China’s JD Health launches “family doctor” telehealth service
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 19, 2020
The company has recruited about 300 full-time doctors working as the core team for the “family doctor” services.
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More internal medicine, family practice doctors left the workforce in past 2 years than other specialties, report finds
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 17, 2023
More internal medicine, family practice doctors left the workforce in past 2 years than other specialties, report finds dmuoio Tue, 10/17/2023 - 16:27
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How this country doctor embraced artificial intelligence
KevinMD
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
I guess you could call me a country doctor. In addition to serving as a chief medical officer and practicing in an office in a small New Jersey town, I co-own an independent family care practice with my wife Kerri in a converted barn situated in the rolling hills and fields of NJ’s “horse country.”
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Patients more willing to share mobile mental health data with doctors than family, EHRs
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2019
In a small study published in JMIR, patients were more willing to share health data, such as activity and sleep trackers, than personal data, like call logs and location.
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Here’s why an ER doctor looks at Facebook before notifying family of a patient’s death
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 6, 2019
There’s a reason why he looks at a dead patient’s Facebook profile before he notifies family members of their death, says an emergency room doctor. Checking that Facebook page humanizes what otherwise might just be a dead body, writes Louis M. Profeta, M.D., an emergency physician at St.
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'How safe does this make my family member?' What doctors should tell patients about COVID vaccine
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
How safe does this make my family member?' What doctors should tell patients about COVID vaccine. Thu, 02/04/2021 - 09:28.
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Physicians Feeling Burnout and Depression Continues in 2024 — The Annual View From Medscape
Health Populi
JANUARY 30, 2024
physicians report feeling burned out, and 3 in 5 of those doctors say they have felt burned out for over two years, according to the Physician Burnout & Depression Report for 2024 from Medscape. Only 15% of doctors feeling burnout had ever reached out for professional help, and only 11% of physicians citing depression did so.
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People With Medical Debt Are Much More Likely to Be in Financial Distress in America
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The Kaiser Family Foundation and Peterson Center on Healthcare analyzed the NFCS data through a consumer health care financial lens with a focus on medical debt. as medical bill payments compete in an American family’s inbox of bills with cash for groceries, gas for transportation, and paying down student loan debt.
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The only way to deal with racist, sexist comments from patients, families: Call it out, says doctor
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
It’s time for doctors—from medical students to attending physicians—to no longer ignore racist, sexist and other inappropriate behavior from patients and family members.
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Millennials want convenient care
KevinMD
OCTOBER 27, 2018
The Kaiser Health News article, " Spurred By Convenience, Millennials Often Spurn The ‘Family Doctor’ Model ," caught my eye. It’s as if the needs of the patients and the concerns of doctors are. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
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Akili's digital therapeutic launches early for housebound children with ADHD
Mobi Health News
APRIL 22, 2020
In response to recent COVID-19 guidance, the company is releasing its video game-like treatment to qualifying families at no cost, and without explicitly requiring a doctor's prescription.
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Vietnamese digital health startup Med247 gets $4.5M in Series A funding
Mobi Health News
MARCH 31, 2022
It plans to put up more family clinics and set up a training academy for doctors and nurses.
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Telehealth offers advantages for treating children with feeding disorders
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 8, 2024
This does not just affect the child – it impacts the whole family. Its program Focused on Feeding has helped families go from hospital bed (with malnutrition) to the dinner table – entirely via telemedicine. When children struggle with eating, it doesn't just impact the child, it impacts the whole family.
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Death by 1,000 clicks: Where electronic health records went wrong
KevinMD
APRIL 22, 2019
The 47-year-old Vermont attorney turned innkeeper visited her local doctor at the Stowe Family Practice twice about the problem in late November 2012, but got little relief. The pain radiated from the top of Annette Monachelli’s head, and it got worse when she changed positions. It didn’t feel like her usual migraine.
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KevinMD
JULY 29, 2019
As Wei Wei Lee sat with her doctor to discuss starting a family, she felt a “distance” between them. The physician was busy on the computer and focused on the screen. “It It just didn’t feel very personal,” Lee said. “I I didn’t feel heard.” It seemed as though keeping a record of the conversation was more […].
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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being
Health Populi
APRIL 12, 2024
Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.
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Thinking Value-Based Health Care at HLTH 2022 – A Call-to-Action
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
The cost of health insurance for a worker who buys into a health plan at work in 2022 reached $22,463 for their family. Check out this 1940s ad from Blue Cross (“Plan for Hospital Care”) and Blue Shield (“Plan for Doctor Care”). The average monthly mortgage payment was $1,759 in mid-2022. Think value-based care.
