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Our Home Is Our Health Hub: CTA and CHI Align to Address Digital and Health Equity

Health Populi

Two “C’s” underpin this important digital transformation: the “Consumer” and “Connected.”. This week, two organizations mission-driven by these “C” words aligned to bolster digital health care transformation for all people — not just those of us advantaged by a bountiful local, accessible portfolio of social determinants of health (SDoH).

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

The high-deductible health plan design in fact prevents many people from seeking preventive care or testing: uninsured patients could pay at least $500 for a test, and a 10-day hospital stay can tally $75,000 according to Gerard Anderson , professor of public health at Johns Hopkins.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. The President signed the $8.3

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.

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#090: Ending the HIV Epidemic with guests Dr. John Sargent and KP Yelpaala

Digital Health Today

While our conversation focuses specifically on a project tackling HIV, there are some great tools and practices being deployed that can address other chronic diseases and health challenges. Back for his second appearance on Digital Health Today is KP Yelpaala. Download notes about ending HIV with Digital Health.

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Voting for Health in 2020

Health Populi

concerned about state citizens’ public health in the era of COVID-19. He was the first person to speak to me about “health citizenship.”. My friend and colleague Denise Silber, with whom I’ve been on the digital health journey from the beginning, lives in France and works globally.

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