Health Populi

JULY 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has been a wake-up call for patients-as-consumers, seeking lower-touch health care services at home or closer-to-home in community health hubs. The second chart demonstrates patients’ preferences for using digital health tools before and in the advent of the coronavirus experience.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2020

This week, two organizations mission-driven by these “C” words aligned to bolster digital health care transformation for all people — not just those of us advantaged by a bountiful local, accessible portfolio of social determinants of health (SDoH).

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

More granularly, TripleTree defines the field first differentiating virtual health from telehealth, and then in terms of the segments that cover the marketscape. Telehealth is the sub-set of delivery methods and tools used to deliver health care services.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Use of tools for prescription drugs and self-care. The first chart illustrates patients’ use of tech and tools for health and fitness by country studied. health care is Americans’ growing financial exposure to first-dollar costs as patients continue to morph into medical bill payors. In the case of the U.S.,

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2022

These are to prevent disease, to reduce health care costs, to manage autoimmune conditions, and to promote well-being. There have been scores of food and nutrition mhealth tools available in app stores for over a decade. The post Can a Food-As-Medicine App Extend Chronic Health Management at the Grocery Store?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Philips surveyed health care professionals and consumers living in 15 countries, from North America to Asia, and found that these health systems share one over-arching objective: to provide quality care with improved experiences for both patients and healthcare professionals. Enhanced data privacy and data protection.

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Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

“It appears that telehealth is likely to continue to remain an important tool in the health care delivery tool kit — at least for those with computers and high-speed internet access,” the AARP report concludes with a caveat about connectivity/broadband access.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

So the new name communicates “that we all deserve a health care system that works for all of us,” Abner asserts. That name captures the aspirational view that we are connected.”. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The February 2022 issue of Health Affairs is themed “Racism and Health.”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2024

As the text beneath this eighth pillar explains, “As one of the most powerful tools enhancing the human experience today, technology at its core helps us do more with less. Enter pillar #8: Access to Technology.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Kroger will expand its food-as-medicine platform, deploying tele-nutrition with registered dietitians and growing evidence-base for prescribing a Mediterranean (or DASH) diet for heart-health, among other eating styles. Growing adoption of “broad-spectrum” self-care – including digital health tools.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. Digital literacy combines with health literacy to bolster patient engagement.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

On the downside, lack of access to digital tools and literacies can increase disparities among people already at-risk for other social determinants of health. The authors lay out several dimensions of digital literacy and access, including: Skills.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2022

Based on a person’s preferences — one’s sense of values and “value” in terms of ROI for time, money, effort expended — care should be designed and delivered in various sites deploying various workflows and tools that suit the patient-consumer’s condition and personal preferences.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In summary, three over-arching issues come out of the paper: ensuring health citizens’ secure access to their health data within nations and across EU borders; enabling personalized medicine through the shared European data infrastructure; and, assuring citizen empowerment with digital tools for feedback and person-centered care.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 8, 2018

If you are interested in learning more about policy and reimbursement, bookmark these resources: Center for Connected Health Policy – state and national policy information. If you are interested in learning how to build your telehealth team, take this free course module: Building Your Telehealth Team.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2021

But today’s telemedicine tools can enable evidence-based care and data sharing. Other providers worry that adding technology to a patient visit will be too complicated or time-consuming – but modern solutions are so easy to navigate that both clinicians and patients can immediately connect with each other to focus on the treatment.

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2019

As more mobile app users — consumers, patients, and caregivers — use these handy digital health tools, much of the data we share can be re-identified and monetized by third parties well beyond those we believe we’re sharing with.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Note that WHO’s approach to digital health adoption includes equity, access, palliative care, privacy, and security.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

But there are opportunities to learn from patients and advocacy groups at the meeting to inform the demand side of the health/care equation, and that’s crucial to understanding consumer experience, values and sense of value that enables people to get the care they need.

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GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Training and support – or the lack thereof – can make or break a virtual health program. In a recent interview with Managed Care magazine , Mei Wa Kwong, executive director of the Center for Connected Health Policy, listed training as a major implementation obstacle.

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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2020

But today’s telemedicine tools can enable evidence-based care and data sharing. Other providers worry that adding technology to a patient visit will be too complicated or time-consuming – but modern solutions are so easy to navigate that both clinicians and patients can immediately connect with each other to focus on the treatment.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Rock Health has gauged consumes’ digital health adoption fo a few years, showing year-on-year growth for “Googling” health information, seeking peer patients’ physician and hospital reviews, tracking activity, donning wearable tech, and engaging in live telehealth consultations with providers, as the first chart shows.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 7, 2023

See HHS.gov for details Last but not least, if your breach involves more than 500 people, your company name and details of the breach may be posted on the HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool, otherwise known as the HIPAA Wall of Shame. To find such an attorney, contact the Center for Connected Health Policy.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

HRSA’s 8 bureaus and offices (Ryan White, Maternal and child health, rural health policy, healthcare systems, etc.) In 2019, Health Centers across the nation served 30 million patients. Telehealth needs to be considered as just another tool in delivery of healthcare.

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Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2019

A fourth SDOH I’ve been advocating for the past decade is peoples’ access to digital health tools that can scale care to the person, that N of 1, wherever s/he lives. Rural and urban dwellers, alike, often cannot afford data plans charged by Internet Service Providers.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

This speaks to the fact that in emerging countries, health citizens are often leap-frogging health access using digital health tools, compared with patients and consumers in wealthier nations which have capital-intensive, bricks-and-mortar built medical care infrastructures.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Implementation, with mechanisms for ongoing audits and evaluations of potential bias in the tools. Usage, taking note of health care decisions made based on the algorithms to ensure inclusion as well as fair actions coming out of the recommendations.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

This is an important aspect to call out in the context of this project: as the press release explicitly states, “Ascension will improve the experience of patients and consumers, as well as providers and associates, and advance its Mission of providing compassionate, personalized care to all, especially people living in poverty and those most (..)

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The health care industry can do a better job supporting patients-as-health-consumers when it comes to managing the stress of the cost of health care, the Salesforce research suggests. At least eight in ten consumers would like to see better communication across all of these cost-access-advice issues.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Digital appointment reminders, self-scheduling features, mobile apps and other online tools can help reduce no-shows and keep patients engaged and motivated. Check a resource like Center for Connected Health Policy to find out the specific rules in your state. Identify suitable Medicaid patients in your practice.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But that doesn’t mean digital health can’t help stimulate economic development at local, regional, and national levels. There are green shoots in healthcare communities demonstrating that adopting a variety of digital health tools can boost economies.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

People can’t even comprehend, much less anticipate, the crazy ways we could use people’s data against them if we are being sinister, much as they can’t comprehend all of the good that could come from the free flow of data touched by great researchers and advanced research tools. The possibilities are endless in both directions.

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