Health Populi
MAY 15, 2018
The top-line of this national health scorecard is that “deaths of despair” are surging, due to suicide, alcohol, opioids, and other drugs whose use has grown by 50% since 2005 to 2016. The social determinants of health — income and good jobs, using tobacco, and having health insurance — bolster good health. .
mHealth Insight
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
. “To see whether these laws translate to more use of telemedicine, researchers examined private health insurance claims data from 2005 to 2017 from OptumLabs Data Warehouse. In Mental Health we should be asking not what mobiles are doing to our mental health but what they could be doing. .
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Health Populi
MARCH 26, 2018
Primary care: Throughout the world, people who live in countries that have strong primary care workforces enjoy better health outcomes, which I discussed in my paper, Primary Care, Everywhere , written for the California Healthcare Foundation. Food and nutrition, focusing on food availability (versus food deserts) and nutrition.
Enzyme Health
JULY 31, 2019
Telemedicine visits increased at an average compound annual growth rate of 52% per year from 2005 - 2014 ( JAMA ). Mental health used to be the largest represented specialty in telehealth, but as of 2017, it moved from first to fifth on the list, only consisting of 7% of all telemedicine claim distribution ( FH Healthcare Indicators ).
Lloyd Price
JUNE 24, 2018
While some may be concerned about the negative impact of Oculus Rift on our health, proponents of the device claim the uptake of virtual reality could offer significant benefits to our wellbeing, improve access to healthcare and even raise standards of care.
American Well
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Analysis of data from the Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project’s 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Prevention Quality Indicators showed that a decrease in the number of potentially avoidable hospital admissions from 2005 to 2010 saved nearly $1 billion in hospital costs.
American Well
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Analysis of data from the Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project’s 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Prevention Quality Indicators showed that a decrease in the number of potentially avoidable hospital admissions from 2005 to 2010 saved nearly $1 billion in hospital costs.
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