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Dozens of U.S. legislators push for telehealth coverage expansion

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

senators and representatives urged congressional leadership to safeguard Medicare telehealth services this past Friday. As the officials noted, the current telehealth flexibilities are tied to the public health emergency, which is renewed in three-month increments. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023

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We heard about the benefits of access to real-time data, the importance of data standards, and the need for mature data analysis and data management infrastructures. Read more… Public Health Transparency Improves Outcomes in San Bernardino County. Read more… Healthcare Needs More Gender Diversity in Leadership.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

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Data can be spotty, according to Eye, who says for instance that data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often lacks racial identifications. According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs. Casetivity can ingest, standardize, and share health data.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before joining Geisinger, she served as Pennsylvania’s secretary of health, where she developed an innovative payment and delivery model for rural hospitals. Before that she served as director of the State Innovation Models Initiative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CIO, Delaware Valley Community Health.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. Many organizations are conducting a full analysis of their sites and some have found more than 50 tools that create privacy risks.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). Spatially Health applies geospatial analysis to expand a provider’s understanding of SDoH data.

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Most Americans Blame Drug Companies, Insurers, and Hospitals for High Health Care Costs

Health Populi

Welcome to health politics in America as of March 2019, according to The Public and High U.S. Health Care Costs , a poll conducted by POLITICO and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As for leveraging Medicare to cover more Americans as a cost-lowering strategy, health citizens are at-odds.

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