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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: What Senator Paul Wellstone advocated for and knew way back in 2000 was that mental health is just part of health, and needed to be embedded into primary care and the U.S. health care system in terms of workflow and payment parity.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

In this post, I’ll share just a handful of insights that were particularly impactful to my work and my commitment to work toward health citizenship for all people in the U.S. First, consider the big health economics picture painted in the paper US Health Care Spending by Race and Ethnicity. colonoscopy).

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Health Commons Project Completes Acquisition of OneHealthPort to Advance Healthcare Innovation and Access across Washington State

Healthcare IT Today

This strategic acquisition underscores Health Commons Project’s commitment to expanding its impact by improving data interoperability, enhancing care coordination, and promoting public health across Washington. We are excited to expand our capabilities to improve healthcare outcomes for all.”

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

The Chronic Care Model is based upon the idea that people with chronic illnesses should have access to continuous care and support. It shifts the focus from acute and reactive care to proactive, population-based care. We will discuss the six key elements of the Chronic Care Model in the next sections.

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Longevity Stalls Around the World And Wealth, More Concentrated

Health Populi

That core set of services covers consultations with doctors, tests and examinations, along with inpatient hospital care. Americans have relatively less access to a doctor when care is needed, the OECD report revealed. The primary care “backbone” in the U.S. In the U.S.,