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China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In 2013, family doctor contract services were piloted in rural areas before its nationwide implementation in 2016. In China, family doctor contract services come in three packages: a basic, free public health service package, a basic package with options for personalisation, and an integrated medical treatment and nursing care package.

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The U.S. is a Nation in Pain – America’s Life Expectancy Fell Again in 2016

Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

American saw the greatest number of deaths from suicide and alcohol- and drug-induced fatalities was recorded in 2016. wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. life expectancy fell, again, in 2016. The Northeast and Midwestern U.S.

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One in Two Americans with Work-Based Insurance Worries That Healthcare Costs Could Lead to Bankruptcy

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. workers with private insurance more likely report poor access to health care, greater costs of care, and lower satisfaction with care versus people covered by public health insurance plans — whether Medicaid, Medicare, VHA or military coverage. households.

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The Ultimate Health Outcome, Mortality, Is Rising in America

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

year from 2016. The rates of death for younger ages significantly grew between 2016 and 2017 in the age cohorts 25-34 and 35-44. That’s due to the fact that the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths with synthetic opioids (not methadone) increased by 45% between 2016 and 2017. How long can people living in the U.S.

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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: In the report’s discussion, KFF recognizes that this year’s study, the 22nd annual, was fielded in the unprecedented time of the coronavirus pandemic. Job losses in the public health crisis have resulted in millions of American workers and families losing health benefits.

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Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The NHS “supply shortage” is a result of financial cuts to both social care and public health. This article in the BMJ published earlier this year called for increasing these investments to ensure further erosion of population and public health outcomes, and to prevent further health disparities in the UK.

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What We Know We Know About ZIP Codes, Food, and Deaths of Despair – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 3

Health Populi

MAY 1, 2019

.” That’s the first sentence of Chapter 7 in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. This data point comes from research published in JAMA in April 2016 on the association between income and life expectancy in the U.S.

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The Health of A Nation – Being Healthy In America Depends on Where You Live

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2018

In the US, when it comes to life and death, it’s good to live in Hawaii, Utah, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Iowa — the top five states with the greatest life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at birth in 2016. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Public health is personal health at the ZIP code level.

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Radicalizing Kindness for Health: Learning from Bhutan

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Tyler, who was national spokesman for Ted Cruz’s 2016 Presidential Campaign, said that we in America need to, quote, “radicalize kindness.” ” A recent article in the BMJ talks about “Valuing health as development: going beyond gross domestic product.”

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Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2019

a risk factor in two-thirds of bankruptcies filed between 2013 and 2016. That’s a sad fiscal fact, especially as more Americans gained access to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPA). between 2013 and 2016.

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The Suicide Rate in America Increased by 40% between 2000 and 2017. Blue Collar Workers Were Much More At Risk.

Health Populi

JANUARY 29, 2020

The latest report from the CDC on Suicide Rates by Industry and Occupation provides a current analysis of the National Violent Death Reporting System which collects data from 32 states, this data set from 2016. The national average suicide rate for men in 2016 was 27.4 per 100,000 males; for women, the suicide rate was 7.7

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2020

More than four times as many Black women believe that it’s a bad time to be Black in America in 2020 versus 2011, we learn from The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). The Undefeated was started in May 2016, and has been a thought leader on topics of race and sports in America.

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The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through Medicare. Remove unnecessary in-person visit requirements for telemental health services.

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VA working with Apple to broaden telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The new iPad initiative has its roots in the VA's Connected Tablet program , which launched in 2016 and, research shows, has created a more satisfying patient experience and made veterans less likely to miss appointments. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Email the writer: mike.miliard@himssmedia.com.

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Financial Stress Is An Epidemic In America, Everyday Health Finds

Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This feeling of political stress was uncovered at the time of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election by the American Psychological Association in their Stress In America study, which I discussed here in Health Populi. tomorrow having spent nearly three weeks getting smarter about health and healthcare in various parts of Europe.

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

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

Five years ago, in 2016, the W2O Group said that, “Relevance is reputation.” ” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. Keep an eye on the “S” in ESG for health care, along with E and G.

