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Natural Disasters Are Widening the Health Equity Gap, Now’s the …

WEBThe 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has come to an end. On top of the record-setting 30 named storms that brought intense wind, rain and storm surges along …

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How state and local agencies are working together to quell the …

WEBOn the East coast, Virginia established the Opioid Abatement Authority in 2021 to distribute settlement funds to state, county and city agencies. The independent …

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New health care grants look to reform how hospitals are paid

WEBThe federal government wants to improve primary care in several states around the country by changing how hospitals are paid. Under a new grant opportunity …

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What happened to the Idaho Health Data Exchange, and can other …

WEBHow the Idaho Health Data Exchange got sued. The exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last August. Bookkeeping records show that, as it went through …

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One state looks to collect multiyear data to address the mental …

WEBThe Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is funding a statewide multigenerational study that aims to identify the causes and risk factors of …

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City-country mortality gap widens amid persistent holes in rural …

WEBThe research analyzed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention death data from two three-year periods — 1999 through 2001 and 2017 through 2019. In 1999, …

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How One State is Curbing Growth in Health Care Costs

WEBMassachusetts has a long and well-deserved reputation as one of the nation’s most expensive states for health care. Thanks to the presence of advanced, world …

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Ending health care’s affordability crisis begins with actions to fix

WEBThe affordability of health care in the U.S.—or rather the stunning lack thereof—is a significant challenge facing employers, families, taxpayers and patients. …

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Measuring What Matters: Data Analytics and Results Driven …

WEBAlthough data is powerful tool, the deluge now available can be overwhelming to state and local governments. During this panel discussion state and local data experts will offer …

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Medicaid waivers help states pilot solutions to health, housing

WEBAs of January, four states—California, New York, North Carolina and Washington—have received federal approval for Medicaid 1115 waivers and are …

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As More Republican States Consider Expanding Medicaid

WEBPresident Joe Biden in his budget request to Congress is calling for increasing federal spending on Medicaid by providing coverage to the millions in the 10 …

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Medication aides could help states remedy health care worker …

WEBQMAs can also help improve patient safety. “[N]urses can be pulled away from administering medication for several reasons including tending to other resident …

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Cloud a ‘game-changer’ for health insurance marketplace

WEBWhen California’s health insurance marketplace migrated to the cloud, it cut costs, improved consumer experience and gained the ability to scale to demand. …

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How governments are tackling medical debt

WEBAlmost 100 million Americans are just scraping by because of overdue medical bills, and “anything that brings economic instability to a family or household …

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New Ideas for How Cities Can Stop People From Littering

WEBCities across the United States are struggling to deal with litter. In addition to its negative environmental and health impacts, litter abatement costs local and state …

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Workforce shortages plague rural hospitals, legislation to address …

WEBWith 2023 being the least productive year in Congress since 1933, legislation that could help rural hospitals with their workforce issues continues to wait for any action …

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How paid sick leave helps cure economic instability

WEBThe share of low-wage workers who can earn paid sick leave has doubled over the last decade, largely thanks to state- and local-level paid sick leave mandates, …

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Vending machines expand scope, impact of public health initiatives

WEBVending machines expand scope, impact of public health initiatives. Rose Meredith uses a new vending machine in Brooklyn that will disperse fentanyl test strips …

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5 Reasons Your Community Should Create More Green Spaces

WEBAnd increasingly, studies are showing that public green spaces have been linked to lower crime rates. Here are the top five benefits for cities and communities …

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How natural language processing can support public health

WEBWith more sophistication than rudimentary social media monitoring, natural language processing can help public health officials better understand the public’s …

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