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The Number of Unintended Deaths From Car Accidents, Falls and Overdoses in America Grew 40% Between 1999 and 2017

Health Populi

JULY 18, 2019

grew by 40% between 1999 and 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). There was three-times faster-paced growth in unintentional deaths in the later years of this study (2014-2017) than in the first seven years studied (1999-2006)–1.9% deaths per 100,000 in 2017. annual growth in the later years.

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The Suicide Rate in America Increased by 40% between 2000 and 2017. Blue Collar Workers Were Much More At Risk.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

between 2000 and 2017, a 40% increase. The CDC report bolsters this, compelling us to re-invest and commit to education as the macro social determinant of health it is. The post The Suicide Rate in America Increased by 40% between 2000 and 2017. The rate of suicide in the U.S. rose from 12.9 per 100,000 population to 18.0

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72,000 overdose deaths in 2017

Medical Mime - EHR

AUGUST 28, 2018

That is almost 200 people dying every day in 2017. 2017: 72,287 (+11.3%) – estimate. Amidst all these depressing numbers, the author (Margot Sanger-Katz) finds some reasons for optimism, such as this: In Dayton, Ohio, a hot spot for the epidemic, public health officials are seeing signs of progress.

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The Ultimate Health Outcome, Mortality, Is Rising in America

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

years of age, if you were born in 2017. That’s the latest data on Mortality in the United States, 2017 , soberly brought to you by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That’s a decline of 0.1 year from 2016.

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Health Care Financing: How Inflation and Health Care Prices Could Hit the U.S. Consumer

Health Populi

APRIL 25, 2023

The dip in patient volumes is easy to see in 2019-20, followed by the hockey stick increase in 2020-21 for utilization, signally some patients’ return to health care services. between 2017 and 2021. Inpatient costs fell just below the prescription drug share of spending per person in the U.S.

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IoT and The Rise of the Machines in Healthcare

Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2021

During the pandemic, health care providers needed to deal with the security of devices rapidly procured and deployed within institutions and also outside the walls of providers, such as in field hospitals meeting the surge of coronavirus patients. 32% of medical imaging devices were running on unsupported operating systems, and. billion.

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

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Mental health via virtual platforms has sustained significant use since the waning of the public health crisis. But pent-up demand remains for mental health services which could be made further accessible. deaths due to accidents, accidental overdoses, and suicide in 2017. It is a critical time for the U.S.

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A National Study Utilizes Routine Health Data to Investigate Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

million transfusions between 1968 and 2017. They also examined the health outcomes of both blood donors and transfusion recipients through various national registers. The findings serve as a foundation for future research and public health interventions aimed at minimizing the risks associated with transfusion-transmitted diseases.

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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. The study looked into the food intake among people in 195 countries and their health outcomes (mortality and morbibidity).

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A New Chevy Equinox SUV, a Year in Grad School, or Health Care for Four – The 2022 Milliman Medical Index

Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2022

MMI 2018 Health Care for Typical Working Family of Four in America Will Cost $28,166. MMI 2017 Health Care Costs for Family of Four Will Reach $27,000 in 2017. MMI 2019 Milliman Finds PPO for Family of 4 in 2019 Will Cost $28,386.

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

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2018

” The authors recommend that public health leaders and policy makers address the obesity trend when designing “policies and interventions to improve the public’s health.” The 2017 Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index found West Virginia ranked last of the 50 states in terms of citizen health.

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Remote patient monitoring can help address the maternal mortality crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

In 2017, about 810 women around the world died every day from pregnancy-related causes. "I am so done with the numbers," said Fran Ayalasomayajula, head of the population health portfolio for worldwide healthcare, at HP. " "I see this as a public health emergency," she continued. I am so done!"

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Thailand launches telemedicine programme in rural areas

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MARCH 29, 2019

The telemedicine programme is a joint effort of the Public Health Ministry and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). plan to increase access to healthcare with digital technologies, as stated in the eHealth Strategy by the Ministry of Public Health (2017-2026).

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A Toxic Side Effect of the Coronavirus: Financial Unwellness

Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

There was a bounce in “Confident” group in 2019, which fell by 10% just months later to nearly the 2017 level. The tagline explaining #2 here especially resonates int his moment: “The huge job losses brought about by COVID-19 were a vivid illustration of how public health can impact the nation’s economic progress.”

