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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data Summary & Trends Report: 2009-2019

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report uses YRBS data from 2009 to 2019 to focus on four priority focus areas associated with STDs, including HIV, and unintended teen pregnancy:

• Sexual Behavior
• High-Risk Substance Use
• Experienci

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State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit

Intent:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working hard to make sure we help our beneficiaries and the people who are working on the front lines to care for patients during this pandemic. We have taken numerous steps to respond to

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Health Equity Center Aims to Address Racial Health Disparities

Highlights:

• The Center, funded by a $50 million grant from philanthropist Ray Dalio of Dalio Philanthropies, will investigate actionable steps healthcare can take to address health disparities affecting communities of color.
• NewYork-Presbyterian int

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Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI+ Populations

Snapshot of LGBTQI+ Well-Being:

• Legal System — While legal reforms have improved quality of life for many, discrimination against and mistreatment of LGBTQI+ individuals remain common. Laws vary greatly among states on issues such as gender markers

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Sequoia Project sets sights on semantic interoperability with new guidance effort

Highlights:

• The Sequoia Project announced Wednesday that it's forming a new Data Usability Workgroup to continue removing barriers to interoperability, and is calling for participants in advance of its first meeting later this month.
• The workgroup,

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Feds Map Out Interoperability Strategy for VA, DoD EHR Systems

Highlights:

• FEHRM took over for the Interagency Program Office in 2019, which previously managed patient data exchange and interoperability between the DoD and VA’s EHR systems, is now in charge of VA and DoD’s new Cerner Millennium EHR systems, whi

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Exploring 3 Levels of Health Information Exchange, Data Access

Highlights:

• According to The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) —and nearly everyone else in healthcare—electronic health information exchange (HIE) allows providers and patients to appropriately access and s

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A Guide to Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Protect your electronic information and assets from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. Discover how to identify cyberthreats, understand best practices, and demystify laws and regulations related to cybersecurity in healthcare.

In this Guide:

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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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