Health Populi

MARCH 30, 2020

The 2020 WebMD survey on the state of physicians showed a growing anomie among doctors working in the U.S. There are physician shortages for both primary care and certain specialty areas like surgery, psychiatry geriatrics and…infectious disease. according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Psychiatry 227

Psychiatry EHR Primary Care Health Policy 227

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

HRSA’s 8 bureaus and offices (Ryan White, Maternal and child health, rural health policy, healthcare systems, etc.) In 2019, Health Centers across the nation served 30 million patients. The post SEARCH 2020 – Day Two appeared first on LearnTelehealth. offer many services in several healthcare arenas.

Telehealth 99

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Public Health 99

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital health tools and virtual health care; looking past the pandemic, the American Telemedicine Association is envisioning that care will be omni-channel just as other aspects of consumers’ lives are, whether shopping, banking, or now for people in school, education.

Mental health 334

Mental health Digital Health Public Health Health Data 334

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

health care and that volumes turned downward in 2020. Deloitte’s analysis is something of a contrarian view given the never-ending upward cost-curve that has been stubborn to bend for decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has, in fact, had a positive impact on spending per se given the volume-based nature of U.S.

Primary Care 177

Primary Care Public Health Interoperability Medicare 177

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

For health care in 2030, I’ve thought about each driving force and then gotten more granular in the second column focusing a bit deeper on the factor and how it might play out in 2030. Just sayin’. Here’s the 2×2 matrix of what my two driving force choices create for us to consider.

Primary Care 234

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Patient Experience Public Health 234

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. I’d seen ATA’s initial statement on the coronavirus published on March 3 2020, so I knew Ann was on this issue. Congressional leadership on February 28 2020.

Telehealth 305

Telehealth Telemedicine Medicare Public Health 305

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. 2020 changed everything, the W2O team asserts, now issuing its latest look into the issue through the Relevance Quotient. This includes health care.

Life Science 177

Life Science Public Health Primary Care Patient Experience 177

Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2019

There’s something like cognitive dissonance as I prepare my 2020 Health Populi TrendCast of what to expect in the health/care ecosystem in the new year. Food and access to utility services are key social determinants of health, the American Academy of Family Practice has asserted.

Primary Care 156

Primary Care Mental health Telehealth Health IT 156

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will support the company’s launch of virtual primary care services in California, Texas, and Washington in 2022, introducing an improved and long overdue healthcare experience for Latinos built on trust, community, and culture. “We He currently sits on the Rogers Behavioral Health Board of Directors. healthcare.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Medicare Health Policy Mental health 52

mHealth Insight

OCTOBER 28, 2018

The conference will highlight the potential of delivering high quality and easily accessible, personalised healthcare in North East London, including clinical and public health services and the NHS 10-year plan. Integrated Care Ceri Jacobs, Managing Director, Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Pharmaceuticals 28

Pharmaceuticals Primary Care Public Health Health Policy 28

Henry Kotula

JULY 1, 2020

Private health plans have followed suit, the letter said, resulting in a 4,300% year-over-year increase in claims for March 2020. However, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund has found that the growth of telemedicine visits has plateaued and account for a relatively small percentage of rebounding ambulatory care services.

Telehealth 41

Telehealth Telemedicine Medicare Public Health 41

Henry Kotula

MAY 23, 2020

Worksite health, telemedicine, and direct primary care arrangements are all on the table. Large companies have mostly locked in their benefits for 2021, whereas many mid-market businesses are looking for alternative options now.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telemedicine Public Health Health Policy 41

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

In the longer term, it is worth watching whether continued pressure from doctors postpones further action, and whether the administration will enact changes that could upset the physician base— significantly, the 2021 PFS rule will likely drop in the weeks just before the 2020 Presidential election.

Medicare 32

Medicare Telemedicine Primary Care Health Policy 32

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Note the timing of this publication: the authors submitted the manuscript to Nature on 19th March 2020… just eight days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The “super social” adjective was first coined by Dr.

Digital Health 386

Digital Health EHR Telehealth Primary Care 386

Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2022

Here for 2022, the second chart tracks the “stark toll” of the COVID-19 pandemic and the excess deaths experienced for each state since the pandemic emerged in February 2020. deaths per 100,000 population between 2019 and 2020. Pre-pandemic, that rate was even for eight years, then this jump spiked in 2020.

Primary Care 287

Primary Care Public Health Mental health Health Policy 287

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

McKinsey concludes that the behavioral health impact of the pandemic will undoubtedly last beyond 2020, with certain conditions like PTSD not appearing until 2021 and lasting years beyond the onset. health care system in terms of workflow and payment parity.

Mental health 343

Mental health Primary Care Public Health Health Policy 343

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs. Reflecting on my many conversations during CES last week, I’m evolving the concept to our homes morphing into health delivery platforms.

Digital Health 194

Digital Health Public Health Patient Experience Life Science 194

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As the HLTH conference convenes over 6,000 digital health innovators live, in person, in Boston in the wake of the delta variant, what should attendees keep in mind to help HLTH make health? The top-line in the report, and the bottom-line for health citizens, was that 38% of U.S. That’s the supply side of HLTH.

