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

Health Populi

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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2020 Was Our Year of COVID; 2021 Will Be Our Year of Vaccines and Excess Deaths in America

Health Populi

But there’s another angle on 2021 for which health care providers and health citizens alike should prepare: that is the excess deaths that will happen due to patients postponing needed health care, diagnostic tests, and preventive services that stem from people avoiding care in doctor’s offices and hospitals.

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It’s Mental Illness Awareness Week: “What I Wish I Had Known” About Mental Health

Health Populi

As I discussed in yesterday’s Health Populi blog on peoples’ growing use of connected health tools and apps, more Americans have adopted digital on-ramps for mental health — for therapy, for mindfulness and meditation, for anxiety and depression management, and for peer-to-peer support.

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

Health Populi

” than, “when can I return to my primary care doctor or cardiologist?” Now hair clippers and hair dye are flying off shelves,” CNN reported from an interview with Walmart CEO , Doug McMillon, titled, “We’re in the hair color phase of panic buying,” dated 22 April 2020.

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

Health Populi

I covered this announcement in the Health Populi blog at the time, and today want to double-down on the significance of Ford’s leading presence at #CES2022. When announced, the news was a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives.

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2022 Telehealth Outlook: A Clear Path Ahead for Virtual Care

MeMD

Teletherapy and telepsychiatry have already begun filling the gaps in care. The company’s talk therapy visits shot up 224% in 2020, but that was just the beginning: MeMD saw more visits in the first quarter of 2021 than in all of 2019 combined. Primary care is another area threatened by provider shortages.

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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

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.