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Meritus announces new chief medical officer, new associate dean for proposed med school

Meritus Health recently named new leadership at Meritus Medical Center and its first associate dean for the proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Anand Budi has been promoted to chief medical officer, according to a news release from Meritus. Dr. Aaron George, who had been the chief medical officer, was the first associate dean of clinical education, community development for the proposed medical school.

“We are so grateful for Dr. George’s tremendous leadership,” Maulik Joshi, Meritus president and CEO, said in the release. “He’s been a committed and dedicated leader through the COVID pandemic and has led very successful

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Indiana’s and St. Joseph County’s high school graduation rate sees a slight drop

Indiana’s high school graduation rate for 2022 dipped slightly and most demographics’ rates remained stagnant, but fewer Indiana students needed a waiver to graduate compared to last year.

The Indiana Department of Education released its 2022 high school graduation rates Friday, which showed this year’s state rate dipping slightly to 86.61% compared to last year’s rate of 86.69%.

Rates in several of St. Joseph County’s largest high schools reflected statewide trends with slightly lower state graduation rates. However, others showed steady rates or even slight increases.

The new statewide graduation rates show that students are still trying to recover from

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Can You Get Your PHI Back?

If you had concerns about your healthcare data in the hands of your vendors, what do your contracts say in regards to getting that data back?

A recent court case required a healthcare vendor to return data to the healthcare entity.

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CommonSpirit Health hired Emerge Clinical Solutions to process and archive protected health information in 2021.

However, CommonSpirit Health began experiencing issues with the data extracts and was unable to

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Best Public Health Courses Online [2023]

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust public health experts into the spotlight, as policy makers and the public alike turn to them for guidance on how to navigate this unprecedented crisis. For example, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has become a household name for advising the federal government on its response to COVID-19 as part of his distinguished career guiding six US Presidents on numerous domestic and global public health issues.

In other cases, public health professionals’ work often takes place “behind the scenes” of healthcare, providing the research, education, and expertise

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Technology companies are proving to be the great equalizer

[Part 1 of a 12-Part Series]

Healthcare is rife with significant challenges that can in some cases be minimized at the very minimum and in most cases be eliminated by the use of technology. The 12-part series begins by elaborating on macro-level challenges that the healthcare industry is starting to address with technology to stem the bleeding/reverse the onset of more severe complications.

Challenge 1: Supply and demand

Healthcare service delivery provisioning across the globe is starkly marked by the lack of adequate supply of qualified clinicians and specialists. This situation has been significantly exacerbated in the post pandemic new

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With 78% institutional ownership, IDP Education Limited (ASX:IEL) is a favorite among the big guns

If you want to know who really controls IDP Education Limited (ASX:IEL), then you’ll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. We can see that the institutions own the lion’s share in the company with 78% ownership. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).

Given the vast amount of money and research capacities at their disposal, institutional ownership tends to carry a lot of weight, especially with individual investors. Hence, having a considerable amount of institutional money invested in a company is

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House GOP Set for Year of Investigation

With a razor-thin majority in the House and no majority to speak of in the Senate, Republicans are hoping to punch above their weight in the coming year by focusing relentlessly on investigations they hope will do damage to a Democratic Party that’s riding high after the midterms — and expose international influence-peddling schemes, Big Tech corruption, and Chinese malfeasance in the process.

While it’s unclear whether House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy will have the 218 votes he needs to secure the speaker’s gavel as the House conventions today, he’s confident enough in his prospects that he’s laid out plans

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Court rules on allegation that Seabreeze High School excluded a student with Down syndrome

Lance Avery plays the drums for mom Anni Suadi and friend Rilea Jackson, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

Lance Avery plays the drums for mom Anni Suadi and friend Rilea Jackson, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

A judge sided with Volusia County Schools regarding a complaint filed by an Ormond Beach parent alleging the district and Seabreeze High School unfairly excluded her son, who has Down syndrome, and denied his electives.

The final order determined the district did not violate Lance Avery’s individualized education plan for students with disabilities or retaliate against him. But Anni Suadi, Avery’s mother, says she’s not done fighting.

“It’s really unfair. It’s just a big lie, and they’re going to have to come true

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