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The Health Insurance Premium for a Family Averages $25,572 in 2024 – KFF’s Annual Update on Employer-Sponsored Benefits

Health Populi

Putting the microscope on increases in premiums, worker contributions, workers’ earnings (the paycheck), and overall inflation, shows variability depending on the era we’re looking at, Figure B illustrates these trends by four time periods: 2004-2009 (the latter years of which marked the Great Recession); 2009-2014, which experienced the (..)

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How Covid-19 Can Inspire Tech-Enabled Value-Based Health Care in a Cash-Constrained America

Health Populi

health care financing regime of volume-based payment didn’t fare well as millions of patients postponed or cancelled procedures and visits for fear of contracting the virus in the halls, offices and clinics of hospitals and doctor’s offices. In other words, the U.S. You would have been dead meat.”. Crowe LLC estimated that U.S.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. ATA : ATA stands for the American Telemedicine Association and is the prominent professional telemedicine organization in the United States.

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Why We Practice Telemedicine

Beyond Telehealth

Telemedicine is a concept that most doctors did not want to talk about, let alone actually use, prior to this year. In such a short period of months, however, greater than 75% of doctors quickly adapted and actively engaged in telemedicine to schedule and visit with patients. It is simple…telemedicine works!

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Reuters Health: Telemedicine surging in US but still uncommon

mHealth Insight

“Although telemedicine visits have increased sharply in the U.S. in recent years, the vast majority of American adults still receive care from doctors in person rather than via remote technology, a new study suggests. In the real world successful mHealth applications were commonplace in 2009.

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): June 2015

American Well

Welcome to the first installment of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today, #tday for all you Twitter users. Each  Each month, Avizia will provide a recap of the latest industry news and public policy updates on issues impacting the use and deployment of telemedicine. ” Read More. Healthcare Informatics.

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More accolades for Topol as ‘connected health’ gains

Meaningful HIT News

Yes, it was Topol who dropped his stethoscope in the trash on stage at TEDMED 2009 and suggested that the handheld ultrasound should become the standard of care by the time the 200th anniversary of the stethoscope rolled around in 2016. This is not the first time we have heard this idea. A new one will still set you back $7,900.