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Goulburn Valley Health partners My Emergency Doctor for after-hours telemedicine services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Established in 2016, My Emergency Doctor has been providing acute care after hours via video and phone across regional Australia. It has established partnerships with over 40 healthcare services, including ambulances, primary health networks, residential aged care facilities, hospitals, urgent care centres and multi-purpose centres.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

"The telehealth cliff is looming, casting much uncertainty and concern for the health and safety of Medicare beneficiaries, and the sustainability of our already overburdened healthcare system," said Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. A years-long effort.

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Bonus Features – September 18, 2022 – HIMSS and WHO to collaborate on digital health, inpatient admissions for pediatric mental health up 60% since 2016, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Research from payment and analytics company Clarify Health found that mental health utilization for pediatrics has increased significantly since 2016. Inpatient admissions for mental health increased 60% from 2016 to 2021, while ED admissions increased 20%.

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AMA offers further guidance for telehealth rollouts

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 7, 2020

The 128-page update to AMA's Digital Health Implementation Playbook Series comes as telehealth adoption is increasing by leaps amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

In 2016 at CES, I spoke with Ranndy about the company’s project #GoingforZero, a public health education campaign aiming for “zero” incidence of stroke. Cardiac health has a growing evidence base for digital health tech, IQVIA pointed out in their recent study on The Growing Value of Digital Health.

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Patient visits to community health centers soar, report finds

FierceHealthIT

JUNE 18, 2018

Community health centers saw 33% patient growth between 2010 and 2016, according to an analysis from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Those pens would do two things to modernize American health care for both patients and doctors: first, Congress would pass the CONNECT for Health Act (HR 4189. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act. Plainly put, we have 20 th Century laws governing 21 st century health care delivery.

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Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members

Health Populi

JANUARY 19, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: In an essay I wrote for The Huffington Post back in July 2016, I asserted that broadband connectivity was a social determinant of health.

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Wear A Mask and Save 5% of US GDP: My Independence Day Holiday Wish

Health Populi

JULY 3, 2020

Public Health Workers. As a sidebar, I am mindful that Taiwan’s leader is President Tsai Ing-wen , the first female leader of the nation elected in 2016. “And please…please…please wear a face covering,” Dr. Jerome Adams, the U.S. Surgeon General pleaded on June 30, 2020 , during a speech to U.S.

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Obese, Access-Challenged and Self-Rationing: America’s Health Vs Rest-of-World

Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The CDC published new data on the prevalence of obesity in America earlier this month, identifying a markedly greater obesity prevalence among adults in nonmetropolitan than metropolitan counties in 2016: 34.2% in nonmetros vs. 28.7% in metro areas. Overall obesity prevalence in the U.S.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

First, consider the big health economics picture painted in the paper US Health Care Spending by Race and Ethnicity. The table arrays data the researchers analyzed from 2002 to 2016, identifying patterns of six types of medical services used by race and age group.

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How We Spend Versus What We Get: America’s Healthcare Spending Makes for Poor Health

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2018

Note the last line of that matrix, population with health care coverage: the U.S. It’s important to realize that this statistic is based on data from 2016 at a historic high, when the Affordable Care Act was in full implementation]. ranks lowest on that, at 90%. [It’s

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I’d called WiFi a social determinant of health in a Huffington Post column I wrote back in 2016 , recognizing the emerging virtual health opportunity and potential for furthering the digital divide without bolstering broadband “everywhere.”

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'Deaths of despair' on the rise across the country, report finds

FierceHealthIT

MAY 10, 2018

A study by The Commonwealth Fund reports a 50% jump in the combined death rate from suicide, alcohol, opioids and other drugs between 2005 and 2016. Rising death and obesity rates also remain key public health challenges across the country, they said.

Public Health

Revolutionizing Healthcare: The power of Digital Health in dietary education for chronic conditions

Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

billion in 2016 to a staggering 6.3 This widespread access to digital health tools positions it as an affordable and scalable public health strategy. Among the most exciting prospects of digital health is its capacity to reshape dietary management. billion in 2021.

