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Precision Medicine 2.0: How AI-Driven Insights Are Changing Healthcare for the Better

HIT Consultant

This capability helps flag individuals at risk of chronic conditions like heart disease or diabetes, allowing for earlier intervention and preventive strategies that improve outcomes and reduce costs. Physicians can then intervene earlier with preventive measures, improving patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs.

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The Feminist Political Economy of Health Justice

Bill Of Health

A qualitative study with Black women working as nurses in a public hospital in Johannesburg demonstrated social and economic dependence on women’s health even prior to the pandemic. The gender division of labor in the household can act as a constraint on the quality and quantity of care supplied by women practitioners.

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Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues

KHN

Hospitals and health care organizations often have policies requiring employees to clear any public comments about the workplace with the organization’s media office. Hospitals say requiring employees to go through their media office prevents the spread of inaccurate information that could damage the public’s confidence.

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CalAIM: Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care for Housing and Homelessness Supports

NASHP

Public hospital systems. Eviction prevention. Public hospital systems. Public hospital systems. Interim housing and meals in a recovery care setting for individuals who no longer require hospitalization. . Individuals who meet the HUD definition of at risk of homelessness. County agencies.

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FCC Awards Additional $42.7M in Round 2 of COVID-19 Telehealth Program

HIT Consultant

– Klickitat County Public Hospital in Goldendale, Washington, was awarded $711,739 for the purchase of tablets, webcams, and remote monitoring kits to enhance its telemedicine offerings as the only health care provider in a sparsely populated area. – Southeast, Inc. – St. . – Southeast, Inc. – St.

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Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues

KHN

Hospitals and health care organizations often have policies requiring employees to clear any public comments about the workplace with the organization’s media office. Hospitals say requiring employees to go through their media office prevents the spread of inaccurate information that could damage the public’s confidence.

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Remote patient monitoring reduces blood pressure for patients in New York State

Healthcare It News

It encompasses Erie County Medical Center, one of only five public hospitals in New York State and the region's only Level 1 Adult Trauma Center. It also is the largest safety net hospital, serving a large proportion of at-risk and vulnerable patients. Erie County Medical Center Corporation serves Western New York.