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Former Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Richard Carmona Joins DrKumo’s Advisory Board

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona, Brings Wealth of Healthcare Expertise to DrKumo’s Advisory Board DrKumo, a leader in Remote Patient Monitoring – Home Telehealth (RPM-HT) solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Richard Carmona, the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, to its Advisory Board. Former U.S.

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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: What Senator Paul Wellstone advocated for and knew way back in 2000 was that mental health is just part of health, and needed to be embedded into primary care and the U.S. health care system in terms of workflow and payment parity. Paul died in a plane crash in 2002.

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Love and Health: The Education of Abner Mason, SameSky Health

Health Populi

was in a position to help, and the miracle of antiviral drugs worked to address the death sentence that was AIDS in 2002. In his role, Abner went to Africa and saw a shocking scale of death in large communities in the hardest-hit countries in the world. Abner was part of one of the biggest humanitarian efforts in U.S.

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Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response to gather initial data insights from digital services providers

Lloyd Price

As governments attempt to contain the virus, we must mitigate the mental health impact of the pandemic and economic crisis, especially given that pre-COVID-19 predictions already indicated that by 2030 depression will be the leading cause of disease burden globally [1].