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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

In Declining Use of Primary Care Among Commercially Insured Adults in the United States, 2008-2016 , the researchers analyzed data from a national sample of adult health plan members between 18 and 64 years of age and saw that visits to PCPS fell by 24.2%, from 169.5 visits per 100 member-years.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

CCHP: CCHP stands for the Center for Connected Health Policy and is a non-profit that has been designated the national telehealth policy resource center. The organization researches telehealth policy issues and keeps updated information on state telehealth laws and reimbursement.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

COVID-19 and working from/learning from/exercising from/praying from/cooking from home accelerated, our homes have been morphing into our personal “HealthQuarters,” I recently discussed here in Health Populi. As we observed in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, more DIY care came to people’s self-care at home.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

For more color, read Jane’s April 2008 report, “The Wisdom of Patients,” where she wrote about PLM in its start-up phase (see section on page 20 entitled “ An Ongoing, Live Outcomes Study ”). There could be a similar discussion around how the players in the health care system are evolving. Not really.