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Older Adults & Virtual Reality Mental Health

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Older adults are at greater risk of developing the mental health consequences associated with poor well-being, including depression, loneliness, mood disorders, physical health issues like heart disease, and more rapid physiological health declines (Hawkley & Cacioppo, 2007 ). Virtual Reality Mental Health.

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Shaping the future of health technologies

Digital Leaders HealthTech

I’m a health systems guy and these lists are about health technologies that have moved health systems forward, rather than deep or niche technologies. The post Shaping the future of health technologies appeared first on Digital Leaders. We still do. Surgical robots. Virtual reality.

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Everybody is Stressed in America, and It’s Not Good for Our Health: the 2023 Update from the American Psychological Association

Health Populi

The APA has been quantifying Stress in America since 2007; for context, at the end of that year The Great Recession kicked in , and in response President Obama’s team put together assistance to bolster the national economy, jobs, and health technology (codified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act).

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Christ Hospital Health Network, with over 3,500 employees, is ranked No. Hospital leadership recently refreshed the Employee Assistance Program, which looks to improve work-life balance for employees by addressing behavioral and mental health needs. 24 on the Forbes ‘ list of Best Large Companies to Work For.

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The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

Health Populi

There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills. Dr. Robert Pearl has recently written about this, and the phenomenon has been a major recurring theme in this Health Populi blog since its inception in 2007 – when I launched this site in the midst of The Great Recession.