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Doctors’ Offices Morph into Bill Collectors As Patients Face Growing Out-Of-Pocket Costs
Health Populi
AUGUST 2, 2021
This has raised the importance of price transparency, which is based on the hypothesis that if patients had access to personally-relevant price/cost information from doctors and hospitals for medical services, and pharmacies and PBMs for prescription drugs, the patient would behave as a consumer and shop around. In the U.S.,
As Food-As-Medicine Gains Momentum, Watch for Dietitians and Pharmacists to Sit at The FaM Table – And A Lesson from George Washington Carver
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
While we’ve seen the fast growth of registered dietitians working in retail, they are increasingly collaborating with other health professionals — namely registered nurses and medical doctors.
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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
This last chapter (#11) is titled “Get Started,” addressing both end-of-life care as well as everyday family health.
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Home Is Where the Health Is, CareMore Health (And Most People) Believe
Health Populi
JANUARY 16, 2020
Most caregivers studied also said the new model of a house call could help overcome challenges their loved one faces in getting to the doctor, as well as helping to share the care responsibility when dealing with their own daily lives, family and work responsibilities.
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The Growing Pet Economy – What It Means for Human Health, Well-Being, and Healthcare Costs
Health Populi
MAY 25, 2023
Our pets can be personal and family drivers of health and health care cost savings, according to a new study from according to a new report from researchers at George Mason University published in their paper, Health Care Cost Savings of Pet Ownership.
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Medscape Diagnoses Worsening Burnout and Depression Among U.S. Physicians
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
In the organization’s annual study into physicians’ wellbeing, Medscape has diagnosed worsening burnout and depression among America’s doctors. But only 45% of doctors said their workplaces offered programs addressing physicians. But only 45% of doctors said their workplaces offered programs addressing physicians.
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OpenAI and the diagnosis that saved a child’s life
Digital Health Global
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
ChatGPT plays the main role in a story involving a four-year-old boy and a missed diagnosis by 17 doctors. Courtney, Alex’s mother, told TODAY about her experience and how, during the lockdown due to COVID-19, it was ChatGPT that provided the solution and brought a sigh of relief to the whole family. of the application.
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Diagnosis: Stress, Anxiety and Anger – the 2022 Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report
Health Populi
JANUARY 25, 2022
During the quarantine months of COVID-19, one-half of male doctors felt more burned out compared with 60% of women who reported burnout. When asked which professions have burnout levels comparable to physicians, doctors pointed first to nurses (64%), followed by police (59%) and then teachers and EMTs (36% and 32%, respectively).
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Barbie in Health Care – Joining the Barbie Zeitgeist
Health Populi
JULY 20, 2023
.” While Barbie was a first responder of many types — police officer, firefighter, member of the armed forces, lifeguard — in fact, Barbie did not become a doctor until 1973. In the early vintage era in Barbie’s world, the doctor role (and outfit) went to Ken around 1963.
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Consumers’ Health Concerns Grow in the Pandemic Across All Categories – And More Trust Virtual Care
Health Populi
MAY 3, 2021
While the “in-person” visit to a doctor or medical professional continues to rank first as consumers’ most-trusted information source, the virtual doc or clinician rose in trust during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Euromonitor’s latest read on Consumer Health: Changes in Consumer Behaviour during COVID-19.
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Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
This phone updates the iconic Jitterbug, with enhancements designed for older people to, in the words of the company, “stay connected to the family, friends and the health services they need.” Two-thirds of older people primarily use their cell phone to text or call friends and family.
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Physicians in America – Too Many Burned Out, Depressed, and Not Getting Support
Health Populi
JANUARY 20, 2020
Nearly 1 in 2 physicians in Generation X, those people born between 1965 and 1979, feel burned out compared with roughly 4 in 10 doctors who are Millennials or Boomers. Furthermore, many more women than men physicians feel burned out: 48% of female doctors versus 37% of male.
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UK Doctors Least Likely in Europe G5 to Choose a Medical Career Again
Digital Health Global
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The UK result was the lowest of the European G5 where in Germany 72%, Spain 68%, France 62%, and Italy 60% of doctors would choose medicine if they were faced with the decision today. The study also found the vast majority of doctors (86%) felt that working in the NHS has become harder in the past year.
