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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

Health Populi

“This surge of people experiencing acute behavioral health problems…has the potential to further impact the healthcare system for years to come,” a report from McKinsey expects looking at the hidden costs of COVID-19’s impact on U.S. health care. health care system in terms of workflow and payment parity.

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

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Risks of social determinants of health like paying for housing, utilities, and food, have been a greater burden during the public health crisis for Black people (32%) and Hispanic folks (28%) than for White people in America (17%), with an average of 22% at-risk for SDoH factors. population by a factor of 2 to 1.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

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CIO and Chief Privacy Officer, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Jankowicz is also VP of information management at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. With a PhD background in AI and machine learning, he has helped grow its electronic health record into an integrated platform. Damian Jankowicz.

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Stay Calm In Your Head(space) – An Update on Meditation-As-Medicine

Health Populi

I’ll focus on #1, although mindfulness and mental health play into every single one of the eight other trends in the GWI line-up. But back to mental health, because it is indeed the epidemic within the pandemic. Bush administration beginning 2002. Adding color to wellness (on diversity and inclusion).

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Longevity Stalls Around the World And Wealth, More Concentrated

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Health Populi’s Hot Points: This last chart compares gains in life expectancy (longevity) between two periods, 2002-2007 and 2012-2017. life expectancy gained in the earlier period, 2002-2007, ranked relatively high with OECD countries like the UK, Australia, Canada, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, and others.