Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2022

Consumers continued to invest in and use several technologies that supported self-care at home in 2021, with plans to purchase connected health devices, sports and fitness equipment in the next year. The percent of first-time tech purchases will increase “considerably” from 2021, on average 8 percentage points.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Mental and behavioral health. Specialty care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024. Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels.

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Telehealth Patient Experience Healthcare IT Nursing 75

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 Zócalo Health is available to individuals living in California.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Medicare Health Policy Leadership 52

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The survey informing the report was conducted between August 2 and September 7, 2021, among 3,616 adults 18 and older (in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Vietnamese based on consumers’ language preferences). That’s the supply side of HLTH.

Digital Health 156

Digital Health Primary Care Mental health Public Health 156

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The pharmacy is all these things, and increasingly digital-first, we learn in The Rx Report: A new day in retail pharmacy , a consumer survey from CVS Health. CVS Health, one of the two largest pharmacies operating in the U.S. in 2021 along with Walgreens, worked with Morning Consult to poll 2,210 U.S.

Mental health 177

Mental health Nursing Telehealth Primary Care 177

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Power points out several granular perspectives to keep in mind as we design and implement omnichannel health care services: Two-thirds of U.S. consumers has accessed video telehealth services in the 12 months from June-July 2021. “Patients really like telehealth,” J.D.

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Telehealth Mental health Nursing Primary Care 218

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

The concerning learning here is that the self-rationing, or postponing, health care behaviors of millions of patients dealing with chronic conditions can exacerbate those issues, from foot health to vision health, delayed diagnoses for acute conditions, or un-managed care that will occasion an inpatient admission later in 2020.

Telehealth 194

Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Medicare 194

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

On the upside for the sector’s risk exposure, health care companies tend to work on public health-good, playing what S&P termed “a crucial role for the communities they serve.”

Life Science 177

Life Science Public Health Primary Care Patient Experience 177

Health Populi

MAY 24, 2023

One-half of consumers were following a specific eating pattern or diet in the 2023, about the same percentage of people as in 2022 and significantly more consumers than the 39% following a diet in 2021.

Mental health 156

Mental health Primary Care Public Health Health Policy 156

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

TCMHCC Initiatives The state of Texas has recognized the severity of the youth mental health crisis and in 2019 created the TCMHCC to address gaps in mental health care for children and adolescents. The program was expanded in 2021 when the Texas Legislature approved federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Mental health 58

Mental health Psychiatry Primary Care Healthcare IT 58

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. The Government’s commitment to expand ICP and PHBs to between 50,000 and 100,000 people by March 2021.

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Pharmaceuticals Primary Care Public Health Health Policy 28

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We can find academic research recommending that major health policies should emphasize reducing unhealthy lifestyles, dating three decades ago 3. The focus on lifestyle improvement to prevent pathologies is not new.

Interoperability 88

Interoperability EHR Health Data Primary Care 88

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

According to a recent Rock Health report , the first half of 2022 saw 329 digital health funding deals totaling $10.3 billion raised in the first half of 2021 across 372 deals. “To billion—down from $14.7 Dr. Jain contributes healthcare delivery reform insight.

Digital Health 52

Digital Health Leadership Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 52

Henry Kotula

MAY 23, 2020

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

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telemedicine Public Health Health Policy 41

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

CES 2021 featured some obvious quick-pivoting products that had the pandemic written all over them, with sessions invariably speaking to the way the public health crisis impacted companies and strategic plans. Joining Peloton in connected fitness at CES 2021 was NordicTrack, which recently announced its purchase of Precor.

Digital Health 194

Digital Health Public Health Life Science Patient Experience 194

Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Yesterday the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS ), announcing they will delay implementation of changes to physician evaluation and management (E&M) codes until 2021.

Medicare 32

Medicare Telemedicine Primary Care Health Policy 32

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The exploding elderly population, in combination with a shrinking workforce to fund Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security, will force our health system to ration care in new ways. These realities will increase the role of primary care as the needed coordinator of health services for patients. David Rahija.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Nursing Patient Experience Medicare 41

Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

health care spending and what comes from it, according to Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly , a perennial report from The Commonwealth Fund that compares health system performance across eleven developed countries. as well as the physical and mental health of the nation’s health citizens.

Digital Health 406

Digital Health Primary Care Mental health Public Health 406

Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

Health Populi’s Hot Points : Emotional support is just as important as medical support, Accenture observed in the Health and Life Science Experiences study conducted in 2021.

Life Science 156

Life Science Telemedicine Health Data Primary Care 156

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

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

That core set of services covers consultations with doctors, tests and examinations, along with inpatient hospital care. Americans have relatively less access to a doctor when care is needed, the OECD report revealed. The primary care “backbone” in the U.S. point by 2021. In the U.S.,

Primary Care 248

Primary Care Public Health Mental health Health Policy 248

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The second plan ranked in customer sat was Kaiser Permanente, down one point from 78 to 77, followed by Aetna (merged with CVS Health in the past year) gaining one point to 76, and UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and the Blues in fourth through sixth places at or below the median customer sat index of 75, shown in the second chart.

Primary Care 177

Primary Care Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 177

Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2022

Here is the grade-school teacher decline for 2021 along with that for military offices, both top professions but declining in the year in reputation in the Gallup study. The third chart illustrates that U.S. consumers’ perspectives on honest and ethics and professions fell to pre-pandemic levels and lower for many professions.

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Nursing Mental health Public Health Primary Care 394