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A Few #HealthPolicyValentines

Healthcare IT Today

In the world of health IT and healthcare policy, this is the day we love to share our love (and some disdain) for healthcare in what we call #HealthPolicyValentines. Less fragmented health data. Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you! May your lives be filled with love this day. What does that mean for patients?

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

Experience presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences required, including experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with data science. As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. Improve health care for all New Yorkers, 2.

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Why COVID-19’s Death Toll Will Climb Long After the Pandemic Is Over

Henry Kotula

Released on Friday, the wonks at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) urged officials going into the long holiday weekend to remember amid the celebrations that we still don’t know the final toll of the pandemic, especially when it comes to long-term consequences for behavioral and mental health. Not Medicare.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH).