Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In collaboration with highly-qualified doctors and healthcare providers, we’ve built a digital health platform that is changing the way people talk about and receive the care they need.” ” That’s a verbatim paragraph from a blog on the Hims & Hers’ Medium channel. published on 30 September 2019.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

Among these events are Amazon’s plan to acquire One Medical , Apple’s publication of the paper, Empowering People to Live a Healthier Day , and other news that, together with these line items, signal a shake-up of American health care as we know it.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Least-trusted sources for the science on food and nutrition are social media influencers, newspapers (print or digital), blogs from agricultural companies, representatives from food companies, and non-profit organizations (ironically, IFIC being one such entity). Much lower in trust equity are farmers, friends and family, U.S. 4 in 5 U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 3, 2024

.” So begins an informative, timely essay on participatory medicine and patient engagement researched and beautifully written by Michael Millenson , whom I am blessed to call both dear friend and professional colleague. Michael’s essay on the history of U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The companies shared insights in a session on Building Relationships with the Modern Healthcare Consumer l ast week, warning that hospitals are facing economic challenges with implications on how they should engage and interact with patients in the coming months and years.

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Iris Telehealth

JULY 3, 2023

Integrated mental health services acknowledge that mental health and physical health don’t exist in silos and make high-quality care a reality for patients across the country. Additionally, it can also increase patient satisfaction in various primary care settings, including rural and urban communities.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As co-founder Dr. Danny Sands often says in his speeches, “How can patients participate if they can’t see what I see?” ” Not surprisingly, this site has often blogged about OpenNotes , starting with the initial research study from 2010-2012 that proved the world doesn’t end when patients see their notes.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Stay tuned to Health Populi for more insights into consumers, self-care and retail health in the coming days. Over the tenure of the eleven years of this blog, you’ll read a lot about retail health and consumer-facing healthcare. (Ask my husband and daughter).

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Health Populi

JANUARY 17, 2019

Lyn and Frances tested three assumptions that they believed linked housing and health: that housing contributes to health; that housing is not routinely included in health or social planning;’ and that the potential contribution of primary care is wasted.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2024

The company describes itself as “the first integrated health network that combines data-driven personalization, a coordinated care model, and aligned incentives,” and employs coaches certified by the National Board for Health and Wellness. A blog posting lists their effects on improved outcomes.

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2023

H-E-B is a frequent name featured in the Health Populi blog due to its continued innovation in retail health and bringing health and wellness services to people at home and closer-to-home — from vaccinations and flu shots to health screening and population health services.

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InTouch Health

JUNE 18, 2020

Chronically ill patients may also have trouble traveling to and from the cardiologist’s office. Fortunately, telehealth can help primary care providers connect with cardiologists and specialists in real-time, improving the patient experience, and increasing the access to care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Spencer Kubo, Chief Medical Officer at CareCognitics. The concept of the annual wellness visit is the classic “no-brainer” – one of the rare instances in which a concept is favorably received by all parties without any negative consequences.

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In Hand Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

If you’re a physical therapist or a primary care physician who has recommended physical therapy (PT) to patients, you’re likely familiar with these excuses and misperceptions. Are you interested in a telehealth solution such as the one described in this blog post to grow your PT practice? I don’t have time.

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Xealth

JANUARY 18, 2024

In a previous blog post, I explained the side door concept as the tendency of patients to seek lower-value services outside their primary care network. Similar to retail customers, patients seek more convenient and accessible ways to interact with healthcare providers.

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Iris Telehealth

JULY 8, 2024

For health systems, meeting patient’s behavioral health needs in a scalable and financially sustainable way requires quality behavioral health programming, specialized providers, and strategic partners who will support their programs and ensure they’re achieving their clinical and organizational goals.

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Banner Health added SilverCloud to its Digital Therapeutics formulary via Xealth to improve access to behavioral health resources, making it accessible to primary care practices. URMC turned to Xealth and Twistle to segment patient populations and automate outreach. Notable results include : 16.5%

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Xealth

APRIL 25, 2023

Banner’s method: We added the SilverCloud virtual mental health platform to our Digital Therapeutics formulary within Xealth and made it available to five primary care practices. Banner now looks to roll out SilverCloud across all its primary care practices.

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Digital Health Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

The experience inside someone’s home is sacred! We want to set the standard on what the patient experience is supposed to be like. This provides confidence in the care that staff can deliver for patients. If someone is bedridden, we don’t want our staff talking about the weather outside.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MAY 30, 2022

Remote patient monitoring, being a telehealth subset, creates access to patients’ vital signs from home between provider consultations. By doing consults remotely, nurses and providers, and even patients in the rural areas decrease exposure to other infectious patients in the hospital.

