Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

.” Civic Engagement is a Social Determinant of Health , Eileen titled this piece in which she discusses philanthropy’s role in both strengthening democracy and bolstering public health. Today is Election Day in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. Digital literacy combines with health literacy to bolster patient engagement.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024. Policy and reimbursement consultancy Applied Policy hired Steven Johnson as Health Policy Director.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A lesser-known component of ARRA was Title XIII, the HITECH Act, which funded hospitals’ and physicians’ adoption of electronic health records systems (EHRs). The policy’s acronym fully spelled-out was the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 27, 2018

Patrick Ndimubanzi, Honorable Minister of State, Public Health and Primary Health Care, Rwanda Digital Health Innovation in Rwanda Let's explore 5 examples of Digital Health innovation in Rwanda ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to blood delivery by drones and telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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). That data can reveal important information that might not make it into the patient’s own record, such as an emergency room visit.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

Payment parity —where telehealth is reimbursed at the same level as an in-person visit— is a crucial issue that must be addressed and instituted beyond the current public health emergency. Permanent All-Payer Parity For Telehealth Reimbursement.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.

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Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2020

In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumers to Health Citizens , I conclude with a call-to-action and my own question: “What if…people in America were Health Citizens, where the government ensured health care as a social and civil right, health informed public policy, and people owned and controlled their heatlh data?

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Henry Kotula

APRIL 21, 2020

You would have fought through the civil-liberties issues of people sharing their health information willingly or not willingly. Am I willing to share my health data so that you know if I got it? Preparing for the next epidemic is a whole different conversation. You’d have tests available from the get-go.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

concerned about state citizens’ public health in the era of COVID-19. There are at least three reasons fostering this healthier voting ecosystem: better ballot design, more information available to voters on county and state websites, and, finally, more places to vote in more drop boxes and the ability to vote by mail from home.

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