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How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

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For example, Flagstaff, Arizona, has a mobile medical unit called the " Big Orange Bus " that visits homeless shelters, schools, and businesses. Region Tag: Global Edition. Follow him on Twitter @cjsettles101.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH. We should know, for instance, not only how many people in a city are unhoused (homeless), but how many Asians, etc. .” (page 25) A similar call for equity through the use of SDoH data, including community engagement, was made in an IBM paper in 2022.

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Day 4 Notes from the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Healthcare Law Blog

There are a lot of “blockbuster” drugs coming to market today and in the near future with eye-watering price tags. One estimate I heard this week was a $6 trillion annual economic cost by 2030 for mental health issues in America. David Cordani, Cigna’s CEO, shared an interesting “big picture” perspective.

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NATIONAL Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical pilot program integrates medication consultations Bad news for FTC’s noncompete ban Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B