Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

Each year, ECRI (the ECRI Institute) publishes an annual report on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for the year. The 2025 list was published today. My read of it is that most of these risks have to do with what I’ve been referring to as the Human OS, the Human Operating System, in my talks and teachings.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Experian is best known as the consumer credit reporting agency; Experian Health works with healthcare providers on revenue cycle management, patient identity, and care management, so the company has experience with patient finance and medical expense sticker shock.

Patient Experience 159

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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2025

As Weight Watchers prepares to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, I file the news event under “thinking the unthinkable.” ” “Thinking about the unthinkable” is what Herman Kahn, a father of scenario planning, asked us to do when he pioneered the process.

Medicare 177

Medicare Digital Health Telehealth Health Information 177

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

For more on women and health policy in the 2024 election cycle, you can explore the Open Letter on the site of Women Healthcare Leaders for Progress , of which I am one of several hundred signing the Letter.

Health Policy 177

Health Policy Nursing Telehealth Medical Billing 177

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

As HIMSS 2025, the largest annual conference on health information and innovation meets up in Las Vegas this week, we can peek into what’s on the organization’s CEO’s mind leading up to the meeting in this conversation between Hal Wolf, CEO of HIMSS, and Gil Bashe, Managing Director of FINN Partners.

Digital Health 177

Digital Health Medical Billing Primary Care Interoperability 177

Health Populi

JULY 27, 2020

Former National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Farzad Mostashari co-authored a report with Dr. Mark McClellan, former FDA Commissioner, and colleagues at Duke’s Margolis Center for Health Policy, on how the U.S. could develop a national COVID-19 pandemic surveillance system.

Digital Health 194

Digital Health Pharmaceuticals Health Policy Mental health 194

Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2019

asserted that by 2011, human health was marked less by infectious disease and more by non-communicable conditions that could be highly influenced, reversed and prevented through self-care by the individual and public health policy that promotes social and financial wellness.

Public Health 199

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Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2025

As Thomas Jefferson reminded us, travel makes us wiserbut less happy. And so it is when you confront a piece of art that makes you stop in your tracks, swim in it, and know what its saying in terms of what you know you know.

Mental health 156

Mental health Telehealth Primary Care Patient Experience 156

Health Populi

JULY 28, 2019

These two examples illustrate that Maestro Health’s concerns are being heeded by organizations who see the opportunity to get closer to patients’ in everyday life and make a difference for them, their doctors, their employers who may fund their health insurance, and shareholders. health policy circles.

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Telehealth Medical Billing Health Policy Digital Health 233

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

One in two people over 50 bought a piece of digital technology in the past year. Three in four people over fifty in America now have a smartphone. One-half of 50+ Americans use a tablet, and 17% own wearable tech.

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Health Populi

JULY 6, 2018

This is a proxy for positive patient experience at that “moment-of-truth,” in the space between doctor-and-patient where shared decision-making can happen… or not.

Patient Experience 208

Patient Experience Public Health Health Policy Health IT 208

AMD Telemedicine

JANUARY 31, 2023

In instances where patients are consulting with specialists, live consultations can help practitioners render immediate, on-the-spot diagnoses or treatment suggestions, rather than patients having to transfer to different facilities for second opinions or consults.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Health Policy Patient Experience 147

Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as peoples’ daily lives shifted closer and closer to home, and for some weeks and months home-all-the-time, health care, too, moved beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and doctors’ offices.

Telehealth 390

Telehealth Public Health Life Science Primary Care 390

Health Populi

JANUARY 21, 2022

The NielsenIQ construct here smartly observes, in the #7 driving force that will change how consumes care for their health, Policy, Legislation, & Governance.

Mental health 156

Mental health Health Policy Public Health Primary Care 156

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2021

Health care has increased its role in popular culture over the years.

Medical Billing 358

Medical Billing Patient Experience Public Health Health Policy 358

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.

Mental health 67

Mental health Primary Care Health Policy Telehealth 67

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Let’s put “health” back into the U.S. health care system. FYI you might know of NABIP by its former acronym, NAHU, the National Association of Health Underwriters).

HIPAA 354

HIPAA Public Health Telehealth Mental health 354

Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2019

Increased availability of health information, services and social networks online can also improve patient experiences. between rural and urban health citizens, as well as other digital gaps based on demographics like income and education, bode ill for the promise of telehealth and other aspects of digital health.

eHealth 168

eHealth Patient Experience Telehealth Digital Health 168

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

Another tactic to embed in dealing across all three of the calls-to-action is the role that telehealth and virtual care can play for two of the three factors — dealing with staff shortages and sustainability in reducing carbon and saving people time while bolstering patient experience and convenience.

