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Being Transparent About Healthcare Transparency – My Post on the Medecision Blog

Health Populi

DECEMBER 4, 2019

A hospital transparency mandate will go into effect in January 2021 as a final rule, and a second rule with a focus on health plans and friendly explanations-of-benefits will receive comments in the Federal Register until January 14, 2020.

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The Emergence of Health Citizens – Part of Liberating Health, on the Medecision Blog

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

” at an early Health 2.0 Medecision published my blog about health citizenship this week on the company’s Liberate.Health site. The emergence of health citizens in the U.S. — people re-claiming their health, health care, and control of data — is part of liberating health in America. .

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

With President Trump’s somber speech from the Oval Office last night, we wake up on 12th March 2020 to a ban on most travel from Europe to the U.S., His remarks focused largely on an immigration and travel policy versus science, triaging, testing and treatment of the virus itself. Prudential surveyed U.S.

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Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

million commercially insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees from January through June 2020. When it comes to clinical specialties, the study found that before March 17, 2020, fewer than 2% of clinicians in each specialty delivered any outpatient care via telemedicine, with the exception of mental health clinicians.

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Americans’ Sense of Well-Being Falls to Great Recession Levels, Gallup Finds

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2020

in April 2020, Gallup gauged that barely 1 in 2 people felt they were thriving. adults in late March into early April 2020 to explore Americans’ self-evaluations of their well-being. In 2020 advanced economies (including and beyond the U.S.) As COVID-19 diagnoses reached 200,000 in the U.S. Gallup polled over 20,000 U.S.

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The New Deaths of Despair in America – Among U.S. Children

Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2023

you can search through the Health Populi blog for my various takes — starting with the milestone research of Deaton and Case discussed in this post. “They are the leading cause of death among youths aged 1 to 19 years old and accounted for nearly half of the increase in all-cause mortality in 2020.”

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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

Note that Chewy, the subscription pet goods company, launched a telehealth service for pets in October 2020 — another tech-trend in the growing pet economy, of which you can read more in Health Populi here.

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

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

That link will take you to my blog written on primary care ROI in November 2009 – and the math holds ten+ years later. The January 2020 Health Affairs published a paper on Primary Care Physicians’ Role in Coordinating Medical and Health-Related Social Needs in Eleven Countries.

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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In May 2020, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) re-visited the acronym, “PPE.” ” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 3 of 5, Letters “K” through “O”

Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

The Mental Health Policy Gap Excavated by Data Brokers The COVID-related surge in mental health disorders and the limitations on accessing in-person therapy Ignited a rapid shift towards telehealth and mHealth apps, where downloads increased by 200% between 2019 and 2020. ” JMIR Mental Health 7, no.

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

[link] In January 2023, the Rockefeller Institute published a three-part blog series on trends to watch in healthcare in 2023. The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity.

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How To Become a Telemedicine Provider

GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2020

Stay connected to the industry by following vendor blogs and sites like Center for Connected Health Policy or by getting active with American Telemedicine Association. How To Become a Telemedicine Provider was first posted on March 30, 2020 at 9:38 am. Blazing the Telemedicine Trail. DOWNLOAD EBOOK.

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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Over ten years, the premium dollars grew from $13,770 in 2010 to $21K in 2020. For a worker in the U.S.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 1

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

In advance of a session I’m shepherding at the upcoming AHIP 2024 conference in Las Vegas, I developed scenarios about health care in 2030 asking who “we” will be then as patient-plan members? Just sayin’. Here’s the 2×2 matrix of what my two driving force choices create for us to consider.

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Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2023

In today’s Health Populi blog, I will discuss a current data-based snapshot of the NHS in 2023, adding context comparing the U.S. and other countries’ health system performance to appreciate the NHS in full based on its universal coverage ambition and health equity intentions. health care system?”

