Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Several factors underpin the adoption of telehealth in 2019: Consumers’ demand for accessible, lower-cost health care services as people face greater financial responsibility for paying the medical bill (via high-deductible health plans and greater out-of-pocket costs for co-payments).

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Telehealth EMR Medical Billing Mental health 243

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

.” Nearly a decade ago, I cited the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Security Watch of May 2012 here in Health Populi. adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. The first chart here shows that one in four U.S.

Mental health 177

Mental health Public Health Medical Billing Primary Care 177

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

In 2019, Find Care expanded services for consumers to manage chronic health conditions addressing asthma, COPD, and diabetes. Patients can track nutrition and food intake, mood and mental health, financial issues, transportation, and activity (such as steps). “There are people behind those data points.”

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Mental health Digital Health Patient Experience Connected Health 156

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Read more… Unpacking the Potential of Generative AI for Mental Wellness. Generative AI could support diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions , and it can help document visits and track symptoms. Digital engagement vendor Uniguest acquired pCare , a patient engagement company.

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RCM EMR Mental health Healthcare IT 95

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

The growth of wearable technology, need and desire for real-world evidence and patient feedback, and especially patients’ growing role in paying for health care (think: high deductibles, co-insurance, and the challenge of medical debt) all drive the need to enhance the health care experience for patients in consumer and retail grades.

Digital Health 177

Digital Health Medical Billing Primary Care Interoperability 177

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Stalled gains in longevity, with greater burdens of chronic disease and ill mental health, are growing risk factors throughout so many of the wealthiest nations on Earth. Our OECD peers generally invest more in primary care access than America does. The Age of Foolishness” in U.S.

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Primary Care Mental health Medical Billing Health Data 225

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

health citizens face physical, financial, and mental health challenges of a syndemic, inflation, and stress – all of which will shape peoples’ demand side for health care and digital technology, and a supply side of providers challenged by tech-enabled organizations with design and data chops. Which virus is it?”

Health Technology 156

Health Technology Mental health Digital Health Primary Care 156

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Partnerships Brightside Health is now offering telemental health access to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries through partnerships with payers such as Centene, Optum, and various Blues plans. KeyCare is partnering with Remission Medical to provide virtual rheumatology care.

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EHR Medical Billing Healthcare IT Digital Health 92

Health Populi

AUGUST 18, 2024

have lower life expectancy, greater risks of heart disease, and more likely to face medical bills and self-rationing due to costs, we learn in the latest look into Health Care for Women: How the U.S. more likely to consume multiple prescription drugs on a regular basis; Access to care, with the U.S.

Medical Billing 177

Medical Billing Health Policy Primary Care Public Health 177

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Campbell County Health is a health system with 1,244 employees across its 90-bed acute care hospital, 160-bed skilled nursing facility, inpatient behavioral health unit, ASC, and 14 outpatient primary care and specialty clinics. Christ Hospital Health Network, with over 3,500 employees, is ranked No.

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Leadership Nursing Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 32

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2024

patients consumers, caregivers, health citizens all is a tough nut to crack. These folks tend to be employed by companies sponsoring private/commercial health insurance; and even with a health plan, workers can feel stuck, The Commonwealth Foundation found , dealing with financial stress and feeling neglectful of their mental health.

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Mental health Digital Health Medicare Health Policy 296

Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2025

People define health across many life-flows: physical health, mental health, social health, appearance (“how I look impacts how I feel”) and, to be sure, financial well-being. In tracking this last health factor for U.S. consumers who borrowed money to pay for health care in the past year.

Medical Billing 315

Medical Billing Medicare Pharmaceuticals Mental health 315

Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2025

.” Data point two: patient access to health care services can be fragmented and inconsistent depending on several factors — especially having health insurance, having a usual source for primary care, and living in a community with retail pharmacies (versus a neighborhood considered a pharmacy desert).

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Life Science Public Health Primary Care Pharmaceuticals 177

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

health care micro-economy and how health costs will crowd out other household spending in 2024 Consumers’ financial health blurs (or sometimes bleeds) into their personae as patients: CivicScience has tracked a direct relationship between peoples’ perceptions of financial health and one’s overall well-being.

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Mental health Medical Billing Public Health Medicare 218