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Roundup: India's CoWIN to track all vax status and more briefs

Healthcare It News

The Indian government is upgrading its COVID-19 vaccination platform, CoWIN, to digitally track people's vaccination status against common preventable diseases, including measles, rubella and COVID-19. The programme targets around 26 million newborns each year, offering vaccination for 12 vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Why We Still Need a Day for Global Action to Decriminalize Abortion in Latin America

Bill Of Health

So, Beatriz filed a constitutional action ( amparo ) urgently demanding an abortion in the public hospital where she received care. Beatriz’s death could have been prevented. She requested an abortion, as her health and life were at stake. But, in El Salvador, abortion is a crime under any circumstance.

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Newsletter, January 2023

Patient Safety Movement

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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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.

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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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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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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.