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Amazon Care Partners with Ginger to Add Behavioral Health Services

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Ginge r has been a teletherapy startup offering on-demand mental healthcare since 2011, using smartphone-based technology to connect clinicians with consumers. They identify depression, stress, and anxiety patterns and alert patients and registered healthcare providers to deliver the required care.

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Getting More Personal, Virtual and Excellent – the 2020 NBGH Employer Report

Health Populi

Among large employers, the most-favored tactics for managing health benefits and costs in 2020 are to adopt virtual care services across many objectives (from sleep and mental health to managing conditions and wellness coaching), and to focus on high-cost claims (to manage costs and quality).

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A Tale of Two Americas as Told by the 2019 OECD Report on Health

Health Populi

Stalled gains in longevity, with greater burdens of chronic disease and ill mental health, are growing risk factors throughout so many of the wealthiest nations on Earth. Opioid-related deaths grew some 20% since 2011 in the U.S. Our OECD peers generally invest more in primary care access than America does.

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

Health care utilization declined due to patients foregoing, rather than delaying, care. Aside from care for COVID-19, volumes are down except for services related to mental and behavioral health (with rates of mental health prescribing increasing for antidepressant and anti-anxiety drugs).

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Diagnosing, Treating, and Supporting Children Experiencing Pediatric Depression

Iris Telehealth

The past year has been an enormous mental health challenge for children and adolescents. Research in Child Adolescent Health indicated the global closures of schools and colleges due to the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively impacted over 91% of the world’s student population.

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Diagnosing, Treating, and Supporting Children Experiencing Pediatric Depression

Iris Telehealth

The past year has been an enormous mental health challenge for children and adolescents. Research in Child Adolescent Health indicated the global closures of schools and colleges due to the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively impacted over 91% of the world’s student population.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It’s all about improving access to healthcare.”