Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Many of my beloved and brilliant colleagues are convening this week at HealthDataPalooza and the National Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC.

Interoperability 436

Interoperability Life Science EHR Health Data 436

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

By dismantling the barriers women have identified, together we can create a future where women don’t have to make the difficult choice between maintaining their health or maintaining their financial wellbeing.”

Health Policy 177

Health Policy Nursing Telehealth Medical Billing 177

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine Dr. Ateev Mehrota proposed a more measured approach. Although the need for telehealth is unmistakable, said Mehrota, policies should encourage "higher-value" applications for care and discourage "lower-value" ones.

Telehealth 218

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Health Policy 218

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

With a master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Mo formerly served in leadership roles for Cotiviti, FinThrive, and McKinsey & Company.

Life Science 98

Life Science Health Information EHR FHIR 98

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We do not know how the reduced use of care earlier this year will affect future costs and premiums,” KFF humbly concludes at the end of the 2020 report.

Public Health 432

Public Health Telemedicine Telehealth Mental health 432

Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In mode of attendee (and self-confessed collegial-groupie of Dr. Topol’s), I took in his remarks taking notes as fast as I could thanks to Mom teaching me how to type on an IBM Selectric (the significance of which I wrote about here in the Huffington Post ). “The U.S.

Health Policy 189

Health Policy Health Data Life Science Connected Health 189

GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2020

In addition to reducing costs and improving outcomes, virtual health can bring advanced care to underserved patients while relieving overworked providers. Yet for some clinicians, telemedicine is still shrouded in mystery – often because they’re not sure how to get started. Educate your patients. Blazing the Telemedicine Trail.

Telemedicine 52

Telemedicine Telehealth Health Policy Connected Health 52

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

This table comes from Bari and O’Neill’s essay, comparing HIPAA with the GDPR, with a proposal for how to extend HIPAA in the meantime…until U.S. There were fascinating and helpful innovations at CES 2020 addressing health, and healthy aging, in Las Vegas unveiled earlier this month.

HIPAA 422

HIPAA Health Data Digital Health Health Information 422

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

”) AI, from applications and analytics to ethics (example: Machine Learning AI-Driven Community Coalition: Digital Outreach Improves Asthma Among Low-Income Children…and no doubt ChatGPT will be mentioned more than a few times throughout the week) Health data integration and interoperability (with updates on the cloud, standards, and digital (..)

HIPAA 156

HIPAA Health Data Health Information Health Policy 156

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

How to deal? There’s a mix of public sector tactics, from Federal to State to local; technology vendor tasks; health care provider jobs to do in terms of workflows and database development; and, patient-focused work.

Digital Health 276

Digital Health Health Information Telehealth Health Data 276

AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 31, 2023

Another important distinction is that the reimbursement policies from private insurers vary between real-time and store-and-forward technologies. For more information on live real-time telemedicine technologies and to begin developing your own custom solution, request a demo today.

Telehealth 147

Telehealth Telemedicine Health Policy Patient Experience 147

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy found telehealth use during the initial COVID-19 peak increased from less than 1% of visits to 80%. Generally speaking, what are the multistate caregiver licensing challenges health systems and telemedicine companies face?

Telemedicine 188

Telemedicine Telehealth Health Policy Remote care 188

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

Note that one of CES 2024 keynote speakers is Elevance Health’s President and CEO Gail Boudreaux. “Elevance Health, a health insurance company?

Mental health 218

Mental health Digital Health Telehealth Health Policy 218

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Center for Connected Health Policy is a great resource for organizations interested in following the evolving landscape of telehealth policy. TSIM serves as a road map on how to take a telehealth idea through a standardized approach to service scale and optimization.

Telehealth 161

Telehealth Health Policy Healthcare IT Connected Health 161

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and chief of health policy, quality and informatics program at the Houston VA Center for Innovation in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety. Hardeep Singh is principal investigator. He is professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, staff physician at Michael E.

Telehealth 166

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Nursing 166

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2022

The Building H Index is, in their words, flipping the script to reimagine how to bake health-by-design into companies’ product and service offerings.

Mental health 272

Mental health Digital Health Telehealth Patient Experience 272

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Time to look to the East and take some lessons on how to bring telehealth to people at home, in communities, and outside of U.S. Check out this last public health poster about Medicare and COVID-19. As the Chinese proverb goes, “A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.”.

Telehealth 305

Telehealth Telemedicine Medicare Public Health 305

Health Populi

JULY 11, 2018

An example is Arkansas, home to Walmart in Bentonville; the state ranked in the top 10 for farming industry metrics, but #46 in diet and health outcomes. In addition to diet and health outcomes, the Scorecard measures the farming industry outlook, shown in the second map (labeled “Map 1”).

Public Health 212

Public Health Mobile Health Health Policy 212

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“AI tools can bring transformative changes that enhance the delivery of care and improve health outcomes.” The calls-to-action are five — they are simple and they are bold: Eliminate bias and discrimination from health care.

Public Health 227

Public Health Digital Health Patient Experience Health Policy 227

Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

How to respond? The pace of technological change has caused anxiety — 80% of people globally said the pace of tech change was too rapid, especially true in India, Brazil, China, Mexico, and Japan, where over 70% of citizens cited this problem.

