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Dispatches from the Frontlines: Connected Health and COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and our members worked tirelessly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, and state officials to expand access to connected health solutions during COVID-19 pandemic. billion in 2018.

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McKinsey’s Six Shifts To Add Life to Years — and One More to Consider

Health Populi

And loneliness can kill us, we learned, from the study Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review , seminal research published in 2010 led by Julianne Holt-Lunstad and collaborators from Brigham Young University and University of North Carolina.

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Telehealth Payer Laws: Impact and Issues

BHM Healthcare Solutions

The language policymakers use in telehealth legislation may deter provider networks from offering remote services and tying the hands of payers looking to broad service options, according to a the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP). Excepts from the full report continue below.