The Department of Health and Human Services officials at a National Institutes of Health department meeting Friday said that they expected most of HHS’s approximately 5,200 probationary employees to be notified that their positions…
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, JD, LLM is sworn in as HHS secretary.
He will manage a $2 trillion budget and will oversee CMS, CDC, FDA, NIH, the Public Health Service, HHS OIG, AHRQ,…
Jernigan was deputy director for public health science and surveillance at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the time, and he discussed lessons from the CDC’s 2019 data modernization initiative, including ongoing cloud…
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Roughly 80% of women will get human papillomavirus (HPV) in their lifetime. For many, especially those who have gotten an HPV vaccine, the virus will go away on its own within two years. But…
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Cynthia Chioma Nwaubani, PharmD, BCGP, CEO and founder, PharmD Live
Diabetes, a chronic condition affecting millions of Americans, is on the rise. According to the CDC, 15.8% of the U.S. population now lives with diabetes. With…
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Current National Health Crisis The CDC’s January 2024 update indicates widespread respiratory infections across the United States, based on emergency department diagnosis patterns and wastewater analysis.
State-by-State Impact Analysis Eleven states, including Arizona, Florida, and…
Clifford Jones, Founder and CTO, AllazoHealth
Patient adherence has been a top priority in healthcare for quite some time. One in five new prescriptions are never filled, according to the CDC, and about half of…
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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have announced the opening of an integrated diagnostic service, in partnership with health tech firm Answer Digital.
Rather than investing in new systems, the…
Hypertension — or high blood pressure — affects about 120 million adults in the U.S. and can lead to heart disease, stroke and chronic kidney disease. There is also a higher prevalence of hypertension…
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Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives…
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