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The state Department of Commerce’s Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy is working with an AI-powered health platform to support faster prescription renewals for state residents with chronic conditions.
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Medicare began covering telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic and has maintained the popular offering through temporary waivers approved by Congress since.
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The state's Department for Children and Families will use text messages to remind non-custodial parents about child support payments that haven’t been made in the last 45 days.
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An Assembly budget subcommittee has given its approval to Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal, siding with advocates who say the state should support advances in medicine that could improve the lives of Californians.
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The EPA will start meeting with state officials, utility managers and others to develop what he called “a national action plan on drinking water,” to be released by year’s end.
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The state's Office of Early Childhood recently began the second phase of a software system for rating Colorado's early childhood education and care programs.
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The campaign combines the efforts of several Facebook executives and former CEOs to donate $7 million to support an ongoing expansion of school and library pantries.
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By showing what's possible, a Tennessee child-services provider has built a national reputation.
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Sutter Health is among the first six adopters of the technology, according to company officials, and is ahead of others in terms of the number of doctors involved.
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In 2011, Norwalk-based Xerox took over operation of California’s existing Medicaid information system while setting out to design a new one, but because too many obstacles accrued, the company opted to forfeit the contract.
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The water crisis provides a lesson for public officials to ensure strict compliance controls are in place to protect their agency’s data and reputation.
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In a unique move, Idaho's Department of Labor has licensed and begun to roll out its self-built unemployment benefits system to Iowa and Vermont, with hopes that other states will join the consortium of users.
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Experts see almost unlimited promise in the rise of mobile medical apps, but they also point out that regulation is sometimes lagging the pace of innovation, which could harm consumers.
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PulseNet’s success demonstrates the potential for collaboration among federal, state and local stakeholders to move the U.S. food safety system forward.
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Hospitals and health insurance companies are particularly at risk of cyberattacks because their old medical equipment isn’t equipped with security software.
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As the user moves the mouse over sections and clicks on sections of printed text a sign language interpreter appears in the video window, signing the words in the text.
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In the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families' journey to become a mobile agency, they learned five important lessons that human services and other agencies can use.
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