Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

To analyze which physicians made the transition sooner, the researchers used Epic electronic health record data to analyze visits between Oct. Younger generations had larger proportions of innovators and early adopters, as did behavioral health and primary care physicians. 1, 2019, and Dec. Of the 3,473 physicians, 13.8%

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2022

When it comes to peoples’ relationship to consumer packaged goods (CPG), the public health crisis has indeed impacted consumers’ purchasing behaviors and definition of “value,” based on IRI’s latest analysis of CPG shifts in 2022 and 2023.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. How would you improve what’s in the bill to optimize the use of telehealth in this challenging public health moment? What can we expect to hear relevant to the public health challenge?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2022

The most common telehealth solution involves primary care consultations that take place online (e.g., For example, Babylon Health offers a symptom checker and AI/ML driven diagnosis recommendations to patients. chat, video conferencing, etc.) via a portal or a mobile app. 5G) and differentiated connectivity services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

"Nationwide averages also obscure the variation among states and territories; for example, Arizona has only 8.5% of its psychiatric health care needs met and would need 227 psychiatrists to meet 100% of these needs.

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Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2025

There is an important distinction between a desert vis-a-vis a swamp when it comes to food and health: a food desert is an area with a high poverty rate where at least one-third of residents live over one mile from the closest grocery store in an urban area or over ten miles from a grocer in a rural area.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency may be coming to an end in May. But what's next for virtual care? And what about the blossoming trend of virtual-first hybrid care? Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept. Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. Re-building a community health system from an innovative blueprint.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 18, 2020

This assurance has given clear support to the use of technologies such as mobile messaging and video-enabled services, for example. One example is the creation of an expanded team with capabilities in technology roll-out, change management and health improvement, which has led to the expansion of video-enabled consultation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

billion in annual operating revenue, Memorial Healthcare System is one of the largest public health systems in the U.S. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Memorial launched telehealth for all its primary care and specialty centers, and today conducts about 100,000 virtual visits per year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced earlier this month , for example, that it would add 11 virtual services to its reimbursement list during the COVID-19 public health emergency – following in the footsteps of its earlier flexibilities for virtual care.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Here’s a recent example of health and wellness embedded in a connected car from Hyundai, one of many auto manufacturers re-imagining health as a benefit of driving in a car.

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Lloyd Price

MARCH 7, 2025

The concept of Neighbourhood Health, as outlined in recent NHS England guidelines and government rhetoric, focuses on integrating primary care, community health, mental health, and social care services into cohesive "neighbourhood teams." smartwatches) to monitor conditions like diabetes at home.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

My personal tour, thanks to Karsten and the Philips team, bolsters my own forecast that our homes, neighborhoods and local communities will be where our health and health care will be made and delivered in and beyond the public health crisis.

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Health Populi

JUNE 12, 2024

From bandages to home hygiene, OTC pain meds and DIY home projects, Morning Consult’s look into the most-trusted brands of 2024 give us insights into health consumers. I’ve been tracking this study since before the public health crisis of the coronavirus, and it always offers us a practical snapshot of the U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

For health care in 2030, I’ve thought about each driving force and then gotten more granular in the second column focusing a bit deeper on the factor and how it might play out in 2030.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

Those issues were COVID-19, the 2020 Election, health care policy, racial divides, and equity and access. W2O notes that these five issues became more-inter-related than ever, compared with previous years’ top consumer health issues. Keep an eye on the “S” in ESG for health care, along with E and G.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: COVID-19 was, among other phenomena, a wake-up call to the weaknesses and deficiencies of the U.S. health care system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The proposed CMS rules would make permanent additions to the telehealth services list nine codes that were temporarily covered during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Telehealth reimbursement after the public health emergency has been a continued cause for debate, with groups offering a variety of potential solutions.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

adults’ levels of trust in health care services and suppliers, finding the greatest trust lies with a consumer’s local pharmacy (for 77% of consumers), followed by hospitals (for 73% of people) and in third rank, health technology (63%). Layered on top of this is health citizens’ eroding trust in other aspects of U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve seen more financial and money-focused media bringing health care cost stories under their mastheads. So have investment banks, ratings agencies, and large financial services companies, as the pandemic has cast every industry’s eyes to public health and health spending.

