Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

Here is ECRI’s list of patient safety concerns a decade ago in 2015. Compare these with the top 10 safety concerns for 2025. Many more of these have to do with “technology” and devices (e.g., alarm hazards, med errors related to pounds vs. kilograms, mix-up of IV lines), noting several issues still plaguing the U.S.

Leadership 194

Leadership EHR Health IT Medical Technology 194

Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: I leave time in my frenetic schedule at CES for serendipity to kick in. Every year, keeping eyes and ears wide open, I spot something adjacent or somehow influential on health or well-being. My favorite example of this discovery happened at CES in 2015: that would make it a decade ago.

Digital Health 156

Digital Health Health Policy Mental health Medicare 156

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. On average, U.S.

Connected Health 194

Connected Health Digital Health HIPAA Telemedicine 194

AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 31, 2023

This article was originally published in July 2015 but was updated in January 2023. Another important distinction is that the reimbursement policies from private insurers vary between real-time and store-and-forward technologies.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Health Policy Patient Experience 147

Health Populi

MARCH 8, 2018

And it’s in personal health information: a medical record is valued 8 to 10 times the price of a credit card on the black market. Accenture studied the impact of medical and personal information theft, estimating an impact on one in 13 patients between 2015 and 2019.

Health Information 159

Health Information Leadership Connected Health Health Policy 159

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Kaiser Family Foundation reports that 2,390,097 people participated in Medicare within the South Central Telehealth region in 2015. Fact Sheet (Center for Connected Health Policy). Remote Patient Monitoring for Dialysis. The Henry J. To learn more, check out the fact sheet provided below.

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Telehealth Medicare Accountable Care Telemedicine 57

BHM Healthcare Solutions

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of policy barriers that hinder their plans, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. Payers are rapidly becoming educated and are keen on closing the gap.

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