article thumbnail

Newsletter, November 2022

Patient Safety Movement

And it’s largely preventable—if not the disease itself (in the case of Type 2 diabetes) then at least the most severe outcomes. The patient is the most important member of their own healthcare team, as diabetes treatment involves a lot of self-care and preventative lifestyle choices.

article thumbnail

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

HIT Consultant

with 15 clinics throughout Florida, was awarded $956,655 for the purchase of laptops and telemedicine software, to expand telehealth capacities and improve access for clients who face transportation challenges and other barriers to care. – Community Health Centers, Inc., – Compass Health in St. . – Southeast, Inc.

article thumbnail

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.