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 16, 2022

Telepsych providers can assess a patient’s needs and manage their risk to ensure each patient receives proper treatment and is dispositioned quickly. Along with this benefit, patients experience several other advantages , including: Improved access to specialty care that might not otherwise be available.

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InTouch Health

JUNE 11, 2020

Surgeries and other in-person procedures have been rescheduled, but many of these appointments and check-ups can be switched to a virtual setting without sacrificing the quality of care. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Informatics Association highlights the need for virtual care services during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

ONC published a blog post highlighting how to meet the 2015 Edition Cures Update requirements for ONC certification. Firefly Health and Sprinter Health are integrating Firefly’s in-home clinical services with Sprinter’s virtual primary care. Ascension is using Qualtrics for gathering patient experience feedback.

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American Well

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In the newly released case study , we reveal how Southwest Medical enrolled more than 30,000 patients in its program and conducted more than 20,000 telehealth visits. . Southwest Medical offers primary care, specialty care and urgent care, in addition to a variety of specialized, focused programs.

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American Well

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In the newly released case study , we reveal how Southwest Medical enrolled more than 30,000 patients in its program and conducted more than 20,000 telehealth visits. . Southwest Medical offers primary care, specialty care and urgent care, in addition to a variety of specialized, focused programs.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2022

Keep reading to learn how telepsychiatry can help your organization combat the provider shortage and provide your community with the high-quality care it needs. Understanding the provider and patient experience. Organizations are also leaning into collaborative care.

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Iris Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2024

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the adoption of virtual care across all medical specialties and primary care has been critical, especially in behavioral health. At Iris Telehealth, it’s not unusual for our partners to use telehealth 50-70% of the time for primary care or behavioral health care services.

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InTouch Health

AUGUST 27, 2019

These patients can access these services in times of crisis from the comfort of their own homes, so they don’t have to worry about scheduling time off work or dealing with the stigma of seeking recovery services in person. Telehealth can ease the burden of travel for these patients, so they can access these services as quickly as possible.

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American Well

APRIL 26, 2016

Urgent care visits typically cost about $155 and a primary care visit is around $114. The rule opens the rule for telemedicine reimbursement by giving states the duty of establishing standards that ensure all Medicaid beneficiaries have access to all types of care. Outpatient ER visits cost on average $1,750 a visit.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 30, 2023

Ongoing collaboration and innovation are necessary to overcome the challenges in the health industry and ensure that patients have access to the care they need. Patient Experience In the US healthcare system, providing high-quality patient care is a top priority for healthcare leaders.

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Iris Telehealth

MARCH 11, 2024

However, effective and efficient behavioral health integration can help decrease costs and improve patient experience. Integrating virtual care partnerships to support inpatient psychiatric units offers a simple solution to a complicated problem and helps keep patients from falling through care gaps.

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Xealth

APRIL 15, 2024

“Supportive Care Medicine and Nursing Partner to Provide Vital Digital Education Content” – City of Hope distributes real-time chemo education to patients Business Goal: I ntegrate COH’s education library and improve the patient experience through digital care.

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Digital Health Today

JANUARY 7, 2022

UCM Health is a platform that serves not only as a “digital front door” but offers 24/7 telehealth treat, triage, and navigation service to lower costs and improve outcomes and the patient experience. . That’s really taking the patient through an entire problem from start to finish, which is not primary care.

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American Well

APRIL 18, 2014

Estimates suggest that half to three-quarters of Americans are interested in online consults, and I’d expect this number to grow as more patients have access to telehealth services and as more doctors offer such services to patients. Consider the national average wait time to see a doctor of 18.5

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American Well

APRIL 18, 2014

Estimates suggest that half to three-quarters of Americans are interested in online consults, and I’d expect this number to grow as more patients have access to telehealth services and as more doctors offer such services to patients. Consider the national average wait time to see a doctor of 18.5

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 15, 2024

Key components of chronic care management Comprehensive care plan: A personalized care plan is developed collaboratively between the patient, their primary care physician, and other healthcare providers involved in their care.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Rise of Digital Health: A Solution to Healthcare Inequity While the healthcare industry has seen substantial progress, disparities in access to quality care remain a persistent challenge, particularly for rural and underserved communities.

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