The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

In his testimony on healthcare market’s consolidation effects on quality, cost and access, Paul Ginsberg, Director of Public Policy at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics cites some key drivers of consolidation. ACOs require scaling which small hospitals cannot provide.

Health Technology 60

Health Technology Digital Health EHR Health Policy 60

ACA Times

MARCH 10, 2017

During a 2012 correspondence with Arrow, this writer inquired as to which of his works he thought would improve the world the most, were they more well-known. In 2013, Arrow joined other economists in signing a letter to Congress, written by a small group of health policy experts.

Health Policy 40

Health Policy Nursing 40

Medicine and Technology

MARCH 6, 2013

We are all consumers of the system and even health care professionals get confused with the processes, the paperwork, the billing, the insurance forms, and more.

Public Health 32

Public Health Health Data Health Policy 32

Lloyd Price

JUNE 27, 2018

IntraHealth provided technical assistance for significant scale-up of family planning services, training hundreds of health workers and bringing long- acting reversible contraception to the health center level.

Digital Health 87

Digital Health HIE Telemedicine eHealth 87

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For context, since 2012, the annual cost increase for family premiums ranged between 3% and 5%, so the 2020 rate of 4% fell within a fairly normal range of 3-5% seen over the past eight years. Workers’ earnings grew by 3.4 in 2020, as family premiums increased by 4.0% and inflation, 2.1%.

Public Health 432

Public Health Telemedicine Telehealth Mental health 432

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In “Waste in the US Health Care System,” a team from Humana and the Univrsity of Pittsburgh recalibrated the previous finding of 30% of wasted spending to the 25%, which equates to a waste-range of $760 bn to $935 bn. The post Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

Pharmaceuticals 260

Pharmaceuticals Medicare Life Science Health Policy 260

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: This last chart compares gains in life expectancy (longevity) between two periods, 2002-2007 and 2012-2017. But in the latter five-year period, 2012-2017, life expectancy gains in the U.S. Look all the way to the left of the chart, and see that in the U.S.

Primary Care 241

Primary Care Public Health Mental health Health Policy 241

Digital Health Global

MARCH 16, 2023

She has lost 100 pounds herself after the birth of her first child, and found her professional calling in helping her patients take control of their health through a safe, physician-supervised weight loss program emphasizing long-term lifestyle changes. He became a full Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in 2012.

Private practice 68

Private practice Primary Care Public Health Telemedicine 68

Health Populi

MAY 24, 2018

The total number of new oncology therapies approved since 2012 hit 78 new drugs related to one or more of 24 tumor types, shown in the detailed Vitruvian Man diagram. In the US, spending on oncology doubled from 2012 to 2017, to $50 bn. The top 35 cancer drugs account for 80% of total global spending on oncology products.

Pharmaceuticals 204

Pharmaceuticals Health Policy 204

Health Populi

JULY 2, 2019

On the upside, black-white disparities trended downward a bit for both days and health. Health justice decreased over the 25 years for healthy days, slightly improved between 2012 and 2015, then declined again by 2017. The health justice trend was overall downward.

Public Health 205

Public Health Health Policy 205

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When I recently wrote Trust-Busted: the Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health , I focused on Edelman’s finding that the U.S. public’s faith in Tech had tumbled to its lowest level since Edelman began measuring it in the study – falling 21 percentage points over 10 years from 2012.

Public Health 182

Public Health Digital Health Health Policy 182

ACA Times

DECEMBER 19, 2017

During a 2012 correspondence with Arrow, this writer inquired as to which of his works he thought would improve the world the most, were they more well-known. In 2013, Arrow joined other economists in signing a letter to Congress, written by a small group of health policy experts.

Health Policy 40

Health Policy Nursing 40

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

It’s been a concept that, largely, only health policy wonks (like me) talked much about. That, in two words, is the protection of people in America with pre-existing conditions. Truth is, the phrase “pre-existing conditions” wasn’t discussed much among mainstream folks in the U.S. What a difference a year makes.

Leadership 191

Leadership Public Health Medicare Health Policy 191