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Zocdoc Learns What Patients Want: Primary Care Access ASAP, and the Role of Women as Chief Health Officers

Health Populi

The ability to book an doctor’s appointment ASAP, care available in-person and via telehealth, and control over my care — these are key factors Zocdoc explains in the company’s What Patients Want report published this week. pap smear, gyn exam), dermatology, and mental health issues.

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Primary Care 2.0 – How Crossover Health is “Re-Bundling” Health Care

Health Populi

These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend. health care system, or more aptly “non-system” as my old friend J.D. Scott founded Crossover Health in 2007 with the vision of surrounding the patient with care.

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To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual care can be a game-changer for people in rural communities and healthcare deserts. A recent study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research found telehealth is nearly as effective as in-person primary care visits when it comes to addressing patient needs. However, the digital divide prevents millions of U.S.

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Using Telehealth to Serve Disparate Populations

Healthcare IT Today

When UMH-West moved to its current location in 2007, downtown Grand Rapids was already home to the “Medical Mile,” a cluster of large providers and medical schools. Exalta describes itself as a “faith-based nonprofit healthcare center that offers accessible, compassionate care for the whole person.”

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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

Health Populi

As the first line chart illustrates, the peak of medical trend in the last 18 years was in 2007 when the U.S. Here’s a link to PwC’s 2007 study looking behind the numbers, noting that the 11.9% saw double-digit cost growth of nearly 12%.

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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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Mental Health at CES 2022 – The Consumer’s Context for Wellbeing in the New Year

Health Populi

The second chart from CTA’s report illustrates’ consumers’ awareness of mental wellness technologies relative to other digital health techs — with fitness tracker apps and telehealth visits best-known among the many items in the digital health portfolio.