Healthcare It News

APRIL 29, 2024

Lab kits delivered by Uber for preventive care Portland, Oregon-based Reperio Health startup, which offers test kits by delivery, signed an agreement with Uber to deliver a kit to a person’s home within an hour of ordering it, GreekWire reported this month.

Public Health services 256

Public Health services Integration Pharmaceuticals Healthcare Providers 256

NASHP

MAY 20, 2022

Medicaid is the largest source of public funding that can be leveraged to support family caregivers. States can support family caregivers through a range of Medicaid authorities and state plan amendments. Those services can include caregiver education, counseling, and training as well as adult day and respite care.

Medicaid 115

Medicaid Nursing Hospitals Home Care 115

NASHP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the United States, new data indicate that nearly 27 percent of surveyed households had at least one or more children who missed or delayed a preventive visit because of the pandemic. New strategies are needed to identify and catch-up children who have missed routine immunizations to prevent future outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Prevention 98

Prevention Healthcare Providers Public Health services Primary Care 98

NASHP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

1] Second, fostering joint efforts among health care system partners and public health to drive action on common priorities. In contrast to population-based interventions and upstream prevention that have traditionally been the realm of public health, the U.S.

Prevention 52

Prevention Public Health services Medicaid Population Health 52

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

A precondition of sustaining these partnerships is sustained investment in state and local public health capacity. Funding for state and local health departments decreased 17 percent between 2009 and 2019, while experts estimate that an additional $4.5

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Accountability Public Health services Population Health 52

NASHP

JULY 11, 2022

The demands of the pandemic have made it clear that the public health system cannot work in a silo to do the foundational public health work of communicable disease prevention; maternal, child, and family health services; access to and linkage with clinical care; and preventing chronic disease and injury.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Population Health Prevention Accountability 52

NASHP

AUGUST 9, 2022

State applications may include a team of up to five members, composed of at least two senior state officials or administrators (such as state Medicaid officials, state public health agency officials, governor’s health policy leaders, legislators, local public health leads, etc.). State Team Composition.

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Medicaid Population Health Public Health services Prevention 52