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Could Telehealth Services Help Stop the Opioid Crisis?

Clocktree

JANUARY 23, 2018

On October 26, 2017, The White Housedeclared the opioid crisis a public health emergency and the administration acknowledged a need to expand treatment throughout rural areas specifically by making telemedicine more accessible. This lack of access in rural areas means the residents are not receiving treatment.

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Trust in Healthcare is Under Stress in the US and Globally, Edelman Finds

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2021

Year-on-year, different spikes and ups-and-downs call out for special mention, such as: Pharma’s 13-point steep dive to 38% between 2017 and 2018, dramatically recovering by 9 points in the last year to 47% [with the wild card here of whether U.S. Consumer health’s fall from 63% in 2019 to 51% in 2020.

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The Hair Economy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Control, Wellness, and Self-Care

Health Populi

MAY 29, 2020

In the coronavirus quarantine era, millions of Americans have been staying home to flatten the curve, and it’s been working from the evidence-based, public health standpoint. But this first-wave impact of the pandemic and #StayHome mandates have exacted a price on financial and mental health.

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Americans’ Trust in the Healthcare System Low Compared to Rest-of-World’s Health Citizens

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2018

Among these people, healthcare trust fell by 20 percentage points between 2017 and 2018, a “crash” (Edelman’s descriptor) from 75 percent to 55%. Only Colombia had a larger decline in healthcare market trust among a country’s most-informed public. health ecosystem stakeholders. Why the 7-point drop?

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Access to Technology Is the New Pillar for Well-Being: CES & the UN Partner for Human Security for All

Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: From the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, one thing became clear: that people living in households without connectivity were unable to work from home if they had a job that supported virtual work, attend school from home, or connect to loved ones, friends, and communities from home.

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Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2021

At the same time, 2 in 3 people were also concerned aobut the privacy of their health information on apps. And there’s the ambivalence of “concerned embrace” of digital health. The phrase “concerned embrace” was coined in a 2017 Deloitte consumer study on mobile technology trends.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: The power of Digital Health in dietary education for chronic conditions

Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In 2017 alone, dietary risk factors were responsible for close to 11 million deaths and 255 million disability-adjusted life years across the globe. This widespread access to digital health tools positions it as an affordable and scalable public health strategy. billion in 2016 to a staggering 6.3 billion in 2021.

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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

Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. million people in 2017. The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the erosion of the health insured population. lacked health insurance.

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Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

in 2017, 54.4% "Physician shortages, already projected to be severe before COVID, have almost become a public health emergency," he added. WHY IT MATTERS. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that the prevalence of burnout among U.S. physicians was 62.8% in 2021, compared with 38.2% in 2020, 43.9%

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2020

APA published the report, Stress and Health Disparities, in 2017, and the learnings resonate even louder today than when the Association launched the paper. is really dealing with several waves of dramatic challenges at once: The coronavirus crisis, a test of the nation’s health system and public health infrastructure.

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The High Cost-of-Thriving and the Evolving Social Contract for Health Care

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

23% of households had zero or negative net worth in 2017, up from 16% in 2001. The research calls out that consumers’ retirement concerns are declining physical health and running out of money. A further datapoint in the McKinsey social contract report is that over half of individuals in wealthy countries, including the U.S.,

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The U.S. is a Nation in Pain – America’s Life Expectancy Fell Again in 2016

Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. The Trust for America’s Health is a non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on public health and healthy communities.

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What John Mackey of Whole Foods Said at the 2022 HIMSS Conference – and Why This is Important for the Whole Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2022

Yes, to equity and mutual respect for our fellow health citizens. Remember that Amazon will continue to own Whole Foods, which the ecommerce force acquired in 2017, long after Mackey leaves the company. And that’s what’s happening with these reforms.” Yes, to clean and safe environments.

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Top 3 Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) in Solving the Opioid Crisis

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Since then, increased prescription of opioid medications by health care providers led to widespread misuse of prescription and non-prescription opioids until it became evident that these medications could indeed be highly addictive. from 2016 through 2017, which led to HHS declaring a public health emergency in 2017.

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The $4 Trillion Health Economy of 2020

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. per year, 2017-26, expected to hit $5.7 What are those “fundamentals” pushing up healthcare spending?

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As cars grow more connected via Bluetooth like our TVs, autos morph into a third space for health, which I’ve considered here in Health Populi and in some of my futures work with clients.

