 2025.

Public Health

End of Medicaid continuous coverage may leave millions of children uninsured, analysis finds

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 19, 2022

Children are at highest risk in Texas, Florida and Georgia when states resume checking Medicaid eligibility after the public health emergency expires, Georgetown University researchers found.

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Preserving access, affordability are Americans’ top healthcare priorities: Gallup

Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Democrats and Republicans both want to see federal lawmakers address critical public health concerns. However, they were split on which concerns were most important.

Public Health

Integrating Reproductive Justice in Public Health Practice, Research, and Advocacy: An Imperative to Advance Health Equity

AJPH

JUNE 11, 2025

American Journal of Public Health, Volume 115, Issue 7 , Page 1003-1007, July 2025.

Public Health

Improving the patient experience can pay dividends you may not expect

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email him: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Care

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Singapore unveils online health insurance planning tool and more briefs

Healthcare It News

MARCH 27, 2025

The website was developed to enhance the accessibility of traditional Korean medicine education for doctors, students, healthcare professionals, and the public.

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COVID-19 vaccine saved millions of lives, study calculates

Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The vaccines also reduced infections and hospitalizations, which freed up hospital resources, researchers at the Commonwealth Fund and Yale School of Public Health concluded.

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China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In China, family doctor contract services come in three packages: a basic, free public health service package, a basic package with options for personalisation, and an integrated medical treatment and nursing care package.

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Millions of people counting on Congress to protect telehealth access

Healthcare Dive

MAY 26, 2022

Patients in communities across the nation who have come to rely on telehealth have been left waiting and wondering if they will be able to receive the virtual care they need once the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended.

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ONC drafts Federal Health IT Plan for 2024-2030, calls for public comment

Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2024

This draft plan puts an emphasis on the importance of an equitable integration of healthcare IT across public health sectors and highlights the significance of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence. The comment period is open for 60 days, with May 28 the deadline for review and comments on the draft plan.

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Health Commons Project Completes Acquisition of OneHealthPort to Advance Healthcare Innovation and Access across Washington State

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This strategic acquisition underscores Health Commons Project’s commitment to expanding its impact by improving data interoperability, enhancing care coordination, and promoting public health across Washington. “Our shared mission of using health data to improve patient outcomes will be more achievable than ever.”

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Kettering Health faces a ransomware attack and confirms a scam targeting its patients

Healthcare It News

MAY 21, 2025

Then, on April 28, the Chicago Health System Coalition said in an advisory bulletin that Interlock was aggressively targeting healthcare organizations.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 10, 2025

Medical groups, public health leaders and lawmakers were quick to condemn Monday's announcement that all 17 sitting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are being removed.

Public Health

ONC says stakeholders can 'pick up and run' with new regs

Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2024

The second version of ONC's Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing and Public Health Interoperability rule, or HTI-2, is designed to support the data exchange needs of patients, providers, payers and public health agencies.

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US health spending to surpass $7T by 2031, CMS actuaries say

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 15, 2023

The unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency and recent legislation are expected to influence health spending across the country’s major payers over the next decade.

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What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines

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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New RSV vaccines can be powerful tools, but rollout poses test

Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Public health officials and drugmakers are trying to raise awareness of RSV among at-risk older adults — and convince them to get an additional respiratory shot alongside those for COVID-19 and flu.

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How telemedicine bridges the rural maternity care gap

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2025

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Truveta and 30 health systems increase genomic sequencing goal

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 15, 2025

Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Analytics Data Science Genomics Care Data and Information Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Looking ahead to 2025 with HIMSS Media, part 1

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 3, 2025

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South Korea's smart hospital concept: A focus on patients' need and experience

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

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

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Examples of federal, state, and local government agencies that should interact to promote a Whole-of-Government approach Jon Larsen, JD/MPP, is a Legal Program Manager at the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Student at Temple University’s Department of Geography.

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GP2GP likely to be phased out and more briefs

Healthcare It News

MAY 13, 2025

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Behavioral health access still poses challenge

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

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A public health grant provides a lifeline for pregnant and postpartum women in Colorado. Federal cuts threaten its stability.

Public health scholars ask HHS to reject Georgia Medicaid work requirement extension

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HHS publishes AI Strategic Plan, with guidance for healthcare, public health, human services

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U.S. Public Health

HHS Unveils AI Strategic Plan for Healthcare, Human Services and Public Health

Electronic data sharing between physicians and public health agencies rare, new ONC data finds

How AI is making an impact on public health

Vendor Notebook: Salesforce extends AI to public health services, DrFirst acquires Myndshft

DEA and HHS extend virtual prescribing for controlled substances through 2025

Judge temporarily blocks $11B in public health funding cuts

HIMSSCast: Digital tools can leverage SDOH data and improve outcomes

Spotting opportunities to accelerate Malaysia's digital health transformation

Determining patients' needs via pop health data

Reclaiming Salus Populi

Access issue for underserved populations is more than primary care

Singapore tackling chronic diseases with wearables

HHS sued again over cuts to public health grants

Judicial Invalidation of the FDA’s Laboratory-Developed Test Rule — Legal and Public Health Consequences

$14M more for EMR implementation in Victoria and more briefs

The “Food Wars” and the Courts

Stride by Stride: How Run Clubs Foster Public Health

End of Medicaid continuous coverage may leave millions of children uninsured, analysis finds

Preserving access, affordability are Americans’ top healthcare priorities: Gallup

Integrating Reproductive Justice in Public Health Practice, Research, and Advocacy: An Imperative to Advance Health Equity

Improving the patient experience can pay dividends you may not expect

Singapore unveils online health insurance planning tool and more briefs

COVID-19 vaccine saved millions of lives, study calculates

China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

Millions of people counting on Congress to protect telehealth access

ONC drafts Federal Health IT Plan for 2024-2030, calls for public comment

Health Commons Project Completes Acquisition of OneHealthPort to Advance Healthcare Innovation and Access across Washington State

Kettering Health faces a ransomware attack and confirms a scam targeting its patients

Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

ONC says stakeholders can 'pick up and run' with new regs

US health spending to surpass $7T by 2031, CMS actuaries say

What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines

New RSV vaccines can be powerful tools, but rollout poses test

How telemedicine bridges the rural maternity care gap

Truveta and 30 health systems increase genomic sequencing goal

Looking ahead to 2025 with HIMSS Media, part 1

South Korea's smart hospital concept: A focus on patients' need and experience

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

GP2GP likely to be phased out and more briefs

Behavioral health access still poses challenge

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