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Our Home Is Our Health Hub: CTA and CHI Align to Address Digital and Health Equity

Health Populi

Black people have had a more difficult time paying for phone and Internet connections during the COVID-19 crisis, we learned in a Morning Consult poll fielded in June 2020. One of those SDoH factors is connectivity, WiFi, broadband to the N of 1 — not just to the “last mile.”

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People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

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” The researchers used spatial analysis to explore disproportionate mortality outcomes for COVID-19 experienced by different racial and ethnic groups: comparing overall death rates with those of Hispanic or Latinx, Non-Hispanic Black or African-American, and Non-Hispanic White populations.

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Health Populi

On the can-do side addressing the connectivity chasm has been innovative communities and private sector partners, aligning to build broadband where people live, work, play, pray, learn, and shop. The second map titled “Community Networks” comes from ILSR’s analysis of the many communities throughout the U.S.

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McKinsey’s Six Shifts To Add Life to Years — and One More to Consider

Health Populi

The bar chart illustrates the result of the meta-analysis which considered 148 studies on mortality and risk factors. Here, we see that the risks of smoking 15 cigarettes a day on mortality (the fourth bar down from the top) ranked close to loneliness as a damaging factor on health and life.

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

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But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

A sobering analysis from Morgan Stanley found the most recent rash of hospital closures was impacting mostly rural institutions, serving large proportions of low-income people. Growing telehealth throughout the rural regions of the U.S. could help to alleviate the epidemic of hospital closures in these areas. hospitals.

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The Single Market for Healthcare in Europe: Learnings for the U.S.

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The EU Digital Single Market report on healthcare transformation gives us a snapshot of the consumer (EU health citizen) demand side for digital health access. A new analysis from McKinsey identifies opportunities for investing in European healthcare.