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Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

Health Populi

a risk factor in two-thirds of bankruptcies filed between 2013 and 2016. That’s a sad fiscal fact, especially as more Americans gained access to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPA). between 2013 and 2016.

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Dr. Burnout – The 2021 Medscape Physician Burnout & Suicide Report

Health Populi

In 2013, the issue of burnout was called out on the cover of the report, shown here with the question, “does burnout affect lifestyle?” ” In 2015, the Physician Lifestyle Report was titled, Health-Wealth-Weed Burnout. What factors contributed most to clinician burnout in this year’s survey?

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IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The system was fully integrated into BESTCare and monitors all inpatient test results and vital signs 24/7 since 2013. Telemonitoring System for Community Recovery Center through RRS, PHR and Electronic Survey System. Furthermore, SNUBH has been utilizing Personal Health Record (PHR) and electronic survey system for telemonitoring.

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Technology, Aging and Obesity Drive Healthcare Spending, BEA Finds

Health Populi

High Spending Growth Rates For Key Diseases In 2000-14 Were Driven By Technology And Demographic Factors , a June 2018 Health Affairs article, analyzed this data. Some key findings from this study were that: The fastest-growing spending conditions between 2013 and 2014 were infectious disease, mental illness, and diabetes.

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Let’s Save the Date and Make Patient Engagement Official in 2022

Society for Participatory Medicine

Let’s look back even further to 2013 to examine one definition of patient engagement: Health Affairs defines patient engagement as combining patient activation with interventions designed to increase and promote positive patient behavior, such as obtaining preventive care or exercising regularly, hopefully to lower costs.

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Latinos and Diabetes: The Need for Outreach

Insulin Nation

They also are experiencing the fastest increase in the rates of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and that alarms many public health officials. According to a recent American Diabetes Association analysis of diabetes health data, 52.5% health care system. population. of Hispanic women and 45.4% In contrast, only 31.2%

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One physician's perspective on why patients prefer telehealth visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency, our organization has expanded its telehealth capabilities. To test this assumption, I surveyed my patients. There were no exclusions in this survey. About two-thirds of the patients I surveyed were follow-up patients.