Day: February 13, 2023
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In 2006, Congress ordered HHS to integrate health-data systems; it still hasn’t been done, and that causes problems
“The pandemic highlighted ineffective data infrastructure across the U.S. health system,” reports Sam Whitehead of Kaiser Health News. “Coronavirus case reports sent by fax machine. Clunky tech for monitoring vaccine...
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Kentucky’s abortion bans deny standard health care to women who have non-viable pregnancies, Herald-Leader reports
he Kentucky laws banning abortion “do not legally permit the standard-of-care treatment for a nonviable pregnancy,” writes Alex Acquisto of the Lexington Herald-Leader. “As a result, doctors must refer patients...
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Radio reporter describes with personal detail what it’s like to go to another state to buy legal cannabis for a medical condition
What is it like for Kentuckians to buy cannabis in another state under Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order? WUKY‘s Karyn Czar, who has one of the 21 medical conditions specified...