Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2019

” The OECD broadly defined the phrase in their 2017 paper on the topic as follows: Mobility, cloud computing, the Internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics are among the most important technologies in the digital economy today. The digital divide in the U.S.

eHealth 168

eHealth Patient Experience Telehealth Digital Health 168

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. One-half of 50+ Americans use a tablet, and 17% own wearable tech.

HIPAA 422

HIPAA Health Data Digital Health Health Information 422

Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: VisitPay included this third line chart in the report, more closely looking at household income cohorts. In quintiles, 2017 median income ranged from the bottom fifth of homes with $13K, fourth group $35K, middle quintile $61K (close to the median overall), second group at $99K, and top at $221K.

Medical Billing 283

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 283

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

Fetter also launched adjacent businesses—Conifer Health Solutions and United Surgical Partners International—which are now multi-billion-dollar enterprises and leaders in their respective fields. Fetter retired as chairman and CEO of Tenet in late 2017. Dr. Jain contributes healthcare delivery reform insight.

Digital Health 52

Digital Health Leadership Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 52

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

“Health agencies will have to become at least as sophisticated as other consumer/retail industries in analyzing a variety of data that helps uncover root causes of human behavior,” Gartner recommended in 2017. That’s because “health” is not all pre-determined by our parent-given genetics.

Public Health 205

Public Health Medicare Health Technology Patient Experience 205

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

In the words of the report, “our analysis reveals a mix of strides and stagnation in state-based policy despite decades of evidence-based research highlighting positive clinical outcomes and increasing telehealth utilization.”

Telehealth 206

Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care 206

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

However, the pace of adoption is tempered by provider resistance to taking on risk and by payer reluctance to push providers to do so before they are operationally prepared to be successful,” Abrams said, referencing findings in Numerof & Associates’ 2017 State of Population Health Survey.

Medicare 32

Medicare Telemedicine Accountable Care Patient Experience 32

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

To address that challenge, in 2017 PLM secured a $100 million (controlling interest) investment from iCarbonX , a Chinese company that is amassing patient data to discover cures for disease. And they invested in people because the communities they built require a human touch.

Pharmaceuticals 216

Pharmaceuticals HIPAA BioTech Patient Experience 216

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. This post updates my initial thoughts on the deal, given the morphing US healthcare market on both the traditional health services front and fast-evolving retail health environment.

Medicare 153

Medicare Pharmaceuticals Primary Care Patient Experience 153

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This change is occurring as the result of clinical innovations, patient preferences, financial incentives, electronic health records, telemedicine, and an increased focus on improving quality of care and clinical outcomes. The average number of plans a beneficiary has access to this year will be 28, up by a whopping 50% from 2017.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telehealth HIPAA Patient Experience 41

Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2019

asserted that by 2011, human health was marked less by infectious disease and more by non-communicable conditions that could be highly influenced, reversed and prevented through self-care by the individual and public health policy that promotes social and financial wellness.

Public Health 199

Public Health Health Policy Mental health Patient Experience 199

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2018

by the fourth quarter of 2017, up 1.3 2017 reversed advancements in health insurance coverage increases since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, and for the first time since 2014 no states’ uninsured rates fell. health citizen is covered by health insurance. uninsurance rate rose to 12.2%

Medical Billing 189

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 189

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

The report is aptly titled, Americans’ Views on Health Insurance at the End of a Turbulent Year. adults, age 19 to 64, by phone in November and December 2017. 9 in 10 working-age adults say “yes” indeed, my fellow Americans and I all have the right to affordable health care, as the chart illustrates.

Medicare 209

Medicare Patient Experience Health Policy 209