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Wistful Thinking: The National Health Spending Forecast In a Land Without COVID-19

Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2020

health care spending will grow to 20% of the national economy by 2028, forecasted in projections pre-published in the April 2020 issue of Health Affairs, National Health Expenditure (NHE) Projections. Hospital care spending, the largest single component in national health spending, is estimated at $1.3

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While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S. Patients, So Are Challenges of Poverty, Food, and Housing

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Three-quarters of Americans believe that hospitals, clinics and physicians should look beyond patients medical/clinical needs into root causes like access to healthy food, transportation, and safe/clean housing — the social determinants of health. The post While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S.

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The COVID19 Consumer: #AloneTogether and More Health Aware

Health Populi

MARCH 20, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services on the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, published March 13, 2020, forecasts a plan looking 18 months out. Health Populi’s Hot Points: In the U.S., ” Matthew Holt convened his inaugural podcast of The Health Care Blog Gang yesterday.

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Juneteenth 2020: Inequality and Injustice in Health Care in America

Health Populi

JUNE 19, 2020

King’s observation: Health is broader than “health care;” “Inhuman” isn’t the same thing as “inhumane;” and, “Human lives end because of this injustice,” Dr. Galarneau underscores. ” On Juneteenth 2020, there are people coming together in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s,

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Job #1 for Next President: Reduce Health Care Costs – Commonwealth Fund & NBC News Poll

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2020

adults say lowering the cost of health care in America should be high priority for the next American president, according to a poll from The Commonwealth Fund and NBC News. Health care costs continue to be a top issue on American voters’ minds in this 2020 Presidential election year, this survey confirms. Four in five U.S.

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Health, Wealth & COVID-19 – My Conversation with Jeanne Pinder & Carium, in Charts

Health Populi

APRIL 23, 2020

Job losses as of 22nd April 2020 tallied to 26.5 Finally, it wouldn’t be the Health Populi blog without some politics thrown into the discussion: here, note that more Republicans are concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak than the public health impact, a growing sentiment through April.

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The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 1 – Life Disrupted, and Money Concerns

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2020

Interestingly, only 30% of Republicans felt this way in March 2020, more than doubling to 70% as of early April 2020 more closely reflecting Democrats’ and Independents’ views on life-disrupted.

Mental health

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Health Care and the Democratic Debates – Part 1 – Medicare For All, Rx Prices, Guns and Mental Health

Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2019

Twenty Democratic President candidates each have a handful of minutes to make their case for scoring the 2020 nomination, “debating” last night and tonight on major issues facing the United States. Here is Kaiser Health News’ coverage of the event through their health policy lens. health care.

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Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In my 11 years of writing every one of over 2,000 Health Populi posts on this blog, I have never, ever mentioned the “f-word” here. It’s been a concept that, largely, only health policy wonks (like me) talked much about. for the coming 12 to 24 months as we approach the 2020 Presidential election.

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Being Transparent About Healthcare Transparency – My Post on the Medecision Blog

The Emergence of Health Citizens – Part of Liberating Health, on the Medecision Blog

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds

Americans’ Sense of Well-Being Falls to Great Recession Levels, Gallup Finds

The New Deaths of Despair in America – Among U.S. Children

What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

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

Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 3 of 5, Letters “K” through “O”

Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

How To Become a Telemedicine Provider

In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 1

Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

Wistful Thinking: The National Health Spending Forecast In a Land Without COVID-19

While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S. Patients, So Are Challenges of Poverty, Food, and Housing

The COVID19 Consumer: #AloneTogether and More Health Aware

Juneteenth 2020: Inequality and Injustice in Health Care in America

Job #1 for Next President: Reduce Health Care Costs – Commonwealth Fund & NBC News Poll

Health, Wealth & COVID-19 – My Conversation with Jeanne Pinder & Carium, in Charts

The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 1 – Life Disrupted, and Money Concerns

Health Care and the Democratic Debates – Part 1 – Medicare For All, Rx Prices, Guns and Mental Health

Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

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