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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Anderson was co-author with Uwe Reinhardt of “It’s the Prices Stupid,” the landmark Health Affairs essay from 2003 that pointed out the key difference between U.S. health care spending wasn’t utilization — it was the underlying pricing of medical services and prescription drugs.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 4 of 5, Letters “P” through “T”

Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2020

The photo is an illustration I cut out of a magazine of people wearing m asks from different walks of life and demographics. The general theme here is that the pandemic is a global phenomenon, and that we humans are very small actors in a very big public health crisis. How to manage risk without complete information on the coronavirus?

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The New DTC Channel Is…A Vending Machine (From Advil to Plan B)

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

in the current post-Dobbs health policy environment. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Here’s a photo of a vending machine offering Plan B at USC, branded as part of the USC Pharmacy. Enter the humble vending machine. The specific population to note in this case is women in the U.S. ” That is, emergency birth control.

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Add Behavioral Data to Social Determinants For Better Patient Understanding

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

The targeted prevention programs channeled through schools and churches as well as on-line, increasing engagement in the at-risk population and resulting in a 20% decline in teen pregnancy over 3 years.

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Thanks to my work with the W2O Group, I had the opportunity to provide a Call-to-Action on How the Pandemic Revealed Racial Disparities in America in the September 2020 issue of MM+M magazine.

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Universal Health Care and Financial Inclusion – Not Mutually Exclusive

Health Populi

MAY 6, 2018

Two weeks in a row, The Economist , the news magazine headquartered in London, included two special reports stapled into the middle of the magazines. Universal health care was covered in a section on 28 April 2018, and coverage on financial inclusion was bundled into the 5th May edition.

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Self-Care is Healthcare for Everyday People

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

I caught up with some magazine reading, noting a Prudential ad marketing financial wellness. Inside the Orlando World Center Marriott, I encountered Marriott’s “Good Health Starts with Clean Hands” kiosk promoting hand hygiene, then registered for the HBW Conference. I do this a lot when I’m on airplanes.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

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. Health Tech Magazine, September 23, 2020.

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Telehealth’s Missing Link: Training and Support

GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Training and support – or the lack thereof – can make or break a virtual health program. In a recent interview with Managed Care magazine , Mei Wa Kwong, executive director of the Center for Connected Health Policy, listed training as a major implementation obstacle.

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Can the U.S. Improve Health System Performance with Digital Health Tools? Pondering A Big Question for #HIMSS21

Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

Furthermore, in the specific context of the annual 2021 convening of HIMSS, bringing together the world’s stakeholders in health care and digital technology, the implications are many, complicated, and some uncertain.

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2023 Preview of Telemental Health Laws & Behavioral Telehealth Regulations

Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) has also published its annual State. The May/June issue of the Family Therapy Magazine hosted an article outlining the efforts underway to help marriage and family therapists legally practice over state lines. New Jersey (through December 31, 2023). Vermont (through January 1, 2026).

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How Coronavirus Is Re-Shaping Consumer Behavior, From the Amusement Park to the Voting Booth

Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2020

Telehealth industry stakeholders have come together in the interest of connected health to advocate for telehealth to help people access care, expertise and support in the immediate term. TIME magazine covered this yesterday in a mainstream media story.

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Food Trends and Hunger in the Pandemic – the Importance of Food Security in Health and Economic Security

Health Populi

JANUARY 29, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Food security appears to be one public policy focus adopted by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband.

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The Color of Care – Oprah and The Smithsonian Channel Partner on Health Equity

Health Populi

APRIL 20, 2022

Among the many testimonies in the film is Dr. Neel Shah, Assistant Professor of OBGYN and Reproductive Biology at the Harvard Medical School and Chief Medical Officer of the Maven Clinic, who told the Smithsonian Magazine , “ Racial inequity shows up in every dimension of health care.

