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Healthcare must become as digital and consumer friendly as retail and banking

Healthcare It News

In a world where consumers can order dog food, schedule a haircut or buy a plane ticket with just a few keystrokes, patients often are left wondering why healthcare has to be so complicated – and why so many processes seem stuck in the past. Today, as consumers grow more dependent on convenient and efficient online tools across retail, banking and grocers, patients are becoming increasingly aware of – and dissatisfied with – healthcare's digital deficiencies, which often cr

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Monday Morning Update 10/14/24

HIStalk

Top News Ambient documentation vendor Abridge is reportedly raising a.

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A Braided Funding Approach: Leveraging Opioid Settlement Funds to Strengthen Supports for Justice-Involved Populations 

NASHP

Reducing Overdose Risks for Individuals Impacted by Incarceration Individuals who are incarcerated or returning from incarceration have significantly increased rates of substance and opioid use disorders (SUD/OUD), mental illness, and other complex needs compared to the general population. Despite high levels of need for OUD treatment in carceral settings, only an estimated 32 percent of jails offer any form of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD).

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Iran's Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Year

The Rand Blog

Iran was in a stronger strategic position before its proxies plunged the region into war. But it has only itself to blame. If Tehran is intent on escalating, the United States and its allies may have no other choice but to shift from punitive measures to dismantling Iran's military capabilities.

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Fertility Benefits Playbook: How HR Leaders Are Delivering Value in 2025

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Fertility benefits have become a crucial component of employee well-being and retention strategies. In today’s competitive landscape, creating a fertility benefits program that aligns with both employee needs and organizational goals can be more complex than it seems. From cycle-based to flat-dollar and telehealth models, each solution offers unique advantages and challenges that directly affect employee satisfaction and financial well-being.

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When the right to abortion is more than a law: accompaniment and cultural transformations in the political activism of Argentina’s Socorristas en Red 

Bill Of Health

by Julia Burton English and Spanish versions/ Versiones en inglés y español In December 2020, the Argentinean Congress passed the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Law , ( 27.610), which legalizes abortion up to and including the 14th week of gestation and, thereafter, in the case of rape or risk to the life or health of the pregnant person. Thus, Argentina became one of the countries that went from having a model of grounds-based legalization (only in the case of rape or risk to the pregnant