Clocktree

JANUARY 23, 2018

On October 26, 2017, The White Housedeclared the opioid crisis a public health emergency and the administration acknowledged a need to expand treatment throughout rural areas specifically by making telemedicine more accessible. This lack of access in rural areas means the residents are not receiving treatment.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

This report details how the National Health Service in the UK — the largest health care delivery system and single payor in the world — developed a model of “digital health hubs” to help address widening health inequities made worse through digital divides in the United Kingdom.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2019

The telemedicine programme is a joint effort of the Public Health Ministry and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). plan to increase access to healthcare with digital technologies, as stated in the eHealth Strategy by the Ministry of Public Health (2017-2026).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

In 2017, about 810 women around the world died every day from pregnancy-related causes. "I am so done with the numbers," said Fran Ayalasomayajula, head of the population health portfolio for worldwide healthcare, at HP. " "I see this as a public health emergency," she continued. I am so done!"

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2018

” The authors recommend that public health leaders and policy makers address the obesity trend when designing “policies and interventions to improve the public’s health.” The 2017 Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index found West Virginia ranked last of the 50 states in terms of citizen health.

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Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2018

Among these people, healthcare trust fell by 20 percentage points between 2017 and 2018, a “crash” (Edelman’s descriptor) from 75 percent to 55%. Only Colombia had a larger decline in healthcare market trust among a country’s most-informed public. health ecosystem stakeholders. Why the 7-point drop?

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Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2022

MMI 2018 Health Care for Typical Working Family of Four in America Will Cost $28,166. MMI 2017 Health Care Costs for Family of Four Will Reach $27,000 in 2017. MMI 2019 Milliman Finds PPO for Family of 4 in 2019 Will Cost $28,386.

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Health Populi

MAY 29, 2020

In the coronavirus quarantine era, millions of Americans have been staying home to flatten the curve, and it’s been working from the evidence-based, public health standpoint. But this first-wave impact of the pandemic and #StayHome mandates have exacted a price on financial and mental health.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

23% of households had zero or negative net worth in 2017, up from 16% in 2001. The research calls out that consumers’ retirement concerns are declining physical health and running out of money. A further datapoint in the McKinsey social contract report is that over half of individuals in wealthy countries, including the U.S.,

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As cars grow more connected via Bluetooth like our TVs, autos morph into a third space for health, which I’ve considered here in Health Populi and in some of my futures work with clients.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Consumers point to some organizations that they perceive may be working against their better health: these include fast food manufacturers, the entertainment industry, food processors (“Big Food”), the media, government agencies, and health insurance companies. Health care delivery in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

There was a bounce in “Confident” group in 2019, which fell by 10% just months later to nearly the 2017 level. The tagline explaining #2 here especially resonates int his moment: “The huge job losses brought about by COVID-19 were a vivid illustration of how public health can impact the nation’s economic progress.”

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Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2020

APA published the report, Stress and Health Disparities, in 2017, and the learnings resonate even louder today than when the Association launched the paper. is really dealing with several waves of dramatic challenges at once: The coronavirus crisis, a test of the nation’s health system and public health infrastructure.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. Here's an interesting one: This story actually dates from way back in the pre-pandemic past of 2017. So, naturally, many of them came here to explore their options.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. per year, 2017-26, expected to hit $5.7 What are those “fundamentals” pushing up healthcare spending?

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Health Populi

APRIL 25, 2023

The dip in patient volumes is easy to see in 2019-20, followed by the hockey stick increase in 2020-21 for utilization, signally some patients’ return to health care services. between 2017 and 2021. Inpatient costs fell just below the prescription drug share of spending per person in the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2021

At the same time, 2 in 3 people were also concerned aobut the privacy of their health information on apps. And there’s the ambivalence of “concerned embrace” of digital health. The phrase “concerned embrace” was coined in a 2017 Deloitte consumer study on mobile technology trends.

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. The Trust for America’s Health is a non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on public health and healthy communities.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

That hasn’t yet been available to those of us who quantify our steps, weight, sleep, food intake, and other health metrics. In 2017, Hugh Langley wrote in Wareable that, “blood pressure is wearable tech’s next challenge.” Knowing your blood pressure is an important step for managing the risks of heart disease.

