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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. healthpolicyvalentines — John Lynn (@techguy) January 31, 2024 I love health policy enough to #healthpolicyvalentines on my honeymoon.

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

Position Summary: This dynamic team is seeking a Data Scientist for the Analytics team within NYeC to use directly contribute to moving the needle on New York’s pressing healthcare needs you will leverage HIE and savvy data analytics to serve public health needs, address health inequities, and mature NYeC’s analytics capacity.

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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Health Populi

. “While it is understandable to see a decline in mental health or emotional well-being during trying times, this is not a normal part of aging. Ensuring mental health and emotional well-being is addressed during all medical visits is an invaluable step towards ensuring older adults receive comprehensive care,” AARP concluded. .

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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.

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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).

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What's next for telehealth under the Biden administration?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a flurry of changes to regulations around telehealth and virtual care – the vast majority of which expire once the public health emergency ends. But neither took decisive, sweeping action that would permanently enshrine some of the major changes to telehealth policy. versus beyond."