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A Look at Sunoh’s Ambient Clinical Voice Solutions Including New EHR Integrations
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 13, 2024
They’re doing this because the benefits of this technology are so impactful on doctors and patients. Plus, they share some great stories from their end users who are using the product including one where a doctor is able to get home early to their family. These stories illustrate the impact of this solution.
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Ask and Tell: Family Caregiving as a Social Determinant of Health
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 14, 2023
I sat in front of my doctor for the first time since before the pandemic. My doctor was starting to get the picture. There are over 50 million family caregivers or care partners in the U.S. Assessment of Family Caregivers: A Research Perspective. In Family Caregiver Alliance (Eds.), I’m not alone.
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Augmedix Derives More Value from Automated Generation of Medical Notes
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
the user interface flags the conflict so the doctor can check them. Augmedix Go also compares the note it generated to the edited version saved by the doctor, thus enabling continuous learning. Through this interface, a doctor can ask questions with a high chance of getting accurate answers. You need it just to get in the game.”
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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
However, younger doctors’ experience with telehealth has led to them being more bullish on the value of the modality than older physicians, Philips learned. Philips conducted 500 interviews with doctors in China, France, Germany, Singapore, and the United States to assess their views on technology and health care in the pandemic.
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Moving from 'sick care' to prevention over cure with technology
Mobi Health News
APRIL 15, 2019
The company’s app, available on iOS and Android devices, allows users to book a video consultation with a doctor or a therapist, send photo or text messages to get answers to quick questions, track their health, and store basic health information like family health history, medication history, and allergy information.
Honor Your Doctor – It’s National Doctors Day Today (and EveryDay)
Health Populi
MARCH 30, 2020
Today, March 30, is National Doctors Day. We honor doctors annually on this day. But every day, we must honor physicians for bolstering the health and wellness of our fellow Americans, our beloved families and friends, and our selves. doctors, including: Too many bureaucratic tasks. according to the U.S.
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Sehat Kahani Secures $2.7M Series A Funding, Spearheading Women-Led Innovation in Pakistan’s Health-Tech Sector
Digital Health Global
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Founded by Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram and Dr. Iffat Zafar Aga , Sehat Kahani offers virtual doctor-patient connections within 60 seconds, along with on-demand laboratory services and online medicine delivery. The support from USAID has been crucial for Sehat Kahani’s growth.
The care future for older adults needs housing and tech support
Aging in Place Technology Watch
DECEMBER 13, 2023
We’re still (mostly) talking about tech in the home to help family caregivers. Maybe wearables, remote monitoring, telehealth, voice tech – individually fairly inexpensive and prescribed by a doctor or recommended by a family member or neighbor. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?)
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The Consumerization of AI in Healthcare – The Early Days of AI-Trust
Health Populi
DECEMBER 4, 2023
These concerns may be tempering some patients’ preferences in collaborating with a doctor using AI: only 1 in 3 consumers told Medtronic they would prefer to work with an AI-using physician. Most people also noted a lack of evidence for AI which could be an obstacle to AI adoption for health care in the U.S.
Discern Health Ties Interventions to Patient Improvements
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 20, 2024
Pinho would also like Discern Health’s analytics to help patients; families, decreasing their financial, physical, and emotional burdens. One of the strengths they cite for Discern Health is the large number of doctors and nurses on their staff, providing clinical validation.
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The Omnichannel Imperative for Healthcare: Supporting Telehealth Awareness Week 2023
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Health care providers across the continuum of care offered services from chronic to specialty care, along with investing in platforms and so-called digital front doors to enable patients to virtually “enter” their local or regional health system or doctor’s practice.
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Americans’ Top Sources of Stress are Money, Money, Money and Family
Health Populi
OCTOBER 22, 2019
In the 2019 dictionary next to the word “stress,” we would find variations of a definition all deriving from Americans’ current worries about their money, the economy, and health care costs…then, family responsibilities and jobs. The 7th Annual U.S.
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Doctors worried about survival of their medical practices: ‘This could be the death blow,’ says physician
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 2, 2020
and two other doctors set up a family medicine practice in the rural area of Salinas, California. Almost 22 years ago, Sumana Reddy, M.D., Now she worries the coronavirus could be the death of it.
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The Tik Tok’ing of Medical Mis-Information: Doctors’ and Patients’ Roles in Curating Healthy Advice
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Doctors in the U.S. Doctors and patients, both, have roles to play in addressing medical misinformation online. That’s less than half of the percentage of doctors saying so — 98%, virtually all U.S. That’s less than half of the percentage of doctors saying so — 98%, virtually all U.S.
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