Data improves healthcare access by allowing agencies and providers across the state to build a holistic view of a patient’s needs, says Sumit Sajnani, health information technology officer for Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy.

The Illinois Health Facilities & Services Review Board yesterday voted 3-2 to deny a change of ownership request for the Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health merger. The board later voted to reconsider the vote. It next meets on December 13.

In the realm of mobile crisis interventions, the state of Oregon will be getting a boost from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HHS, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has announced approval of the Oregon Health Authority’s proposal to cover community-based mobile crisis intervention services in Medicaid.

Almost three quarters of physicians, 74%, say they’re unclear on what constitutes a life-threatening emergency that would allow a doctor to legally perform an abortion in states where it is otherwise banned, a new survey has found.