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The Elevator, Trust and the Data Commons: Bart de Witte Makes the Case for Open AI for Health at WHO/Europe

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As TIME magazine tells the story , before the safety brake was applied to the elevators that consumers could access, there were numerous accidents in the contraptions owing to often-breaking ropes that hoisted the lifts. World’s Fair held at the Crystal Palace , now known as Bryant Park, New York City, c.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

“Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. Here in my curated selection of CR covers, you’ll find research into prescription drug prices, pain pills, over-treatment, picking the right doctor, and protecting one’s privacy.

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The Remarkable Rise of Pharma’s Reputation in the Pandemic

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

President Trump’s platform when running for office in 2016 was to deal with the cost of prescription drugs, discussed in his conversation with TIME magazine when he put the drug industry “on notice,” in the words of CNN.

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The 2020 Health Populi TrendCast – HealthConsuming, TechLash, and Public Health Goes Private

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

level, and then the tighter lens on health politics and health policy. However, inside the White House, broader health policy harmony is compromised by a quite-public arm-wrestle between Alex Azar , the Secretary of Health and Human Services, vis-à-vis CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

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Thinking Pharma on a Friday: Europe’s Big Reforms for a Health Union & the U.S. 50-State Fragments

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2023

I’ll remind all of us that a newly-elected President Trump talked about pharma companies quite critically in TIME magazine’s coverage which I discussed here in Health Populi in December 2016. Presidential and Congressional campaign promises for more than two decades.

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Having Health Insurance Is a Social Determinant of Health: the implications of growing uninsured in the U.S.

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2018

We imminently await President Trump’s and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar’s proposed plans to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, which is a “tri-partisan” issue with which Democrats, Independents, and Republicans all agree is due for increased Federal regulation.

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Americans’ Top 2 Priorities for President Trump and Congress Are To Lower Health Care and Rx Costs

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: In the past couple of days I’ve been brainstorming with Larry Dobrow of Medical Marketing & Media magazine and portal how mass media have been covering various health reform issues in 2020 leading up to the election.

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Financial Strain Among Older People in America, and What Project 2025 Could Mean for Their Well-Being

Health Populi

JULY 11, 2024

A June 2024 poll conducted among 1,000 registered voters by Navigator on behalf of the health advocacy group Protect Our Care found that most Americans opposed the health care policies published in Project 2025. Specifically, 78% of U.S.

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Connected Health Pulse

Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 4 of 5, Letters “P” through “T”

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The New DTC Channel Is…A Vending Machine (From Advil to Plan B)

Add Behavioral Data to Social Determinants For Better Patient Understanding

Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Universal Health Care and Financial Inclusion – Not Mutually Exclusive

Self-Care is Healthcare for Everyday People

Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telehealth’s Missing Link: Training and Support

Can the U.S. Improve Health System Performance with Digital Health Tools? Pondering A Big Question for #HIMSS21

2023 Preview of Telemental Health Laws & Behavioral Telehealth Regulations

How Coronavirus Is Re-Shaping Consumer Behavior, From the Amusement Park to the Voting Booth

Food Trends and Hunger in the Pandemic – the Importance of Food Security in Health and Economic Security

The Color of Care – Oprah and The Smithsonian Channel Partner on Health Equity

The Elevator, Trust and the Data Commons: Bart de Witte Makes the Case for Open AI for Health at WHO/Europe

Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

The Remarkable Rise of Pharma’s Reputation in the Pandemic

The 2020 Health Populi TrendCast – HealthConsuming, TechLash, and Public Health Goes Private

Thinking Pharma on a Friday: Europe’s Big Reforms for a Health Union & the U.S. 50-State Fragments

Having Health Insurance Is a Social Determinant of Health: the implications of growing uninsured in the U.S.

Americans’ Top 2 Priorities for President Trump and Congress Are To Lower Health Care and Rx Costs

Financial Strain Among Older People in America, and What Project 2025 Could Mean for Their Well-Being

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