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The Promise of Good Health for All: Transforming Public Health in America

The report focuses on five key priority areas:

PRIORITY 1: Make substantial and sustained investments in a more effective public health system including a highly-skilled public health workforce.

PRIORITY 2: Mobilize an all-out effort to combat racism

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PUBLIC HEALTH’S UNIQUE ROLE IN ADDRESSING BOTH SOCIAL NEEDS AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

This is the second in a series of issue briefs from the National Alliance to impact the Social Determinants of Health (NASDOH) on key SDOH-related issues that have been exacerbated during COVID-19. This brief explores how the public health sector is

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10 Essential Public Health Services

The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. To achieve equity, the Essential Public Health Services actively promote policies, systems, and overall

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2020 Social Progress Index

Released by The Social Progress Imperitive, the 2020 Social Progress Index results, which provide a comprehensive picture of the lived experience of more than 7 billion people across 163 countries. For the first time ever, the index measures social p

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Responsible Data Use Playbook for Digital Contact Tracing from BrightHive

Introduction:

COVID-19 is an unprecedented public health crisis. As the disease continues to spread through communities across the U.S. and abroad, information about the illness continues to evolve. To slow the spread, public health officials are tur

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Industry Voices—Interoperability can cut health costs by $30B. But this needs to happen first

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed more light on the pressing need for health information technology (HIT) interoperability.

With a surge in patients at hospitals and emergency rooms, providers and support staff are constantly under stress with limited t

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Improving VA and Select Community Care Health Information Exchanges

Report Description:

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed VA facilities and community providers for usage of health information exchanges (HIEs) in their respective communities and to identify any barriers that may impede the use of HIEs.

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Imagining Global Health with Justice: Transformative Ideas for Health and Wellbeing While Leaving No One Behind

Abstract:

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color in the United States and immense vulnerabilities in lower-income countries has revealed a global health reality that is often overshadowed by decades of progress in overall glo

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A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Within Data Integration

The University of Pennsylvania's Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) released a tool kit that provides a model for integrating data with an intentional focus on racial equity.

Summary:

Data sharing and integration commonly drives decisio

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The Way Forward on COVID-19: A Road Map to Reset the Nation’s Approach to the Pandemic

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently released a road map that includes numerous evidence-based actions that would assist in the approach to how the United States tackles COVID-19, both immediate and in the long-term.

Preamble:

I

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The Value of Health Policy

Health systems are ever-changing for different reasons. In the publication titled "The Value of Health Policy" the authors explain how developing and adopting a policy is an approach that can assist in managing these changes.

Abstract:

Health systems a

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A Society of General Internal Medicine Position Statement on the Internists’ Role in Social Determinants of Health

Abstract:

The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) represents the world’s leading academic general internists, dedicated to creating a just system of care in which all people can achieve optimal health. SGIM recognizes that to achieve this visi

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Laying the Foundation for Effective Partnerships: An Examination of Data Sharing Agreements

Abstract:

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, data has never been more salient. COVID has generated new data demands and increased cross-sector data collaboration. Yet, these data collaborations require careful planning and evaluation of risks and

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Issue Brief: Health Equity Principles for State and Local Leaders in Responding to, Reopening, and Recovering from COVID-19

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently released an issue brief that provides “principles aimed at guiding the efforts of state and local officials to create an equitable and lasting post-pandemic recovery.” The principles shared by RWJF i

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Interoperability Insights: Demonstrating the Need and the Benefits of Connecting Health and Human Services - Brief

The Stewards of Change Institute (SOCI) has just released an important new Issue Brief titled “Interoperability Insights: Demonstrating the Need and the Benefits of Connecting Health and Human Services.” This SOCI Issue Brief uses the Integrated Care

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Data Interoperability and Exchange to Support COVID-19 Containment

A research team from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy released a report that provides steps to improving interoperability and exchange of key data as it relates to COVID-19 containment. 

The workgroup that developed this report was guided by

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CDS Connect: Pain Management Summary App

"The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in partnership with the MITRE Corporation and OCHIN, developed a SMART on FHIR app that serves as a dashboard or summary for managing chronic pain and pain-related treatment within the electroni

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Clinical Decision Support tools and components

"In 2016, AHRQ launched a program of grants and contracts aimed at helping health care providers move patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) evidence into practice through clinical decision support (CDS). AHRQ advances the science of CDS by suppor

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Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain a Comparative Effectiveness Review by AHRQ

This noninvasive nonpharmacological therapy review compares noninvasive nonpharmacological therapies with placebo, exercise or nonopioid drugs for the most common musculoskeletal chronic pain conditions. AHRQ shared that the purpose of this review is

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Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain a Comparative Effectiveness Review by AHRQ

The Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain report compares prescribed systemic opioids with placebo, other opioids, and non-opioid drugs or noninvasive nonpharmacologic therapy for any chronic pain conditions. AHRQ shared that the purpose of this review

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