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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

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In doing so, we encouraged contributors to comment on the Principles’ potential usefulness as guidance in addressing real emergency situations, as well as any possible gaps and weaknesses. They also were intended to be of application to a wide range of emergencies, not public health emergencies specifically.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – October 2, 2024

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Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. If none of these jobs fit your needs, be sure to check out our previous health IT job listings.

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The Evolution of the EHR Service Desk and Leveraging an Outside Provider

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Dan O’Connor, Vice President, Service Desk Delivery at HCTec , says that resolving a customer service call involves a lot more than fixing the problem that the customer bought. Furthermore, every call is about patient care, even if it’s helping a staff person use their computer.

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Rethinking Mental Health Reform: A case for reviving community-based care

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by Zain Khalid October 10th marked the first anniversary of California’s Senate Bill 43 (SB 43), a major revision of the landmark Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967, a de-institutionalization era law designed to “end the inappropriate, indefinite, and involuntary commitment of persons with mental health disorders.” Across the U.S.,

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Addressing behavioral health resources and costs in Ohio

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But population health management tools from Alera Health will help the Ohio Behavioral Health Providers Network better integrate mental health care. Since then, efforts to improve care for those diagnosed with primary or secondary behavioral health conditions as well as grow a larger behavioral health workforce ensued.

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Deadline to Report 2023 Small Breaches to Health and Human Services (HHS)

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Here are a few examples from the HHS website: A municipal social service agency disclosed PHI while processing Medicaid applications. A mental health center did not provide a Notice of Privacy Practices to a father or his minor daughter, a patient at the center. Either way, you must log every breach as it happens.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – June 12, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Do you have an open health IT position that you are looking to fill?