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China to pilot standards for virtual primary care

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THE LARGER CONTEXT The family doctor system was introduced as part of health reforms establishing primary health centres in China in 2019. Two years later, it became a national strategy to establish the GP system.

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3 in 4 U.S. Patients Say the Healthcare System is Broken — But Technology Can Help

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.” And this need for financial and clinical self-care are key drivers inspiring health consumers to welcome technology’s abilities to help people manage their care, shop for care based on quality and price, and self-care at home, among other strategies to reduce costs.

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New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops

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As the title of Kaufman Hall’s sixth annual report suggests, health care consumers are evolving — even if the traditional healthcare system hasn’t uniformly responded in lock step with more demanding patients.

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

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were sensible, weight management would be treated as a public health issue,” David Cutler writes in the JAMA Health Forum dated August 15, 2024. health care” citing the example of weight loss medications — in short, the uptake of GLP-1 drugs to address Type 2 diabetes first, and subsequently obesity.

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Think Quintuple Aim This Week at #HIMSS25

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While each goal on its own is a critical driver of high performing health systems, working the five as a strategic quintet can benefit individual patients, families, communities, and the nations that fund (or share in funding) health care services to the country’s residents. diabetes, obesity, blood pressure).

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Walmart signals plans to offer telehealth in 16 more states

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Walmart Health's moves in this direction echo that of Amazon Care, which quietly filed to do business in dozens of states before publicly announcing its intention to provide app-based services in all 50 by this summer. As Livingston notes, it also plans to expand into Florida this year. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Physicians in America – Too Many Burned Out, Depressed, and Not Getting Support

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Least likely to feel burned out are public health and preventive medicine doctors, ophthalmologists, orthopedists, psychiatrists, ENTs, and general surgeons. What contributes most to burnout, doctors told Medscape, was by far onerous bureaucratic tasks — paperwork, charting, and lack of time for hands-on patient care.