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Charting a Course for an Equity-Centered Data System: Recommendations from the National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems

National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems

This paper explains the Commission, the foundational white papers, defines terms, describes the Commission approach, and outlines the guiding principles of a modern, equity-oriented public health data system and what that system does. This includes a

ONC Health IT Standards Bulletin

ONC Standards Bulletin 2021-2

Race and ethnicity data are important for many uses, such as informing effective treatment and patient care, improving healthcare outcomes, research, and, identifying and eliminating health disparities to improve health

Seven Ways Business Can Align with Public Health for Bold Action and Innovation

This report presents seven practical steps that businesses can take to strengthen partnerships and improve the health of their employees, communities, and the nation. With support from the de Beaumont Foundation, these recommendations were informed b

State Public Options: Comparing Models from Across the Country

This issue brief outlines some of the problems states are seeking to address with their public option proposals, reports the proposals’ current status, categorizes the public option proposals into archetypes, and identifies important issues for Calif

Social Determinants of Health and Medicaid Policy Recommendations

As the federal-state program providing access to essential health care to over 77 million low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults, and people with disabilities, Medicaid has a unique opportunity to address the social risk factors

A Social-Return-On-Investment Analysis Of Bon Secours Hospital’s ‘Housing For Health’ Affordable Housing Program

Abstract:

Community health programs aimed at addressing the social determinants of health often face challenges demonstrating their impact through traditional economic evaluation methods of return-on-investment analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis,

Ready or Not,2021: PROTECTING THE PUBLIC’S HEALTH FROM DISEASES, DISASTERS, AND BIOTERRORISM

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The Ready or Not report series provides an annual assessment of states’ level of readiness to respond to public health emergencies. It recommends policy actions to ensure that everyone’s health is protected during such events. This 2021 editio

Sharing Data Across the Care Continuum: Perspectives from Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Case Studies

Introduction:

The ability to seamlessly exchange data among disparate healthcare information systems has long been recognized as a key outcome in the adoption of health information and technology by healthcare stakeholders.

The benefits of data inter

Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model Evaluation

Introduction:

In 2017, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) launched the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model to test whether connecting Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to community resources can improve health

How Legal Changes in Response to COVID-19 Can Improve Access to Community Behavioral Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created immense challenges for California’s community-based behavioral health care system and the people it serves. Traditional in-person service models for mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs)

340B Hospitals in Pursuit of Health Equity: Best Practices from the Field

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340B Health has released a new report on health equity profiling nine of the leading safety-net hospitals and health systems that are working for the betterment of the communities they serve. The report highlights different ways that 340B Hosp

Community Health and Economic Prosperity Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders— A Report of the Surgeon General

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HHS released a report on Community Health and Economic Prosperity: Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders - A Report of the Surgeon General, which aims to raise awareness of the U.S. health disadvantage and demonstrates to business l

The Importance of Social Determinants of Health in Determining the Right Clinical Interventions White Paper

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The environment a person lives in, their socioeconomic status, lifestyle, wealth and cultural/ethnic background all affect that person's health status in far more significant ways than was previously understood. Across many studies, authors co