Digital Health 271

Digital Health Primary Care Mental health Connected Health 271

Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

That means we need a code of data ethics, and for that Andy cited Accenture’s report on Building Digital Trust with 12 principles for using data for good.

HIPAA 256

HIPAA Medical Billing Leadership Public Health 256

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

How to combat well-being burnout? The data highlights the top pressure points fueling the wellbeing cycle: 61% of those surveyed say they experience overwhelming societal expectations to appear well. 53% say there is a lot of conflicting information about the best ways to improve wellbeing.

Life Science 156

Life Science Nursing Pharmaceuticals Patient Experience 156

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Data literacy, the ability to comprehensive one’s “numbers” displayed in lab test results and other patient-facing clinical communications.

Connected Health 194

Connected Health Digital Health HIPAA Telemedicine 194

Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2018

Social mobility in America has a lot of friction: children of wealthier people tend to grow into affluence, and children of low-income parents tend to struggle to move up the income and education ladder, according to A Broken Social Elevator: How to Promote Social Mobility , a new report from the OECD.

Public Health 192

Public Health Health Policy 192

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Deloitte provides a provocative argument for how to bend America’s unsustainable health care cost curve while enabling patients – morphing from consumers to health citizens “owning their care and health,” in Deloitte’s words.

Primary Care 177

Primary Care Public Health Interoperability Medicare 177

Health Populi

AUGUST 1, 2018

” How to deal with these challenges? The authors cite a study published in The Lancet in 2017 that found that 20% of the users of statins (to lower the risk of heart disease) cited negative side effects such as muscle pain compared with those who were taking a placebo, unsure they were ingesting a statin.

Public Health 174

Public Health Health Policy 174

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

While doctors noted to the AMA their top virtual care platform of choice was Zoom, some patients could not meet-up due to barriers of lacking a smartphone, tablet, or computer device; the ability to pay for connectivity to the Internet; or the know-how to be able to access that well-intentioned “digital front door” to a virtual visit.

Telehealth 156

Telehealth Primary Care Telemedicine Public Health 156

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Microsoft is working with Humana on how to leverage data to help people age in place safely and health-fully. Humana connects with consumers on issues of loneliness and mental health through its campaign with spokespeople Nick Jonas, Queen Latifah and Ted Danson.

Medical Billing 136

Medical Billing Medicare Mental health Public Health 136

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

communities, worsening health disparities that grew in the COVID pandemic. Health Populi’s Hot Points : Two obvious places for our Hot Points to focus her are the issues of front-loading mental health and social care into primary care, and how to re-imagine primary care placing people/patients at home in the center of that dynamic.

Primary Care 156

Primary Care Mental health Telehealth Public Health 156

Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

Whether you’re interested in learning more about state-by-state policies, the latest on healthcare cybersecurity, or how to attain financial independence working in this alternate career path, these telemedicine newsletters can keep you wired in.

Telemedicine 60

Telemedicine mHealth Psychiatry General practice 60

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

When our team builds its strategy for reconciling an organization’s patient data, we develop a gold standard for data governance and how to approach patient information. Sarah collaborates with several teams at ReMedi , including leadership, data migration, chronic care management, and health policy.

EHR 85

EHR Leadership HIE Nursing 85

American Well

MARCH 5, 2018

Anecdotally, we’ve had partner health systems tell us that their Medicaid populations are actually the most savvy about finding free sources of wifi, and often know how to make video calls through this free wifi alone, saving them any data usage or call minute fees. How to start using telemedicine for Medicaid recipients.

Telemedicine 48

Telemedicine Connected Health Health Policy Primary Care 48

American Well

MARCH 5, 2018

Anecdotally, we’ve had partner health systems tell us that their Medicaid populations are actually the most savvy about finding free sources of wifi, and often know how to make video calls through this free wifi alone, saving them any data usage or call minute fees. How to start using telemedicine for Medicaid recipients.

Telemedicine 48

Telemedicine Connected Health Health Policy Primary Care 48

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

If you are interested in learning how to build your telehealth team, take this free course module: Building Your Telehealth Team. If you are interested in learning more about policy and reimbursement, bookmark these resources: Center for Connected Health Policy – state and national policy information.

Telehealth 57

Telehealth Telemedicine Medicare Primary Care 57

Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

The Mental Health Policy Gap Excavated by Data Brokers The COVID-related surge in mental health disorders and the limitations on accessing in-person therapy Ignited a rapid shift towards telehealth and mHealth apps, where downloads increased by 200% between 2019 and 2020.

Mental health 99

Mental health mHealth HIPAA Health Data 99

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 8, 2018

If you are interested in learning how to build your telehealth team, take this free course module: Building Your Telehealth Team. If you are interested in learning more about policy and reimbursement, bookmark these resources: Center for Connected Health Policy – state and national policy information.

Telehealth 115

Telehealth Medicare Primary Care Health Policy 115

GlobalMed

JULY 21, 2019

It shares the top 10 myths and realities of getting paid for virtual services, explains how to drive revenue and ROI, and provides a list of grant and funding resources. Telehealth bills are pending in Congress; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced policy changes and new coverage as well. Get funded.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Health Policy Connected Health 40