Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This feels especially apt right “now” as we enter 2022, Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, with people mentally stressed, anxious, and shrugging off the Omicron variant – while taking on more DIY life-flows, self-care and desire for (more) control. COVID-19 exacerbated food insecurity as another side-effect of the public health crisis.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2022

I’ll pivot here to the fact that Walmart, Kroger, and other grocery and discount chains are also bolstering their healthcare and wellness footprints in the retail health ecosystem, delivering more than prescription drugs through the pharmacy. That is, virtually every country. For the U.S.,

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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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Society for Participatory Medicine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

For patients, the recommendation of their primary care physician is key in selecting a specialist. Primary care physicians base their recommendation to specialists on perceived clinical expertise. The post Patients and the Diagnostic Journey: Finding Specialists first appeared on SPM Blog.

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E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Longitudinal Care Service Lines, Geisinger Health. Global Director of Healthcare Transformation, IBM; President, Patient- Centered Primary Care. CEO, Southeast Texas Medical Associates, Adjunct Professor, Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San. System, Danville, PA.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Here are a few core benefits for each person in the healthcare ecosystem: For patients: Access is everything in mental health care and these new rules from CMS help patients secure continuity of care. Additionally, as this access improves, there are more opportunities for patients to find the right care.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. Remove unnecessary in-person visit requirements for telemental health services.

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MeMD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a result, more companies are turning to telebehavioral health to remove obstacles and give their staff access to the services they need most. Virtual Primary Care Can Combat Widespread Provider Shortages as Businesses Step up the Offering. Primary care is another area threatened by provider shortages.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

To meet this surge in demand, Cleveland Clinic leveraged both its providers who were already active on the platform, and also trained more than 350 primary care providers — many of whom were temporarily redeployed due to the virus — on telehealth. ?During Indiana University Health. Baptist Health South Florida.

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American Well

APRIL 3, 2020

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidance for COVID-19 testing, testing protocols and priorities have been left to the discretion of state and local health departments and/or individual clinicians, leading to wide variations across locations and healthcare facilities.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. Remove unnecessary in-person visit requirements for telemental health services.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

More than ever, healthcare providers are turning to innovative solutions like chronic care management (CCM) to address the growing need for comprehensive care and to improve patient outcomes. In this blog, we will explore the importance and the benefits of CCM.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Monitor local, regional, and national public health reporting on influenza and other seasonal illnesses to better anticipate your upcoming demand for clinical services and stay up to date with public health triage and management recommendations. Don’t Forget Quality!

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American Well

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Monitor local, regional, and national public health reporting on influenza and other seasonal illnesses to better anticipate your upcoming demand for clinical services and stay up to date with public health triage and management recommendations. Don’t Forget Quality!

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Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Working for an organization that prioritizes patient care and prioritizes their clinicians was eye-opening. I came from a background in community mental health. It wasn’t a for-profit, private practice environment that I came from – it was from public health. What is the most rewarding part of your job?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Over the past couple of weeks, Walmart is demonstrating its growing commitment to and leadership in healthcare and public health. The announcement that Walmart would offer a mental health program as part of its consumer healthcare service portfolio. Walmart is testing a lactation suite, discussed in a company blog here.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 29, 2023

This can be especially useful during times of high demand, such as during a pandemic or other public health crises, when traditional healthcare systems may be overwhelmed. Virtual healthcare can also reduce the burden on traditional healthcare systems by allowing patients to receive care for certain conditions without hospitalization.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2022

I welcome and dig into the Edelman Trust Barometer every year, and put on my health/care lens when reviewing its findings. In this Health Populi blog, I’ll cover the global results and some of the granular health-related nuggets I can divine from this overall world-view.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

And Excess Deaths” in my latest post for Medecision’s Liberation blog. O recently called 2020 “The Year of COVID.”. I riff on his observation for last year, coining this year our “Year of Vaccines. You can read my take on the upside of vaccinations and the sobering downside of mortality in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

In 2016 at CES, I spoke with Ranndy about the company’s project #GoingforZero, a public health education campaign aiming for “zero” incidence of stroke. Here is Omron’s blog written for #CES2018 on Going for Zero.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Indeed, the COVID-19 public health crisis accelerated consumers’ embrace of digital tools for living, working, cooking, shopping, praying, playing, learning from, and exercising at home. The post Our Homes as HealthQuarters – Finding Health and Well-Being at CES 2023 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

OCTOBER 7, 2024

That’s where Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Real-Time Health Data Streaming come in. These technologies are revolutionizing modern healthcare, making it easier to manage chronic health conditions through EHR data integration. What Are Electronic Health Records (EHR)?

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CiscoHealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

As part of our National Health IT Week blog series, we are going to take a look at the social determinants of health. This means the conditions under which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, to improve our overall health ecosystem and support healthy communities. Modernize public health infrastructure.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

AUGUST 18, 2024

Patients often struggle with medication adherence, face barriers to accessing care, and experience a one-size-fits-all approach that fails to account for individual differences, highlighting the need for personalized chronic condition protocols. Always consult with a healthcare professional for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Chronic Care Model is based upon the idea that people with chronic illnesses should have access to continuous care and support. It shifts the focus from acute and reactive care to proactive, population-based care. What Are the 6 Key Elements of the Chronic Care Model? Here are the top benefits of CCM: 1.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

.” As we enter Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and civic chasms and economic uncertainty (inflation, health care costs, Great Resignations), I took this page out of Dr, Seuss in my last monthly post for Medecision’s Liberate Health blog.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

At the end of each year since I launched the Health Populi blog, I have put my best forecasting hat on to focus on the next year in health and health care. There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

Here is a snippet of how I explained the Accenture research here in Health Populi when it was published: “Making healthcare more human begins with a step in the patient’s shoes,” Rich Birhanzel wrote in Accenture’s Humanizing Healthcare blog in July 2021.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 4, 2022

Nate Silver discussed the concept here in his 2010 FiveThirtyEight blog, noting that it’s more about turnout than “enthusiasm.” The “enthusiasm gap” has long been a factor driving some folks to vote, and others to stay home and avoid the polling booth.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 2, 2023

Chronic diseases are a significant public health concern in the United States and around the world. Public Health and Self-Management Public health initiatives and self-management strategies are crucial components of preventing and managing both acute and chronic health conditions.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 18, 2021

In January, the American Cancer Society, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and 73 other organizations, including many major health care systems, issued a statement stressing the urgency of preventive care. “We Consequences of Delayed Care. Pandemic Health Effects Will Outlast COVID-19.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This blog, Health Populi, covers the intersection of health, people, technology, and economics. This is so important for health given that most of us in the field agree that our “ZIP code is more important than our genetic code.”. Without them, the U.S.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

[link] In January 2023, the Rockefeller Institute published a three-part blog series on trends to watch in healthcare in 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.

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2019

His stance has moved to the center away from single payer, to a private/public mix. He believes in “getting to guaranteed universal health care, featuring primary care, the ability to see a mental health provider,” noting that in Texas, the single largest provider of mental health care is the county jail system.”

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