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Health Populi

MARCH 31, 2020

Gaming is up: Twitch and YouTube Gaming, for example, are benefiting from rising demand for online gaming, and Xbox Live and PlayStation Plus are gaining new adopters. Here’s the rationale from our most-trusted public health leaders: Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx, and Dr. Adams. Sling TV, YouTube TV). Stay well and stay home!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

Today, more than one million people from all 50 states and 140 countries come to Mayo Clinic to receive care at sites in Minnesota, Arizona, Florida, Iowa and Wisconsin. This really allows us to do the right thing for our patients and their care.” The particular telemedicine solution depends on the need presented.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2025

My name is Vatsala Kapur, and I’m the Vice President of External Affairs at Bamboo Health. My career spans over three decades in health information technology, health policy and public health, including roles at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and in state government.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

"Many patients, particularly those with chronic conditions, were at a loss to balance public health recommendations to isolate at home with routine medical appointments." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. licenses to medical and behavioral health providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

We interviewed Lois Ritter, a teaching associate professor for the masters of public health program at the University of Nevada, Reno. Also, people who use consumer-facing telehealth may not have a medical home and hence, a primary care provider. For example, my finger that I broke two years ago is starting to ache.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

For example, Boomers would be less likely than younger patients to take a telehealth appointment if it was available sooner than an in-person visit — signaling, JLL says, that older people may have stronger ties to medical providers than younger patients. This is essentially a five-month extension for telehealth in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 21, 2022

We are more “conscious consumers,” expecting both the usual, traditional product efficacy — whether for household cleaning products or over-the-counter medicines — and at the same time, the dual expectation in NielsenIQ’s words to deliver on the health of the planet along with the health of themselves.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

During the public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services temporarily expanded that coverage – for example, allowing clinicians to provide services to patients in their homes and in non-rural settings.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

"If we are able to reach the patient by phone, we can, in real time, convert a scheduled in-person visit to a telemedicine visit to avoid prolonged gaps in care." " These purchases will allow sufficient technology to remain in place even after the public health emergency is lifted, and COVID protocols and limitations diminish.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Acquiring TPP would further strengthen its position in the UK market and potentially enable it to create a more comprehensive and integrated health record system, potentially linking primary care data with hospital records. For example, predictive analytics can help anticipate patient demand and optimise staffing levels.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2020

” Telemedicine is being used extensively in the “forward triage” of patients long before they arrive in the primary care clinics, said Dr. Siaw Tung Yeng, founder and CEO of MaNaDr, a telemedicine technology and services company. Minimizing risk to healthcare workers.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

Based on current COVID-19 recovery trends, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the US federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers will end on May 11, 2023. For a comprehensive overview, visit the Public Health Emergency Roadmap fact sheet.

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Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2024

consumers), followed by healthy aging (40%), weight loss or management (37%), digestive/gut health (for 36%), and heart and cardiovascular health promotion (among 30%). Energy is the top benefit sought from food (for 43% of U.S. Department of Agriculture) which is responsible for the SNAP nutrition assistance program in the U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 7, 2022

It’s important to note that central to the CHPA Educational Foundation’s mission is serving people with lower health literacy as well as reaching consumers living in underserved communities or “health deserts,” geographies lacking health care services – in particular, primary care.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Chris Darland, President at Peerbridge Health Telehealth and AI-enabled remote monitoring devices are bringing care into the homes of people who struggle to access clinical services. Providers can help reduce health disparities by offering less expensive remote monitoring solutions to bridge the care gap in 2025 and beyond.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

.” As you filter these findings through your own business operations, plans, and innovations, consider how to address supporting the Bedrock of Society, women and their health, through your work and in your personal lives: this could involve, Thinking omni-channel, meeting women where they “are,” in person, at home, closer-to-home, (..)

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