Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

Primary Care 359

Primary Care HIPAA Telehealth Health Policy 359

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

"Timely availability of clinical information during health care transitions, in a setting with robust telemedicine access, can shift the method of care delivery without adversely affecting patient health outcomes," wrote the researchers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

EHR 167

EHR Telemedicine HIE Health Information 167

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model , or C-COMM, from HIMSS Analytics is meant to help healthcare organizations track the digital maturity of care delivered across community-based environments.

EMR 146

EMR Digital Health Primary Care Healthcare IT 146

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. If all states achieved the top rates of performance… 14 million fewer adults would skip care due to cost.

Mental health 185

Mental health Primary Care Public Health Telehealth 185

American Well

DECEMBER 7, 2015

You may have seen the news that Community Health Systems (CHS) is now partnering with American Well to make telehealth available to their patients for primary care video visits. Following health plans, health systems are the fastest growing sector of the telehealth adoption market. You may be wondering – why?

Telehealth 54

Telehealth Primary Care 54

American Well

DECEMBER 7, 2015

You may have seen the news that Community Health Systems (CHS) is now partnering with American Well to make telehealth available to their patients for primary care video visits. Following health plans, health systems are the fastest growing sector of the telehealth adoption market. You may be wondering – why?

Telehealth 48

Telehealth Primary Care 48

Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

Effusive digital health funding and increases in mobile and telehealth services show no signs of abating, and neither does general M&A activity. This year will see a swath of players from across the industry tackle behavioral health gaps by complementing primary care with telemedicine. Doubling down on digital.

Medicare 32

Medicare Telemedicine Digital Health Telehealth 32