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

billion in annual operating revenue, Memorial Healthcare System is one of the largest public health systems in the U.S. THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. With 15,000 team members, 3,000 providers and $3.1

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Americans’ Trust in the Healthcare System Low Compared to Rest-of-World’s Health Citizens

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2018

At the same time, Colombia resolved a 50-year civil war-type conflict, La Violencia, in 2016, leaving the nation scarred physically and mentally to deal with post-traumatic stress and a public health crisis for mental health. EpiPen pricing and Martin Shkreli in the media in 2016 and 2017 have added fuel to that fire.

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The Trust Deficit Is Bad for Health: A Health/Care Lens on the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2022

For healthcare, trust hit a 7-year high in the Trust index at 69, the highest level since 2016 and gaining 3 points over 2021. ” The post The Trust Deficit Is Bad for Health: A Health/Care Lens on the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

BMC Public Health. 2016 Oct; 2(4): 237–244. Adv in Health Sci Educ. Using Telehealth to Reduce All-Cause 30-Day Hospital Readmissions among Heart Failure Patients Receiving Skilled Home Health Services. 2016; 7(2): 238–247. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Telehealth Implementation Playbook.

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The American Hospital Association Looks at Retail and Tech Health Care Disruptors

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

What underpins and inspires the seven “new” entrants to disrupt health care is consumer expectations. Can the provider partner with tech firms on data and research projects to improve care?

Primary Care

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A Smarter Home for Healthy Living at CES 2019….and a nod to Microsoft

Health Populi

JANUARY 17, 2019

Congressman and House of Representatives Majority Leader ( with whom I collaborated at CES in 2016 ); Morad Fareed, (another CES collaborator of mine on that Wizards of Maternal Health panel )’ and David Pogue, who leads Corporate Responsibility at CBRE Group, among many other experts.

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Stress in America, One Year into the Pandemic – an APA Update on Parents, Healthcare Workers, and Black Americans

Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2021

Stress is US: Health Care is the #1 Stressor in America. Presidential Election is a Significant Source of Stress, Even More than the 2016 Race. Stress in America – COVID-19 Takes a Toll on Finances, Education, Basic Needs and Parenting, Part 1. Two in Three Americans Cite the U.S.

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Reducing Suicide Calls for Cross-Sector Collaboration

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MAY 1, 2019

However, regardless of age, gender, occupation, race, or ethnicity, suicide can affect anyone; and is recognized as both a mental health and public health issue. And in 2016, they found that 53 children ages 11 and younger took their own lives because of bullying. Last year, Blue H.E.L.P.

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How the 21st Century Cures Act Will Change Diabetes Care

Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In a rare display of bipartisanship, Congress overwhelmingly passed The 21st Century Cures Act, and the president signed the bill into law on December 13th, 2016. Public Health Service’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Public Health Service may offer assistance in the clinical trial process.

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Studies: ACA Has No Effect on Hours Worked [UPDATE]

ACA Times

JANUARY 11, 2018

In January 2016, we wrote about a comprehensive study reported in the journal Health Affairs that found employees working just above and just under 30 hours per week both experienced virtually no change in their workweeks during the years the ACA has been in effect. But that has not happened, according to several studies on the issue.

Public Health

5 Most Common FAQs About Depression

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

References: Depression: A Global Public Health Concern. 2016, December 27). It is indeed time to educate ourselves about facts and information on depression and support those who are suffering from this mental disorder. Frequently Asked Questions About Depression | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.

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Data breaches raise new concerns about Australia’s e-Health record

Lloyd Price

JANUARY 10, 2019

My Health Record has been roundly criticised as it is based around an “opt-out” principle, and as the project developed there were serious concerns about what the information could be used for and who could see it.

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Massachusetts School Diabetes Care is Very Nurse-Centered

Insulin Nation

JUNE 30, 2016

State public health regulation prohibits school nurses from delegating administration of any “parenteral” medication to a child – a parenteral medication is any medication that can’t be taken via the digestive system. I spoke with several parents about this at a JDRF 2016 Summit in Boston this past February.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

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'Deaths of despair' on the rise across the country, report finds

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Americans’ Trust in the Healthcare System Low Compared to Rest-of-World’s Health Citizens

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