Digital Health 156

Digital Health Primary Care Mental health Public Health 156

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

health care corresponds to the nation’s tremendous waste baked into the system when it comes to administration, fragmentation and dis-continuity of care, unsafe prescribing regimens, and under-investment in a strong primary care backbone. “The Age of Foolishness” in U.S.

Primary Care 225

Primary Care Mental health Medical Billing Health Data 225

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

On February 4 th , 2020, in a hospital in northern California, the first known inpatient diagnosed with COVID-19 died. On March 11 th , the World Health Organization called the growing prevalence of the coronavirus a “pandemic.”. On May 25 th , George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died at the hands of police in Minneapolis.

Telehealth 390

Telehealth Primary Care Public Health Connected Health 390

Health Populi

MAY 11, 2020

The term “deaths of despair” was coined by Anne Case and Angus Deaton in their ground-breaking research which culminated in their March 2020 book, Deaths of Despair. between March and early May 2020. Carrying through this tough math, the unemployment rate rose to nearly 15% as of early May, up from under 4% in January 2020.

Mental health 288

Mental health Primary Care Connected Health Health Policy 288

Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Lowering costs and prices means moving healthcare to less expensive sites of care (say, retail clinics, telehealth, and pharmacies providing primary care) and lowering utilization or allocating more self-care to patients at home. Consider the 2020 Presidential elections and calls for universal health care.

Primary Care 222

Primary Care Medicare Telehealth Health Policy 222

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

households entered 2020 in the best financial shape they’d been in years, based on new Census data released earlier this week. 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. lacked health insurance.

Public Health 156

Public Health Primary Care Health Policy 156

Health Populi

OCTOBER 11, 2021

He knew the power of integrating mental health in the context of overall health, and the role of socioeconomic factors and adverse childhood events both academically and first-hand as a child barely surviving whooping cough.

Mental health 207

Mental health Public Health Primary Care Connected Health 207

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

PwC explored how COVID-19 is influencing consumers’ health care behaviors in survey research conducted in early April by the Health Research Institute. The findings were published in a May 2020 report , detailing study findings among 2,533 U.S. adults polled in early April 2020.

Telehealth 194

Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Medicare 194

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 27, 2023

If you think about technology as simply being able to do more with less, healthcare is a great place to apply those skills” Steve Krupa , CEO, Psilos Group On March 11 th , 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic.

Interoperability 88

Interoperability EHR Health Data Primary Care 88

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It is ironic and very concerning to consider, in this context, the latest data on the outflow of health care professionals from the field, accelerating since the emergence of the pandemic in 2020.

Mental health 177

Mental health Nursing Telehealth Primary Care 177

Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

After his legs began to swell, and he felt “very, very lethargic,” he contacted his doctor at Catalyst Health Network, a Texas group of primary care doctors, to ask about less expensive alternatives. “I stopped taking everything when I just couldn’t pay anymore,” he said.

Medical Billing 41

Medical Billing Medicare Telemedicine Primary Care 41

Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

key detractors from good performance on these measures include: Lack of universal access to care for all Americans (the Fund points out that 30 mm people in the U.S. Less adequate primary care “backbone” with large gaps in PCP coverage throughout the United States. bn for on-demand care by July 1st, 2021.

Digital Health 406

Digital Health Primary Care Mental health Public Health 406

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S.

Primary Care 348

Primary Care Medicare Nursing Public Health 348

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

One gift of the pandemic was a mass recognition of and empathy for mental health – in oneself and in the larger community. More health citizens access therapy via virtual platforms at the start of the COVID-19 era in early 2020, with tele-mental health sustaining use ahead of other conditions for which people seek virtual medical services.

Health Technology 156

Health Technology Mental health Digital Health Primary Care 156

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

In April 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a report featuring evidence that in the month of March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was not an equal-opportunity killer. In the U.S., Pharmacists continue to enjoy high levels of trust among U.S.

Public Health 408

Public Health Mental health Nursing Primary Care 408

Digital Health Global

MARCH 16, 2023

Dr. Egan currently focuses on obesity medicine, menopause and primary care at true. Women’s Health. In addition to preventive care and sick visits, Dr. Egan assists gynecologists with women’s health, including the management of menopause symptoms with lifestyle and medication options. Lisa Chacko, M.D.,

Private practice 68

Private practice Primary Care Public Health Telemedicine 68

Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Across the country, only half of primary care doctor practices say they have enough cash to stay open for the next four weeks, according to one study, and many are already laying off or furloughing workers. The hospitals are getting massive bailouts,” said Dr. Christopher Crow, the president of Catalyst Health Network in Texas.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Medicare Telemedicine Health Policy 41

Health Populi

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Beyond current employees, companies in health care are also looking to hire workers with skills to support new capabilities and product offerings. Clearly, digital transformation is top-of-mind for healthcare organizations pondering their workforce strategies for 2020. Their poll of consumers found that 7 in 10 U.S.

Life Science 194

Life Science Medical Billing Health Data Primary Care 194

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Timoni, JD, an attorney and partner at the law firm Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, in Westfield, New Jersey, who represents healthcare providers in areas of reimbursement and managed care contracting. While a federal law in an election year may be doubtful, individual states are proceeding.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telehealth HIPAA Patient Experience 41

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. Other notable consolidations include the finalization of tech-giant Amazon’s purchase of One Medical , a primary care network.

Public Health 41

Public Health Digital Health Primary Care Telehealth 41