The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $195 million in a new funding opportunity for community health centers to expand access to mental health and substance abuse services focusing on the treatment, prevention and awareness of opioid abuse in all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia. The awards are expected to be made in September of this year. Health centers that receive an award will use the funds to increase the number of personnel dedicated to mental health and substance abuse services and to leverage health information technology and training to support the expansion of mental health and substance abuse services and their integration into primary care.
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After Years Of Use, Dangers Of Opioid Drugs Discovered
Staff Writer | Statesman.com | September 29, 2012
Two-thirds of the Texas Iraq and Afghanistan veterans the American-Statesman identified as dying of overdoses had powerful prescription painkillers in their systems, according to autopsies and medical examiner reports. Read More »
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American Public Health Association Seeks To Improve And Rebrand Public Health
Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | November 11, 2013
The American Public Health Association adopted 17 new policy statements at its annual meeting Nov. 2-6 in Boston, issuing ambitious recommendations to public health officials and also trying to rebrand the field of public health. Read More »
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Americans Living Longer Than Two Decades Ago, But Overall State Of Health Care Is 'Mediocre,' Despite Spending Increase: Report
Staff Writer | Daily News | July 10, 2013
The United States is falling behind its economic peers in most measures of health, despite making gains in the past two decades, according to a sweeping study of data from 34 countries. Read More »
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Canadian Hospital Launches Mobile Health App For Veterans With OSIs
Fred Pennic | HIT Consultant | June 19, 2013
The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal) has launched a new mobile health application that will assist Veterans, personnel of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) with operational stress injuries (OSIs). Read More »
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Direct Secure Messaging Makes Big Impact In Chicago Behavioral Health Community
Erica Galvez | Health IT Buzz | September 5, 2012
Individuals with serious mental illnesses are 2.6 times more likely than the general public to develop cancer and nearly twice as likely to end up in an emergency or inpatient department with a serious injury, according to recent studies conducted at Johns Hopkins. Read More »
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DOD Partners To Combat Brain Injury
Ellen Crown | NCO Journal | August 19, 2013
Experts from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs gathered Aug. 14 at the Military Health System Research Symposium to discuss the future of research on mental health and traumatic brain injury. Read More »
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Drug Cops Want Open Access To Your Medical Records
Radley Balko | Washington Post | January 24, 2014
stories about ADHD drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, a number of politicians, pundits, and public health activists have demanded better monitoring of doctors and patients. [...] Read More »
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Ex-Felons Are About To Get Health Coverage
Michael Ollove | Pew | April 5, 2013
Newly freed prisoners traditionally walk away from the penitentiary with a bus ticket and a few dollars in their pockets. Starting in January, many of the 650,000 inmates released from prison each year will be eligible for something else: health care by way of Medicaid, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Read More »
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Health Information Exchange Resist Cures (Part 2)
Andy Oram | EMR & EHR | March 23, 2016
The previous section of this paper introduced problems found in HIE by two reports: one from the Office of the National Coordinator and another from experts at the Oregon Health & Science University. Tracing the causes of these problems is necessarily somewhat speculative, but the research helps to confirm impressions I have built up over the years. The ONC noted that developing HIE is very resource intensive, and not yet sustainable. (p. 6) I attribute these problems to the persistence of the old-fashioned, heavyweight model of bureaucratic, geographically limited organizations hooking together clinicians. (If you go to another state, better carry your medical records with you.) Evidence of their continued drag on the field appeared in the report...
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Health Law May Strain Mental Health System
Beth Miller | USA Today | November 3, 2013
The Affordable Care Act will open doors for more patients to get treatment, but resources may not be there to meet the demand in states such as Delaware. Read More »
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Heroin Taking Oxy's Place For More Addicts
Nicole Brochu | Sun Sentinel | February 19, 2013
The state's war on pill mills is making an impact, but there's a troubling byproduct: a surge in the number of people now hooked on heroin. Read More »
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HHS announces the availability of $195 million to expand substance abuse and mental health services at health centers nationwide
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Long-Term Marijuana Use Might Kill Motivation From Lower Dopamine
Kathleen Blanchard | Digital Journal | July 1, 2013
Researchers at the Imperial College London, UCL and King’s College London have found long-term cannabis users have lower levels of the chemical dopamine in the brain that is necessary for motivation. [...] Read More »
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Lost Among Us: New Veterans Programs Aim To Reach Homeless And Mentally Ill
Jennifer Berry Hawes | The Post and Courier | November 2, 2013
It is a mighty goal — to end veteran homelessness by 2016. Sounds a bit lofty even. But the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been putting its money where its PR is. Read More »
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Lost To History: Missing War Records Complicate Benefit Claims By Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
Peter Sleeth and Hal Bernton | ProPublica | November 9, 2012
The loss of field records — after-action write-ups, intelligence reports and other day-to-day accounts from the war zones — has far-reaching implications. It has complicated efforts by soldiers like DeLara to claim benefits. And it makes it harder for military strategists to learn the lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan, two of the nation's most protracted wars.
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