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News Flash • Community Health Needs Assessment Published

Posted on 24/02/202421/03/2024 by Tami

Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) published the 2024 Coconino County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) on March 5, 2024. The chna is a comprehensive evaluation, conducted every three years, to gain a deep understanding of the health status, risk factors, causes and concerns of poverty in our communities and available resources within Coconino County. The main goals of this assessment are to understand community health; identify health disparities; create a path for improvement; and reduce barriers. CCHHS is a Community Action Agency and is tasked by the federal government to investigate poverty in our communities. As part of…

HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Letter and Opens Investigation of Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Posted on 24/02/202421/03/2024 by Tami

Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a “Dear Colleague” letter addressing the cybersecurity incident impacting Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG), and many other health care entities. The cyberattack is disrupting health care and billing information operations nationwide and posing a direct threat to critically needed patient care and essential operations of the health care industry. OCR enforces the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, which sets forth the requirements that HIPAA covered entities (most health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses) and their business associates…

EU Health Data Space: access to your health data across the EU | Topics

Posted on 15/02/202421/03/2024 by Tami

In May 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal on the European Health Data Space, which aims to improve the use of health data for research, innovation and policymaking. At the same time, Europeans should have more control over the use of their own health data. Benefits for citizens EU citizens would be able to access their health data in electronic form immediately and without any costs. Health data, such as patient summaries, electronic prescriptions, laboratory results and discharge reports, would be available in a common European format that could be shared with health professionals within the patient’s country…

Lumeris and Hackensack Meridian Health Discuss How a Data-Driven Approach to SDOH Analytics Improve Care at HIMSS24

Posted on 13/02/202421/03/2024 by Tami

Jean-Claude Saghbini andDr. Nicole Harris-Hollingsworth will discuss how analytics removes selection bias and improves outcomes for vulnerable populations ST. LOUIS, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Jean-Claude SaghbiniPresident of Value-based Care Enablement and Chief Technology Officer at Lumeristhe market-leading value-based care enablement company, will speak at HIMSS24 with Nicole Harris-HollingsworthEdD, MCHES, Vice President, Social Determinants of Health at Hackensack Meridian Health. The pair will discuss how analytics and a data-driven approach can be used to avoid selection bias and improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations. The acceleration of value-based care adoption has necessitated the use of analytics as organizations scale their…