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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Health Populi

.” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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“We’ve normalized a very high death toll in the U.S.” – How A Trust Deficit Has Infected America’s COVID Outcomes

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Trust, or really lack thereof, is a killer app for people’s coronavirus health outcomes. That is the through-line found in a very deep dive into 177 countries’ health data published in The Lancet in a research article on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19. The graph illustrates where the U.S.

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How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

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It was the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated some early-adopting health consumers viewing their home as their ultimate site for self-care and health care. New data from NCSolutions (NCS) polled 2,017 U.S. consumers in March 2021 on perspectives one year into COVID. Diving further into U.S.

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For Tempe AZ, Public Health Means Being a 20-Minute City

Healthcare IT Today

To achieve their goals, city leaders are using a data-informed approach, enabled through GIS technology, to identify gaps in community infrastructure and planning. The City of Tempe relies on GIS technology from Esri to visualize the data.

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Taking Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) From Data to Analysis and Action

Healthcare IT Today

As healthcare organizations continue to invest in SDoH, moving from analysis to impact requires operationalizing this data for coordinated efforts and long-term returns on investment. What are the gaps in your clinical data, and how could social determinants of health data address them?

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

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A sobering analysis from Morgan Stanley found the most recent rash of hospital closures was impacting mostly rural institutions, serving large proportions of low-income people. Wegman was CEO and advocated for the statewide health information network. Improve health care for all New Yorkers, 2.

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Cancer in the Age of COVID: Delayed Care May Reverse Survival Gains Particular Among Black People

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The drop in deaths from cancer in America was indeed positive during the current public health COVID-19 pandemic, a public health data story easily lost in an overwhelmingly tough week in the U.S.: This varied by tumor type and cancer progression.