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HIT Board developing social care standards

A portion of CyncHealth’s December Health Information Technology (HIT) Board meeting focused on social care standards and terminology in development and recommending terminology be mapped to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) standards. Two real-world examples for social determinants of health (SDOH or SDH) were reviewed. The next meeting is March […]

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City of Lincoln fluoride treatment at upper limit while Omaha reduces risks and maintains compliance

Hearing on LB1387 on Thursday, February 15 2/8/24 Update – A hearing will be held on Thursday, February 15, at 1:30 p.m. to hear testimony on LB1387, introduced by Nebraska State Sen. Ben Hansen, Blair. The bill removes the 2008 fluoride mandate for cities and villages with populations over 1,000 and limits the public water […]

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The Fed’s seiniorage monopoly

Coverage of U.S. Rep. Mike Flood’s Flyover Fintech conference and why it matters Among the prominent articles covering the conference, from the Nebraska Examiner, Silicon Prairie News and the blockchain tipsheet, none mentioned some of the key issues discussed surrounding fintech‘s current focus. These are the issues that may have led U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson […]

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Further federalizing wireless broadband

If passed, congressional bill H.R. 3557, the American Broadband Act of 2023, would further streamline installation of wireless equipment while further restricting local government’s authority to manage the public rights-of-way, health and safety. It is important to oppose further federalization because there are no federal guideline for, or monitoring of, current wireless technology addressing radio […]

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Lincoln’s radiation monitoring

Radiation monitoring in Lincoln In June, 2023, wireless radiation levels from the Northeast YMCA cell tower expose the area surrounding the YMCA, Kindercare and Mickle Middle School to levels ranging from 2.03 to 3.45 volts per meter (V/m). During the second year of monitoring readings to the east of the tower remained little changed ranging […]

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Nebraska’s surveillance program doing the “heavy lift”

CyncHealth reports, at its June 15 HIT Board meeting, that Nebraska is the first state reporting all pharmaceutical prescriptions. Details of the meeting follow a brief look at global health goals and life expectancy. Global healthcare goals and Nebraska’s PDMP In 2010, Bill Gates explained in this TEDx, Innovating to zero!, the urgent need to […]

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Nebraska HIT Board to meet Thursday

The Nebraska Health Information Technology Board, administered by CyncHealth, will meet on Thursday, June 15. The agenda and information on viewing the meeting is available on the Nebraska.gov calendar. Many goals of the Nebraska Health Information Technology Board work in tandem with United Nations goal 16.9, to aggregate the data of individuals, businesses and other […]

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