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Opioid Settlements are Making Headlines; Is Now The Time to Soften Guidelines?

HIT Consultant

If providers could easily and securely access dynamic and actionable behavioral health data, they could develop more effective treatment plans based on a patient’s complete history. They could better assess addiction risk and make the best judgment on the type of care delivered.

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HLTH22 Day 3 News Summary

HIT Consultant

Edifecs and Empowered-Home announced a partnership to provide automated prior authorizations to medical associations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Physician Associations (IPAs), medical groups, and home healthcare agencies. Edifecs Partners with Empowered-Home to Deliver Automated Prior Authorizations.

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The Direct Link Between Value-Based Health Care, Digital Transformation and Social Determinants – Insights from Innovaccer and Morning Consult

Health Populi

Substance use/abuse, language barriers, and health literacy rank at the top of the list of SDoH factors that would be captured by one-half or more health systems this year — specifically, alcohol usage, tobacco usage, other controlled substance usage, English as a second language, and health literacy.

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States Build Capacity to Address Maternal Mortality through Policy Innovations

NASHP

from maternal-related causes , with more than 80 percent of these deaths being preventable. Factors that can lead to a pregnancy-related death include access to care and timeliness of diagnoses. American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Black women are two to three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than White women.

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IT execs talk priorities and predictions for 2022

Healthcare It News

Data is everywhere, but not always available or decipherable to help manage myriad challenges. Progress toward accountable care is halting. "These solutions help providers perform at-home health interventions that prevent sometimes costly and logistically impossible doctors' visits."

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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

In Rhode Island , the public health agency conducted a study to better understand the capacity of the CHW workforce, which includes parent consultants who provide care coordination for CYSHCN through the Rhode Island Parent Information Network.[18] Leveraging Data and Technology. Supporting a diverse care coordination workforce.

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

NASHP

A precondition of sustaining these partnerships is sustained investment in state and local public health capacity. New York requires that nonprofit hospital community benefit plans address and report investments in community health interventions tied to the state’s Prevention Agenda 2019–2024.