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Xealth

MARCH 24, 2025

Based in the greater Boston area, its team of entrepreneurial investment professionals has deep experience in life sciences, digital health, AI, materials and technology. Chan School of Public Health, the UMass Chan Medical School, and the MIT Morningside Academy for Design. For more information, visit morningside.com.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Mental health via virtual platforms has sustained significant use since the waning of the public health crisis. But pent-up demand remains for mental health services which could be made further accessible. deaths due to accidents, accidental overdoses, and suicide in 2017. It is a critical time for the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

in 2017, 54.4% "Physician shortages, already projected to be severe before COVID, have almost become a public health emergency," he added. WHY IT MATTERS. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that the prevalence of burnout among U.S. physicians was 62.8% in 2021, compared with 38.2% in 2020, 43.9%

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

million transfusions between 1968 and 2017. They also examined the health outcomes of both blood donors and transfusion recipients through various national registers. The findings serve as a foundation for future research and public health interventions aimed at minimizing the risks associated with transfusion-transmitted diseases.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. million people in 2017. The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the erosion of the health insured population. lacked health insurance.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2019

The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services has to cope with a very serious tuberculosis problem. Guam has an extremely high rate of TB: In 2017, the case rate of TB in Guam was 50.2 THE PROBLEM. per 100,000 residents, compared to the mainland U.S. per 100,000 residents. Guam also has a huge number of non-U.S.-born

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Medical Mime - EHR

AUGUST 28, 2018

That is almost 200 people dying every day in 2017. 2017: 72,287 (+11.3%) – estimate. Amidst all these depressing numbers, the author (Margot Sanger-Katz) finds some reasons for optimism, such as this: In Dayton, Ohio, a hot spot for the epidemic, public health officials are seeing signs of progress.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The prevalence ( if not ubiquity ) of broadband, combined with fast-advancing robotics, ingestible technologies and wearable sensors as thin and lightweight as temporary tattoos – to name just a few recent innovations – are set to transform "medical services, public health, social services.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This number has increased by two since April 2017, although additional states have made modifications to their private payer law. This project is made possible by Grant #G22RH30365 from the Office of the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2020

But most Americans, rich or not, believe that it’s unfair for wealthier people to get better health care, according to a January 2020 poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Life Experiences and Income Equality in the United States. adults 18 or older.

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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.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2018

trillion amounts to the entire GDP of Spain in 2017. And the OECD rates Spain as having the best health outcomes in the European Union in terms of life span, infant mortality, and quality of life. The largest proportion, 32%, gets spent on hospital care. That equates to about $1.2 trillion in 2018.

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Health Populi

JUNE 12, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The USDA Report on Household Food Security in the U.S. in 2017 , published in September 2018, found that 12% of U.S. The prevalence of food insecurity for children in 2017 was equal to that of the 2007 pre-recession level of 8.3%.

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Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2018

We’ll see voice-first developers like Orbita, which appeared at HIMSS last year, expanding tools for health-focused digital voice assistants; I learned about their Alexa skills in 2017 developed for people dealing with aging at home. adults used in 2017, according to a survey Pew conducted last year. 46% of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2019

However, the challenge lies in how government institutions such as the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) can meaningfully engage the private healthcare sector in moving towards VBHC.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In 2017 alone, dietary risk factors were responsible for close to 11 million deaths and 255 million disability-adjusted life years across the globe. This widespread access to digital health tools positions it as an affordable and scalable public health strategy. billion in 2016 to a staggering 6.3 billion in 2021.

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Health Populi

MAY 1, 2018

Here’s my write-up of health, everywhere, at #SXSW2015 , including the Philips story. The serious public health data informing this campaign is that 85% of Europeans do not consume sufficient recommended quantities of fresh produce on a daily basis. The bar chart illustrates mean fruit and veg intake by European nation.

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Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2018

News & World Report, with help from the University of Missouri Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems (CARES) and a team from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. News’ portfolio of healthcare information projects, the best-known of which is Best Hospitals , most recently rated for 2017-18.

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