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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

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DIY Health Care and Self-Care Accelerating in the Pandemic

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Reading the Drug Store News story was a kind of déjà vu for me, reflecting on work I did with Rod Falcon and Institute for the Future on personal health ecologies in… 2005.

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Timely availability of clinical information during health care transitions, in a setting with robust telemedicine access, can shift the method of care delivery without adversely affecting patient health outcomes," wrote the researchers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Sounds Like A John Denver Song: Virginia and Colorado Towns Rank High As Healthy Communities

Health Populi

Key health service factors among the town leaders are lower rates of chronic disease and hospitalizations, and greater access to primary care. A handful of social determinants translate into big positive impacts for public health: education, a resilient local economy, commitment to public safety, and a strong primary care backbone.

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HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS The Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model , or C-COMM, from HIMSS Analytics is meant to help healthcare organizations track the digital maturity of care delivered across community-based environments.

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The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

Health Populi

This includes health care. While “ESG” was first coined in 2005, the coronavirus pandemic, the issues solidifying in 2020 shown above in the first image, and climate change converged over the past year.

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UK Survey Finds Many Denied Test Strips

Insulin Nation

NHS officials have long tried to inform general practitioners that it is essential for people with Type 1 diabetes to have access to test strips, but the message does not always filter through to the local health care administrative entities, according to Diabetes UK.