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Telehealth Law: Healthcare Translation Services for Limited English Proficient People (Case Study)

Telebehavioral Health Institute

In the 2001 repor t, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposed a strategy to improve the US healthcare system. The article is written to illustrate the practical identification and utilization of LEP services in telehealth.

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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians

Health Populi

One universal experience health systems around the globe have witnessed in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic has been the dramatic pivot to telehealth and virtual care platforms. In the first six months of the pandemic, the tale of telehealth as told via media coverage and virtual conference content has been quite bullish.

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Should Graduate Schools Teach Telehealth Competency?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A 2001 Institute of Medicine report highlighted the shortcomings of healthcare professional training and ongoing proficiency assessment to enhance patient care and safety (IOM, 2001). Many providers have offered virtual care for nearly three years, but how many of these practitioners were trained in telehealth?

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Primary Care 2.0 – How Crossover Health is “Re-Bundling” Health Care

Health Populi

health care system, or more aptly “non-system” as my old friend J.D. published in 2001. These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend. Fragmentation is a hallmark of the U.S. Kleinke noted in his book titled Oxymorons ….published

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Gen Z and Millennials: What They Want from Healthcare

MeMD

Right on their heels is Gen Z, born between 2001 and 2020, the largest population segment in the U.S. That number is even higher among younger generations: Gen Z and Millennials are entirely on board with telehealth, with 44% reporting they may switch providers if virtual visits aren’t offered going forward. But this isn’t new news.

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from 2001 to 2014, deaths due to overdoses in the USA were noted as: 8 fold increase due to prescription drugs. The classification of substance abuse as a chronic condition by the ACA has implications with regards to digital health. 4 fold increase due to prescription opioids.

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As Medical Cost Trend Remains Flat, Patients Face Growing Health Consumer Financial Stress

Health Populi

In 2007, the year I launched Health Populi , the inaugural post focused on just this issue; the post was titled, “Health care is the #1 line item in our national economy…and taking more out of your pocket.” 49% of consumers would have a live visit with a physician via smartphone.

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