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States should leverage Medicaid to improve youth behavioral health care.        (Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - November 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jocelyn Guyer, Sheamekah Williams, John O ’Brien, Gina Rogari, Michaiah Parker Source Type: blogs

Will the AMA Support A Move Toward Single Payer Health Care?
By MIKE MAGEE The Politico headline in 2019 declared dramatically, “The Most Powerful Activist in America is Dying.” This week, 4 1/2 years later, their prophecy came true, as activist Ady Barkan succumbed at age 39 to ALS leaving behind his vibrant wife, English professor, Rachael King, and two small children, Carl,7, and Willow,3. His journey, as one of the nation’s leading activists for a single-payer health care system began, not coincidentally, began with his diagnosis of A.L.S. in 2016, 4 months after the birth of his first child. His speech at the Democratic National Convention fully exposed his conditio...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Ady Barkan AMA Mike Magee Single payer Source Type: blogs

The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms
Communication is the key to making anything work – including your organization. But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. What’s the best way for providers to coordinate the many different areas and people they have to handle? How many communication platforms do you even need to accomplish the goals of your organization without making it overcomplicated? How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Security and Privacy Abhi Sharma Ali Davis Amit Phadnis Care Coordination Communication Pl Source Type: blogs

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State public option–style plans offer states a way to control costs, increase plan choices for consumers, and expand access to coverage for underserved people.        (Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - November 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christine Monahan, Nadia Stovicek, Justin Giovannelli Source Type: blogs

Antisemitism is at a historic high not just in other countries, but right here in America
October 7, much like Pearl Harbor or September 11, 2001, is a day that will forever be etched in infamy for Israel and Jews worldwide. Not since the Holocaust have so many Jewish people been killed in a single day. This was not a random act; it was a meticulously planned and incentivized scheme aimed Read more… Antisemitism is at a historic high not just in other countries, but right here in America originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

Healthcare Interoperability is Falling Short. How Do We Address It?
The following is a guest article by A. John Blair, III, MD, CEO at MedAllies It’s been well-documented for years that the healthcare industry has an interoperability problem.  Frequently fragmented and incomplete patient records may lead to negative downstream consequences, such as delayed and inefficient care, avoidable risks to patient safety, greater administrative burden on healthcare organizations, and excessive costs.  The commercial efforts to date to push interoperability forward have made true advances. For example, 70% of hospitals and over half of ambulatory providers are connected to a national network. Add...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability A. John Blair III Health Data Exchange Healthcare Interoperability MedAllies QHIN QHINS TEFCA Source Type: blogs

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People who shop for health coverage often have trouble determining whether the plans they’re considering cover their prescription drugs, and at what cost.        (Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - November 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Matt Seidner, Sarah K. Emond Source Type: blogs

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The administration can take steps to advance a more equitable system for Medicare beneficiaries to receive home-based services and bolster family caregivers.        (Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - November 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Barbara Lyons, Jane Andrews Source Type: blogs

Medicine has become the new McDonald ’ s of health care
I was having a conversation with a colleague about a state-funded Medicaid managed care organization (MCO). She told me that the mental health performance measures used by the state to evaluate the MCO were all “placement and provider issues,” such as the amount of time children spent sleeping on the floors of social services offices Read more… Medicine has become the new McDonald’s of health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Primary Care Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

The alarming problem for rural medicine
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have a heart attack? Or maybe you’ve had one. What about that same heart attack on a single-lane, pitted road flanked by cornfields on both sides, two hours from the nearest city? This is the reality for rural Americans, and it becomes more extreme by the day. Read more… The alarming problem for rural medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 31, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

Health equity: Social workers are the answer
Americans are suffering from an unequal health care system in which some people have resources and receive excellent care while others lack access to basic and essential services. Despite the entrenched and systemic nature of some of these barriers, there are vehicles for change on the horizon. Nearly 80 percent of health outcomes are directly impacted Read more… Health equity: Social workers are the answer originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 31, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

Some Like It Hot! A Century-Old Disease on Our Southern Shores
By MIKE MAGEE Naomi Orestes PhD, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard, didn’t mince words  as she placed our predicament in context when she said, “If you know your Greek tragedies you know power, hubris, and tragedy go hand in hand. If we don’t address the harmful aspects of human activities, most obviously disruptive climate change, we are headed for tragedy.” At the time, as a member of the Anthropocene Workgroup, she and a group of international climate scientists were focused on defining and measuring nine “planetary boundaries,” environmental indicators of planetary health. At...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Avian Flu Climate Change Pandemic Sea level change Yellow Fever Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 30th 2023
In conclusion, reported adherence to a healthy lifestyle is associated with reduced risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Adherence to all four lifestyle factors resulted in the strongest protection. « Back to Top (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - October 29, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Unlocking value-based care: challenges and incentives
Value-based care is everywhere. It is really having a moment right now. It has taken on many forms, from the Medicare Advantage home care models to the employer-based direct primary care, but certain aspects of it remain consistent across all delivery forms. Physicians or physician organizations are expected to meet certain expectations and patient outcomes Read more… Unlocking value-based care: challenges and incentives originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

Clinicians unite for health care reform
One thing that contributes to burnout in medicine is the inefficient and cumbersome nature of the systems in which we practice. This is particularly true for compassionate, trauma-informed clinicians who must watch their patients suffer under a system that clearly has built-in historical and current harms. In 2008, when I started my nonprofit organization, the Read more… Clinicians unite for health care reform originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs