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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway?

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S. health care. Black, Latino/Hispanic, and American Indian people have worse self-reported health. colonoscopy).

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How We Spend Versus What We Get: America’s Healthcare Spending Makes for Poor Health

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2018

These sobering statistics were published in Health Care Spending in the Untied States and Other High-Income Countries this week in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study points to salaries of generalist and specialty physicians in the U.S. as in the U.K. and Germany.

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The 2022 US Health System Report Card: Pretty Terrific If You Live in Hawaii or Massachusetts

Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2022

If you live in Mississippi, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, or Arkansas, your health care and outcomes are less likely to be top-notch, the Fund’s research concluded. states set the bar higher for their health citizens’ well-being. The Fund’s bottom line.

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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on Americans’ mental health, with anxiety and depression growing as a side-effect to worries about the virus itself, the long Great Lockdown in much of the country, and the economic recession that has particularly impacted women and people of color. Paul died in a plane crash in 2002.

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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

The study polled U.S. adults 50 and over in February and March 2022, to gauge older peoples’ views on virtual care now and in the future. Among people 50 and over, the doctor’s visit for routine care is the top reason for using virtual care, among 2 in 3 older people.

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Most Virtual Care Consumers, Satisfied With Visits in the COVID Era, Expect It for Future Care

Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

Among satisfaction deflectors were perceived quality of care, an impersonal experience, and technical issues. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The Kyruus study spoke to the “demand side” of telehealth — the patient’s point of view. What about physicians?

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Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2019

Pay more than the residents of any other country on Earth for health care, and get less in terms of outcomes and service levels for many key medical metrics: infant and maternal mortality, access to primary care, and those growing deaths of despair from suicide, accident and overdose.

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Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Together, these three factors erode workers’ confidence in jobs and their personal household economies and financial health. The second chart comes from the study, quantifying global citizens’ trust levels by industry sector since 2012.

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Multimorbidity In the US – Obesity As A Key Driver of Health Spending

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2018

Underlying this clinical and economic phenomenon is obesity, which primary care doctors are challenged to deal with as a chronic condition along with typically co-occurring comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. In the U.S., state’s population enrolled in the plan), and, yes, obesity.

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Telehealth, supply chain monitoring key areas of investment during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

Among the other recommendations was a call to make electronic medical records must be made interoperable, more accessible, and searchable by public health personnel to aid in state and federal situational awareness and emergency management.

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Consumers Intend to Invest in Technology — With Budget and Value in Mind

Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2022

The 24th Annual Technology Ownership & Market Potential Study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) tells us that Americans in 2022 will have to manage challenging economic headwinds, shopping for technology is preparing people for their new normal — with household budgets and value in mind. 24% of U.S.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

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Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

Primary Care

Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Health Policy

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

APRIL 8, 2018

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

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Telehealth billing guide highlights complexities of use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Center for Connected Health Policy has published a 21-page guide intended to help providers with telehealth-based Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. Asynchronous virtual visits are helping reduce the burdens on primary care providers at Prisma Health, while also enabling easier access, convenience and speed to care for patients.

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McKinsey’s Six Shifts To Add Life to Years — and One More to Consider

Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2022

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Considering the double-whammy phenomena of the Deaths of Despair combined with the impact of deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic: the U.S. This research found that our social relationships are linked both to mental health as well as morbidity and mortality — that is, death.

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In telehealth hearing, House committee weighs access against cost

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

"Telehealth is a tool in our toolkit that is largely substitutive, not additive, to in-person care," she said. Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine Dr. Ateev Mehrota proposed a more measured approach.

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Obesity is a Public Health Epidemic in the U.S. — The Case for GLP-1 Coverage, Affordability and Equity

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A relevant study on the socioeconomic aspects of incretin-based therapy (in particular, GLP-1 drugs) was published in July 2023 in Diabetologia written by researchers in Greece and the UK.

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

” I was particularly keen to dig into this study based on its sponsoring organization: JLL is a real estate services company serving over a dozen vertical markets — including health care, life sciences, senior housing, and retail, among other industry sectors. adults in the first half of January 2022 for this study.

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1 in 2 U.S. Women (“The Bedrock of Society”) Self-Ration Care – the Latest Deloitte Findings

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Here are the many reasons a woman living in America has for skipping or delaying health care, Deloitte illustrated in Figure 3 from the report. First, the long-time driver of self-rationing care in the U.S.,

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Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

This is why I so often repeat that broadband connectivity is a social determinant of health. If we can get the last N of 1 person connected to health/care access points, we can deliver primary care, self-care education, and other resources to people regardless of geographic limitations.

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The Trust Deficit Is Bad for Health: A Health/Care Lens on the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2022

Over the year, every business’s trust level rose or stayed flat, further demonstrating consumers trust equity with business versus the 3 other institutional segments studied. adults were included in the study, now in its 22nd year. The last chart shown here, from the study, notes that “circles of trust become more local.”

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Food As Medicine: Grocery Stores Expand as Health Destinations While the Federal Government Cuts Food Stamps

Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Food and access to utility services are key social determinants of health, the American Academy of Family Practice has asserted. That’s because one of the most modifiable of our human behaviors is what we eat, and how much we eat.

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study. Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care. would use virtual care to receive medical services in the future, J.D.

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World Health Day 2019: Let’s Celebrate Food, Climate, Insurance Coverage and Connectivity

Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2019

Last week, The Lancet published its comprehensive study on the Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Murray is a “metrics” guru, because this report generated very impactful insights into the role of diet in health across the world.

