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Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Read more… Improving Youth Mental Health at Scale in Texas. One in six Americans aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year. Read more… Hearing From Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill. Read more… RPM Can Reduce AI’s Bias Problem and Improve Health Equity. Houske at OTAVA.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Public health in particular can leverage telehealth to great advantage. "Passive" telehealth refers to storing and accessing digital knowledge bases, health and wellness Web content, and interactive software applications that help us understand, prevent, treat, or recover from threats to our physical and mental health.

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Legislators and healthcare orgs rally in favor of bipartisan telehealth bill

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We have seen the positive impact of telehealth across the nation," said Jen Covich Bordenick, CEO at eHealth Initiative. Department of Health and Human Services, said Bordenick, have allowed individuals suffering from COVID symptoms to get virtual treatment. The temporary waivers issued by the U.S.

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Weekly Roundup – March 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Andy Oram discussed how adopting FHIR should be a no-brainer for better public health data collection and sharing – and how that must be followed up with standards for what data should be collected and shared. Primary care EHR vendor Elation Health acquired Lightning MD , a cloud-based billing and claims management company.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a survey based in the US, patients that experienced telehealth visits highly rated this type of healthcare (recommendations: > 80%) 5,6 , stating it was beneficial for their mental health as well. BMC Public Health. Telehealth mental health services during COVID-19: summary of evidence and clinical practice.

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Voting for Health in 2020

Health Populi

Health is translating across all definitions for U.S. voters in November 2020: for health care and physical health, financial health, mental health, and societal health. And the energy to cast votes is a signal sparking Americans recognizing the importance of health citizenship.

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