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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

But there is another hurdle that is just as significant, and that is the lack of quality data on these social determinants. Data-driven insights are crucial in understanding health disparities. By comparing quality-of-care data with population, income, and ethnicity across the U.S.,

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What’s ONC-certified health IT? Why Do We Require it for MIPS 2023 Reporting?

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Thereby, they have mandated the use of ONC-certified health IT. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Promoting Interoperability (PI) Programs Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Third-party ONC-Authorized Certification Bodies (ONC-ACBs) ONC-ACBs are authorized by the ONC to evaluate health IT solutions.

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Optimizing Postpartum Coverage Extension

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Postpartum care can also include counseling on nutrition, breastfeeding, and other preventive health topics that support maternal and neonatal health. Research shows that coverage after pregnancy facilitates access to care, supporting positive maternal and infant health outcomes after childbirth.

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Voices: Carter Bakkum, Senior Consultant, Data & Analytics, Trella Health

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As a Senior Consultant focusing on data and analytics, how do you guide organizations through interpreting data from Trella Health to make strategic growth decisions? The most interesting aspect of my role is how varied organizations strategies are and how that variance impacts the interpretation of Trella Healths data.

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National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN): Proceedings from the National Forum on Care Coordination for CYSHCN

NASHP

This substandard access to quality care can lead to poor health outcomes.[6]. have a special health care need, and an estimated 44 percent of CYSHCN are enrolled in Medicaid.[7] In June 2022, NASHP convened a national forum with state health officials (e.g., Nearly 20 percent of children in the U.S.

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

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This feedback, along with state-collected health data, helped shape Oregon’s five priority areas : institutional bias; adversity, trauma, and toxic stress; behavioral health; access to equitable preventive services; and economic drivers of health.

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15 HLTH 2021 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch

HIT Consultant

COVID was a wakeup call: state public health departments were unable to process test results quickly because of lack of a standard way for labs to report test results, slowing the pandemic response. So, high quality, accurate data will be an imperative for member satisfaction.