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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Health Populi

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 had embedded within the law a Patient’s Bill of Rights. Kudos to NABIP for developing this document and taking a leadership position in supporting health care as a civil right for all consumers, emerging as health citizens, in America.

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Closed Loop Medicine Appoints Paul Johnson as Non-Executive Director

Digital Health Global

Paul is an established leader within the digital healthcare industry, having co-founded Lemonaid Health, one of the first national direct-to-consumer telehealth apps in the US, and led the Company as CEO through to its acquisition by consumer genetics and research company, 23andMe, for $400 million in 2021.

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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

American Well

Interest in telehealth has reached an all-time high, with many of the most prestigious health systems in the U.S. Out of all the reasons health systems are implementing telehealth, however, reducing medical costs is one of the largest driving factors. Telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. healthcare costs.

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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

American Well

Interest in telehealth has reached an all-time high, with many of the most prestigious health systems in the U.S. Out of all the reasons health systems are implementing telehealth, however, reducing medical costs is one of the largest driving factors. Telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. healthcare costs.

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Healthcare’s Sustainability Problem And The Solutions Tech Can Provide

Healthcare IT Today

healthcare rose 6 percent from 2010-18. Tech inspires these pledges through circular health-care initiatives, telehealth, smart hospitals, AI, and so much more. Telehealth. Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center conducted more than 340,000 telehealth visits from March 2020-February 2021. Healthcare is responsible for about 4.4

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The Big Consult: Major Criteria for Adopting a Digital App or Service

Healthcare IT Today

The opposite can happen too easily, as the industry saw after the adoption of electronic health records in the 2010 decade. ” Telehealth, for instance, might seem to help seniors get care, but they might be used to in-person visits and prefer to continue them.

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In Memoriam, Bob Waters

LinkousThink

Waters, JD, the founder of the Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law and a long-time leader in telemedicine. In 2005, he received the ATA’s Leadership Award for the Advancement of Telemedicine and he was among those named as an ATA Fellow in the inaugural class in 2009.