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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law in 2010, following a history of health reforms in the United States that includes the adoption of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 and Medicare Modernization Act in 2003. The purpose of the PPACA is to extend insurance coverage to uninsured Americans; however, it also includes provisions to improve health care quality, curb health care costs, and promote population health and wellness. The law emphasizes disease prevention through several measures, such as increased access to recommended clinical preventive services, provision of additional funding for prevention programs, and the coordination of patient care through the use of health information exchanges (HIEs). Through a stronger collaboration between public health and health care systems, the use of HIEs presents a unique opportunity for professional geographers to collaborate with other scientists on disease surveillance systems that allow an increased focus on disease prevention and health outcomes.
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Blatt, A.J. (2015). Health Care Reform and Disease Surveillance: Making the Connection. In: Health, Science, and Place. Geotechnologies and the Environment, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12003-4_1
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