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Addressing Lives and Livelihoods with a Whole-of-Government Approach – The First Wave of Biden Health Policy

Health Populi

President Biden’s first few days on the job gave us a very clear view on how he sees conquering COVID: through a whole-of-government approach to public policies that bolster directly addressing the virus, along with the many forces shaping how we got here and how to come out of the pandemic era stronger. ” The plotline goes….

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

The coolest thing in health policy in the 21st century!! ” Amitabh Chandra gave the opening context-setting talk about the effects of health care cost-sharing on patients-as-consumers. Kavita Patel to assert in the first panel of the day that, “2713 is my favorite number.”

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Biofourmis Raises Additional Funding from Intel Capital in Series D Extension and Names Top Healthcare Leaders to its Board

Healthcare IT Today

Jain, physician executive with government, pharmaceutical, payer and provider experience, joins Board. Dr. Jain, a board-certified internal medicine physician, has 20 years of experience in clinical medicine, health policy, managed care and healthcare delivery leadership.

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Social Determinants of Health – My Early Childhood Education and Recent Learnings, Shared at the HealthXL Global Gathering

Health Populi

We cannot expect even the most well-intentioned health care stakeholder organizations alone to provide the sole prescription to the epidemic of health disparities and inequities.

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Melinda Gates: This is not a once-in-a-century pandemic.

Henry Kotula

Pharmaceutical companies are coming together already to say, “How do we build up the manufacturing capacity so it’s there when we get a vaccine and we can basically just run it through the manufacturing process?

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

By enabling patients to receive care in rural areas or non-traditional settings, or to access technology that is customized for their specific language and health literacy levels, RPM can reduce or eliminate many social determinants of health barriers and improve access to care for individuals.

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The 2021 Shkreli Awards: Lown Institute Counts Down the Top 10 Healthcare Industry Abuses in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Health Populi

When he led Turing Pharmaceuticals in 2015, he acquired a license for the drug Daraprim (an anti-malarial therapy also used for HIV/AIDS), raising the drug price from $13.50 We needed leadership and a plan,” Dr. Berwick commented on the situation. a pill to $750 a pill. “The U.S.