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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. -
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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Nearly 2,000 municipalities have entered public-private partnerships for all or part of their water supply systems.
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A pilot program where patients put out a request for medical help and out of a pool of doctors, one is chosen to video chat and discuss the ailment is already underway.
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If the bill is signed into law, convicts with a single DUI offense would need to keep a device installed in their car for six months that requires a driver to take a breathalyzer test before the car will turn on.
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When it comes to solving a global health-care crisis like Zika, it is no longer plausible that genomic analytics will not play a major role.
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Blood-testing data also have guided government responses to lead contamination in Flint, Mich., where the state is using maps of children’s blood lead levels to target neighborhoods hardest hit by the city’s lead-contaminated drinking water.
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The new legislation will reduce incidents where a prescription is misread and will try to stop the stem flow of legal drugs into illicit markets.
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The president’s advisers are looking to technology to assist the rising wave of seniors requiring special care.
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Even though many EMS agencies have adopted electronic patient care reporting software, those systems use different data standards than the electronic health records (EHRs) used by hospitals, making interoperability difficult.
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Another 10 states, yet unannounced, are scheduled to join the pilot, which will re-examine the policy and programs that mold how states keep populations healthy and safe.
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State lawmakers want pharmaceutical companies to open their books to justify high-priced drugs.
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Many cities are trying to use behavioral science to better communicate with citizens. New Orleans is testing the effectiveness of different text messages. -
A look back at highlights and happenings in the world of civic tech.
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The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to nascent efforts to track the quality and cost of health care, ruling that a 1974 law precludes states from requiring that every health-care claim involving their residents be submitted to a massive database.
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Some municipalities have begun digitizing lead pipe records for searching purposes, and others are attempting to map them, but the widespread lack of knowledge points to the anachronistic nature of some state utilities.
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The findings, summarized in a report published this week, join a growing body of research about the vulnerabilities in medical devices and health-care systems.
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