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Training and Resources for Falls Prevention Awareness Week: September 20-24, 2021

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Every September, on the first day of fall, the National Council on Aging promotes National Falls Prevention Awareness Week. Fall prevention is a team effort. It doesn’t stop there. It doesn’t stop there.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

The elimination of health care inequities will require effective integration of health care systems with communities and the social safety net. ” Thus begins what should be must-read content for every person working in any aspect of health care in America. .” colonoscopy).

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22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023

HIT Consultant

Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Since AI is frequently used in healthcare, it needs to be used with a code of ethics to prevent bias. Patients prefer familiarity and personalized care, and research shows this can lead them to choose a provider of the same race or ethnic background. Nate Fox, co-founder and CTO, Ribbon Health.

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

NASHP

In many states, SHIPs serve as the driving mechanism for engaging health care systems and communities in statewide planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts. 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.

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State Strategies to Support OUD Treatment across the Criminal Legal System

NASHP

States are taking steps to provide additional prevention, treatment, and recovery services to higher-risk individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), including those in contact with the criminal legal system. Community Services and Prevention (Intercept 0). Across states, drug violations have led to most arrests in recent years.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

It is increasingly clear that any program’s ability to improve care value is critically reliant on targeting the right patients — not too many, not too few, but the right ones.” — Diane E. The state began implementation of palliative care legislation with an analysis of state Medicaid claims and encounter data.

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Virginia Advances Maternal Health Equity Policy

NASHP

Virginia reflects a growing call by states and federal agencies including the C enters for Disease Control and Prevention, to focus on racism as a public health emergency, creating opportunities for state policy makers to highlight a root cause of health inequities faced by people of color.