Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

Health care access is a challenge in rural and urban areas, cities and suburbs, and across more demographic groups than you might realize, as we see wait times grow for appointments, primary care shortages, and delays in screening plaguing health systems around the world. The study was fielded between December 2023 and February 2024.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. Too many patients have not returned to the health care system.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

Bolstering the impact of digital health technologies — and particularly remote health monitoring and clinically-prescribed wearable tech — was the late December 2922 health policy news that telehealth provisions would be included in the FY2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 extended many other telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2024, including the following: Rather than only in rural areas, Medicare beneficiaries can receive telehealth services in any geographic location in the United States. Medicare Advantage plans may offer additional telehealth benefits.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Lululemon has published the 2024 Global Well-Being Report , a study into peoples’ perspectives on their personal health from the company best known for athleisure wear and self-care. This year’s report is titled, The Pressure to Be Well. That pressure is coming from peoples’ experiencing “well-being burnout.”

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

This post follows up Part 1 of a two-part series I’ve prepared in advance of the AHIP 2024 conference where I’ll be brainstorming these scenarios with a panel of folks who know their stuff in technology, health care and hospital systems, retail health, and pharmacy, among other key issues.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

AUGUST 21, 2024

Jones , published in the Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal (June 2024), researchers demonstrated how cellular-enabled RPM devices, supported by a 24/7 nurse call center, can effectively monitor pregnant women with hypertension, leading to reduced stress levels, high patient satisfaction, and fewer hospitalizations.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This only accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, and this time around, bolstered by digital health tools and access to broadband unavailable 14 years ago. Consumers are excited about connected health care , the Trusted Future study bullishly reports.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

CMS also hinted that consideration is being given by CMS to pay for new codes that describe caregiver behavioral management training in CY 2024 rulemaking. The Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) has also published its annual State. New Jersey (through December 31, 2023). Vermont (through January 1, 2026).

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2024

December 1 2024 was World AIDS Day , which was observed by the Biden White House with the display of the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt on the South Lawn — all 54 tons of it. ” On December 6 2024, Ryan would have turned 53 years of age. Both Republicans and Democrats and congresses have strongly supported Ryan’s bill.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2024

patients consumers, caregivers, health citizens all is a tough nut to crack. While I have mature chops in forecasting, futures work, and scenario planning, the uncertainties as of late December 2024 can feel like they overwhelm and outnumber the certainties, and wild cards abound. voters minds in the 2024 elections.

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Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2025

In tracking this last health factor for U.S. The top-line of the studies is that the percent of people in America feeling financially wobbly has increased since the fourth quarter of 2024. consumers feeling less comfortable about their economic status now compared with mid-November 2024. That’s about 30 million U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

in the past few years: funding for FAM deals grew 175% in 2024 totaling over $2 billion over 4 years, based on Rock Health’s tracking data. Any fast food: burgers, fried chicken, pizza … “). As the Tufts-Kaiser program exemplifies, food-as-medicine has already been advancing in the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

. “Health is becoming more holistic, as most of us globally feel that we need to do more for our physical as well as our mental wellness… The interconnectedness of health with other systems, such as nutrition and technology, is also being examined,” Team Ipsos explains in their report on the consumer survey data.

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