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How to Get Better Care to More People? Address Burnout, Bridge Insights, Embed Sustainability – the Philips Future Health Index 2024

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

Health care access is a challenge in rural and urban areas, cities and suburbs, and across more demographic groups than you might realize, as we see wait times grow for appointments, primary care shortages, and delays in screening plaguing health systems around the world. in terms of countries covered in the study.

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Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

One-half of doctors uses telehealth for continuous monitoring of patients, Overwhelming, medical and chronic disease management are the workflows for telehealth, followed by one-half of physicians using virtual care for specialty visits and 44% for mental and behavioral health. Mental and behavioral health. Specialty care.

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The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Why care about “relevance” as described in this study? FYI, I did not have a hand in this study. .

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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

And as the RWJF/NPR/Harvard Chan study shows, these social determinants risks travel in groups and double-down on those health risks for people who rent, people of color, those without access to healthy food, and folks who earn lower incomes. That’s the supply side of HLTH.

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Obese, Access-Challenged and Self-Rationing: America’s Health Vs Rest-of-World

Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2018

In the Weighing Down America study, the Milken Institute gauged that health conditions related to obesity and overweight totaled $428 billion. The post Obese, Access-Challenged and Self-Rationing: America’s Health Vs Rest-of-World appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. healthcare spending in 2014.

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

Sean Lynch, Vice President of Clinical Operations at Curebase A major reason why health disparities exist in clinical trials today can be attributed to the burden traditional trial models place on participating patients. These practitioners ensure that all patients, regardless of socioeconomic status, receive the care they need.

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Our Mental and Emotional Health Are Interwoven With What We Eat and Drink – Chewing On the IFIC 2023 Food and Health Survey

Health Populi

MAY 24, 2023

As most Americans confess to feeling stressed over the past six months, peoples’ food and beverage choices have been intimately connected with their mental and emotional well-being, we learn from the 2023 Food & Health Survey from the International Food Information Council (IFIC).

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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Gil Bashe, Managing Partner Global Health at Finn Partners, organized a diverse group of industry stakeholders including me to discuss the implications of this timely and impactful study. Only in America is health insurance tied to the workplace and our jobs. Our Zoom-based conversation is being held today at noon Eastern time.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

are living omnichannel lives : whether in retail via ecommerce, buying online and picking up in store, or banking online, or studying for college degrees via Coursera, people live, work, play, pray, and learn offline and on-, in real-time and asynchronously. In fact, most people living and working in the U.S.

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SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

HRSA’s 8 bureaus and offices (Ryan White, Maternal and child health, rural health policy, healthcare systems, etc.) In 2019, Health Centers across the nation served 30 million patients. Bill England began by discussing the wide range of resources available at HRSA with his presentation, “Telehealth and Research at HRSA.

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Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The American Pharmacists Association and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations studied pharmacists’ and pharmacy personnel’s workplace issues and well-being at the end of 2021, finding that 75% of these workers lacked time and personnel to safely perform their duties.

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Two Forms of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

Lloyd Price

JANUARY 17, 2020

." An mHealth Intelligence article notes, "Real-time telehealth provides timely care, especially in emergencies or urgent situations, and maintains the concept of the doctor-patient relationship by enabling a face-to-face analysis and treatment. ""The store-and-forward process can overcome language and cultural barriers."

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

PwC explored how COVID-19 is influencing consumers’ health care behaviors in survey research conducted in early April by the Health Research Institute. The findings were published in a May 2020 report , detailing study findings among 2,533 U.S. adults polled in early April 2020.

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Self-Care is Healthcare for Everyday People

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

health consumer, bearing more first-dollar costs through high-deductible health plans, or being un- or under-insured, uses self-care as a financial health hedge. healthcare system in terms of clinician visits averted and prescription drug cost savings.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

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How We Spend Versus What We Get: America’s Healthcare Spending Makes for Poor Health

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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Most Virtual Care Consumers, Satisfied With Visits in the COVID Era, Expect It for Future Care

Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Multimorbidity In the US – Obesity As A Key Driver of Health Spending

Telehealth, supply chain monitoring key areas of investment during pandemic

Consumers Intend to Invest in Technology — With Budget and Value in Mind

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Telehealth billing guide highlights complexities of use

McKinsey’s Six Shifts To Add Life to Years — and One More to Consider

In telehealth hearing, House committee weighs access against cost

Obesity is a Public Health Epidemic in the U.S. — The Case for GLP-1 Coverage, Affordability and Equity

Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

1 in 2 U.S. Women (“The Bedrock of Society”) Self-Ration Care – the Latest Deloitte Findings

Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

The Trust Deficit Is Bad for Health: A Health/Care Lens on the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer

Food As Medicine: Grocery Stores Expand as Health Destinations While the Federal Government Cuts Food Stamps

Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

World Health Day 2019: Let’s Celebrate Food, Climate, Insurance Coverage and Connectivity

How to Get Better Care to More People? Address Burnout, Bridge Insights, Embed Sustainability – the Philips Future Health Index 2024

Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Obese, Access-Challenged and Self-Rationing: America’s Health Vs Rest-of-World

Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Our Mental and Emotional Health Are Interwoven With What We Eat and Drink – Chewing On the IFIC 2023 Food and Health Survey

Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Two Forms of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Self-Care is Healthcare for Everyday People

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