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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Medicare Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Patient Experience 204

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.

Telemedicine 40

Telemedicine Health Policy Connected Health Nursing 40

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.

Digital Health 406

Digital Health Primary Care Mental health Public Health 406

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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Telehealth Medicare Mental health Telemedicine 75

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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Telehealth Connected Health Interoperability Pharmaceuticals 294

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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Public Health Telehealth Health Policy 296

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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Public Health Health Policy 295

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.

Public Health 194

Public Health Digital Health Health Policy 194

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.

Digital Health 256

Digital Health Health Policy Medical Billing Interoperability 256

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.

Life Science 386

Life Science Pharmaceuticals Public Health BioTech 386

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.

Public Health 240

Public Health Health Policy Medicare Medical Billing 240

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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Pharmaceuticals Public Health Medicare Health Policy 156

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.

Medical Billing 189

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 189

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.

Medical Billing 199

Medical Billing Leadership Mental health Patient Experience 199

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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Medicare Health Policy Public Health Mental health 177