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A Tale of Two Americas as Told by the 2019 OECD Report on Health

Health Populi

Opioid-related deaths grew some 20% since 2011 in the U.S. health care versus the OECD peer nations. Our OECD peers generally invest more in primary care access than America does. One sign of this under-investment and disparity of primary care access is that the U.S. Now to Dickens’ lens over U.S.

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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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Getting More Personal, Virtual and Excellent – the 2020 NBGH Employer Report

Health Populi

On the other end of the specialty spectrum, which can also influence costs and improve outcomes due to upstream investment, are two areas: primary care and social determinants of health, both of which were assessed in the NBGH study. In 2020, on-site or near-site primary care centers are or will be adopted.

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Aledade Secures $260 Million Series F Financing Round to Expand and Enhance Services for its Nationwide Network of Primary Care Practices

Healthcare IT Today

Company Adds Two Board Members and a Senior Executive to Lead its Medicare Advantage Business Aledade , the largest network of independent primary care practices in the country, today announced the closing of a $260 million Series F funding round to enhance and acquire services and technology to support its practices.

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Amazon Care Partners with Ginger to Add Behavioral Health Services

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The partnership with Ginger will allow Amazon Care to offer behavioral health services. Ginge r has been a teletherapy startup offering on-demand mental healthcare since 2011, using smartphone-based technology to connect clinicians with consumers. Our primary care providers treat a range of common behavioral health concerns.

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Asymptomatic Hypoglycemia, a Silent Killer

Insulin Nation

A 2011 Catalina Research Institute study on continuous glucose monitoring found that 60% of all people with diabetes experience unrecognized hypoglycemia, with most of these silent incidents happening at night. In one 2011 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation study, patients who used CGMs saw their incidents of hypoglycemia drop from 21.8

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

> adults have an active Amazon Prime membership (adjacent to One Medical’s primary care services), and that 42% of Americans shop at a Walmart location every week. health care system not seen since the 1968 creation of Medicare, coupled with decreased reimbursement due to health care reform.