Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Since CVS/pharmacy morphed into CVS/health when it quit tobacco five years ago in 2014 , I began to intuit a shift in the U.S. where private sector organizations began to more visibly take on public health objectives and missions.

BioTech 272

BioTech Primary Care Public Health Mental health 272

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The “super social” adjective was first coined by Dr. Chris Gibbons of Johns Hopkins University, who wrote about Broadband as a Health Imperative back in 2014.

Digital Health 386

Digital Health EHR Telehealth Primary Care 386

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2018

Underlying this clinical and economic phenomenon is obesity, which primary care doctors are challenged to deal with as a chronic condition along with typically co-occurring comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. Why has this been the case? Because they are public goods, and the U.S.

Public Health 180

Public Health Health Policy Primary Care 180

Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2018

In the Weighing Down America study, the Milken Institute gauged that health conditions related to obesity and overweight totaled $428 billion. healthcare spending in 2014. The post Obese, Access-Challenged and Self-Rationing: America’s Health Vs Rest-of-World appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

Primary Care 176

Primary Care Public Health Health Policy 176

E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 29, 2014

As a member of the Editorial Board of Population Health News , I was asked to provide some personal perspectives for the October 2014 issue. Longitudinal Care Service Lines, Geisinger Health. Global Director of Healthcare Transformation, IBM; President, Patient- Centered Primary Care. System, Danville, PA.

Health science 45

Health science Primary Care Health Policy Public Health 45

American Well

OCTOBER 3, 2016

At this time, parents only pay for the medicine and any future follow up with their personal primary care physician. Begin by understanding the patient base and needs, and tracking areas with a high volume of ER visits for non-urgent care that could be offered via telemedicine. Telemedicine Battles the Opioid Crisis.

Telemedicine 48

Telemedicine Mental health Telehealth EMR 48

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

Primary Care 177

Primary Care Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 177