Nursing 177

Nursing Primary Care Patient Experience Telehealth 177

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

“Telehealth certainly appears to be here to stay,” the AARP forecasts in An Updated Look at Telehealth Use Among U.S. Adults 50-Plus from AARP. Two years after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, one-half of U.S. adults over 50 said they or someone in their family had used telehealth.

Telehealth 315

Telehealth Mental health Public Health Medicare 315

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

In addition to these aspects, I’ll also be tracking women’s health, mental health, and technology that can scale solutions to the risks of the social determinants of health.

Mental health 218

Mental health Digital Health Telehealth Health Policy 218

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

An important one to watch seems simple on its face, but could expand access to specific patient populations who need products and services at home or close-to-home — like needing a condom at 3 am. in the current post-Dobbs health policy environment. Enter the humble vending machine. ” That is, emergency birth control.

Health science 156

Health science Health Policy Mobile Health Patient Experience 156

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Medicare Public Health 305

Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

health care providers set up virtual care arrangements to convene with patients. Three months into the COVID-19 crisis, how have patients felt about these telehealth visits? Within days of the coronavirus pandemic emerging in the U.S.,

Telehealth 292

Telehealth Primary Care Mental health Patient Experience 292

Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2019

Patients in the U.S. assume the role of payor when they are enrolled in high-deductible health plans. For mainstream Americans, “the math doesn’t add up” for paying medical bills out of median household budgets, based on the calculations in the 2019 VisitPay Report.

Medical Billing 283

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 283

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. But the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S.

Digital Health 276

Digital Health Health Information Telehealth Health Data 276

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2022

Health happens outside of doctors’ offices and hospital operating rooms. Health is made in our homes, in our communities, in our daily lives as we go about working, playing, learning, and praying. “It’s hard to be healthy in the U.S. ” That is the underlying premise and reason for The Building H Index.

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Mental health Digital Health Telehealth Patient Experience 272

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

A survey of healthcare leaders by patient engagement vendor pCare and research firm WBR Insights indicated that demand for technology to improve the patient experience is on the rise , with 65% of organizations saying more patients want a tech-enabled care experience.

Telehealth 75

Telehealth Patient Experience Healthcare IT Nursing 75

Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now.

HIPAA 256

HIPAA Medical Billing Leadership Public Health 256

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

American patients well understand the impact of health care costs in the family budget, with health care costs ranking the top pocketbook issue in U.S. That workers highly value their health benefits is no surprise.

BioTech 166

BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 166

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

In the past few years, what event or innovation has had the metaphorical impact of hitting you upside the head and disrupted your best-laid plans in health care? A few such forces for me have been the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of Chat-GPT, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Primary Care 234

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Patient Experience Public Health 234

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2019

Ann Mond Johnson assumed the helm of CEO of ATA in 2018, and she’s issued a call-to-action across the health/care ecosystem for a delivery system upgrade. “ATA” is the new three-letter acronym for the American Telemedicine Association, meeting today through Tuesday at the Convention Center in New Orleans.

Telehealth 227

Telehealth Telemedicine FHIR Medicare 227

Health Populi

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What if… you were given the opportunity to build a health system from scratch in this new era of platforms, cloud computing, AI and machine learning, curious-digital-empowered consumers, and collaborators in retail and community settings operating close to peoples’ homes and workplaces?

Health Data 227

Health Data Connected Health Mental health Digital Health 227

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Discrimination in health care is reported by more people in the U.S. we learn in the research reported in The Intersection of Health Equity in Communities & Business Strategy: A Call-to-Action , from Omnicomm PR Group (OPRG) and Atlantic Insights. than in Germany, Spain, or the U.K.,

Public Health 227

Public Health Digital Health Patient Experience Health Policy 227

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“We” was a trio including Antoinette Thomas (@NurseTechExec1), Chief Patient Experience Officer with Microsoft, David Ryan (@DavidPRyan), former long-time Global Head of Intel’s Health/Life Science business; and, me.

Telemedicine 156

Telemedicine Public Health Life Science Remote care 156

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. But telehealth has also emerged as a preferred channel for routine health care services, we learn from J.D. Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study.

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Telehealth Mental health Nursing Primary Care 218

Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

For telehealth, that S-curve has had a very long and fairly flat front-end of the “S” followed by a hockey stick trajectory in March and April 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was an exogenous shock to in-person health care delivery.

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