Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

Nearly all patients have felt their symptoms had been ignored or dismissed by a doctor at some point, ECRI asserts. When this happens to a patient or their caregiver, it feels like “medical gaslighting,” ECRI explains.

Leadership 194

Leadership EHR Health IT Medical Technology 194

Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2019

“How should we define ‘health?'” The context for the question was that the 1948 World Health Organization definition of health — that health is, “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”– was not so useful in the 21st century.

Public Health 199

Public Health Health Policy Mental health Patient Experience 199

Health Populi

JULY 6, 2018

Families USA is “the voice for health care consumers,” so advocates on behalf of patients and caregivers. “Our health system is failing us,” the report’s summary asserts in its first sentence.

Patient Experience 208

Patient Experience Public Health Health Policy Health IT 208

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2025

Tell us a little bit about yourself and Bamboo Health. My name is Vatsala Kapur, and I’m the Vice President of External Affairs at Bamboo Health. At Bamboo Health, were committed to transforming physical and behavioral health through innovative technology solutions. Definitely.

Mental health 67

Mental health Primary Care Health Policy Telehealth 67

Health Populi

APRIL 19, 2023

People have expanded their definitions of health in 2023, with mental health supplanting physical health for the top-ranked factor in feeling healthy.

Mental health 156

Mental health Public Health Health Information Patient Experience 156

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Privacy literacy, understanding HIPAA and the importance of personal health data security and control; and, of course, Foundational literacy – the reading, writing, and arithmetic basics that form traditional definitions of “literacy.”

Connected Health 194

Connected Health Digital Health HIPAA Telemedicine 194

Health Populi

MAY 6, 2018

Millions of Americans who are “insured” are now considered “under-insured,” defined by the Commonwealth Fund as people who pay an insurance premium who also spend over 10% of household income on covering health care co-payments and coinsurance percentages, and meeting deductible limits.

Medicare 136

Medicare Patient Experience Health Policy 136