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Food as Medicine – Philips’ Take On An Apple A Day from the Rijksmuseum

Health Populi

MAY 1, 2018

Here’s my write-up of health, everywhere, at #SXSW2015 , including the Philips story. The serious public health data informing this campaign is that 85% of Europeans do not consume sufficient recommended quantities of fresh produce on a daily basis. The bar chart illustrates mean fruit and veg intake by European nation.

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Asynchronous video telemedicine helps TB patients, saves costs in Guam

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2019

The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services has to cope with a very serious tuberculosis problem. Guam has an extremely high rate of TB: In 2017, the case rate of TB in Guam was 50.2 THE PROBLEM. per 100,000 residents, compared to the mainland U.S. per 100,000 residents. Guam also has a huge number of non-U.S.-born

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

That hasn’t yet been available to those of us who quantify our steps, weight, sleep, food intake, and other health metrics. In 2017, Hugh Langley wrote in Wareable that, “blood pressure is wearable tech’s next challenge.” Knowing your blood pressure is an important step for managing the risks of heart disease.

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Data breaches raise new concerns about Australia’s e-Health record

Lloyd Price

JANUARY 10, 2019

There were worries that other government departments may be able to access the records – although researchers and public health officials can only access de-identified data from the system. Source : [link]

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Save the Children and THINKMD Expand Partnership to Improve the Lives of Children Globally

Digital Health Global

APRIL 5, 2023

The digital health software global enterprise agreement – a first for Save the Children – builds on Save the Children and THINKMD’s current partnerships in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Kenya. Learn more at www.thinkmd.org.

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Most Americans Regardless of Income Say It’s Unfair for Wealthier People to Get Better Health Care

Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2020

But most Americans, rich or not, believe that it’s unfair for wealthier people to get better health care, according to a January 2020 poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Life Experiences and Income Equality in the United States. adults 18 or older.

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Consumers Expand Their Definition of Well-Being to Include Food-As-Medicine

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Consumers point to some organizations that they perceive may be working against their better health: these include fast food manufacturers, the entertainment industry, food processors (“Big Food”), the media, government agencies, and health insurance companies. Health care delivery in the U.S.

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Continue Education Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

There is still uncertainty of the fate of other services as the public health emergency ends. Investment in virtual care has seen an enormous increase as well with 3x the level of venture capitalist investment in 2020 compared to 2017. billion, which is already more than the total investment in 2020.

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Baxter Highlights New Data at Kidney Week Indicating Sharesource Is Associated With a 77% Lower Risk of Home Dialysis Technique Failure

Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

2017; 191:142-52. 2017; 40(7):328-334. Int’l Journal of Nephrology. 2022; Article ID 8646775, doi:10.1155/2022/8646775. 3 Hutchison CA, et al. The Rationale for Expanded Hemodialysis Therapy (HDx). Contrib Nephrol. 4 Neirynck N, et al. An update on uremic toxins. Int Urol Nephrol. 2013; 45:139-50. 5 Duranton F, et al. 9 Ronco C, et al.

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Still Struggling with Stress in America in 2021

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The growing supply of teletherapy serving more people at scale who need and want to access services has been encouraging to see, with investments in digital mental health hitting $3.1 billion and $793mm for substance use disorder for the first three quarters of 2021 based on Rock Health’s numbers. That is indeed the case.

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Reducing Suicide Calls for Cross-Sector Collaboration

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MAY 1, 2019

According to the World Health Organization, suicide is the second leading cause of preventable death among 15 to 29-year-olds globally. However, regardless of age, gender, occupation, race, or ethnicity, suicide can affect anyone; and is recognized as both a mental health and public health issue.

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Connected 'smart' communities will be a key part of 21st century healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The prevalence ( if not ubiquity ) of broadband, combined with fast-advancing robotics, ingestible technologies and wearable sensors as thin and lightweight as temporary tattoos – to name just a few recent innovations – are set to transform "medical services, public health, social services.

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Harnessing Business Intelligence in Healthcare: Improving Patient Outcomes

BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 18, 2023

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(11), 1902. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(9), 1032. Exploring the Critical Success Factors for Business Intelligence Implementation in the Healthcare Sector. Kirchhoff, J., & Schuchert-Güler, P. Hagland, M.

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