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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The “super social” adjective was first coined by Dr. Chris Gibbons of Johns Hopkins University, who wrote about Broadband as a Health Imperative back in 2014.

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Study: Neonatal Telehealth Reduces Transfers and Boosts Hospital Revenue

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of policy barriers that hinder their plans, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. Payers are rapidly becoming educated and are keen on closing the gap.

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Data Well-Being: A Pillar of Health Citizenship for US Consumers

Health Populi

.” Concerns about consumer-generated data and third-party data brokers’ and others’ potential to exploit the information outside of pure health care uses is not a new-new thing.

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Our Mobile Health Data: Shared, Identifiable, and Privacy-Deprived

Health Populi

. “Regulators should focus on full transparency, requiring sharing as opposed to privacy policies…privacy will become an important social determinant of health.”

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Report: Telemedicine Reimbursement Limitations Cost Millions, ‘Impede Expansion’

care innovations

million in telehealth claims per year “did not meet Medicare requirements,” the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has thrust new light upon America’s byzantine telemedicine reimbursement policies and the limitations they place on the expansion of value-based care.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

In March 2014, Danny Wegman, patriarch of the family-held Wegman’s grocery chain, came out in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal for a statewide health information network in New York, where Wegman’s headquarters sits in Rochester. Beyond the local economic effects, think about the larger region or State.

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2023 Preview of Telemental Health Laws & Behavioral Telehealth Regulations

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) has also published its annual State. While progress has been steady since 2014, the 2022 calendar year saw notable growth on numerous telemedicine fronts within the FSMB position papers. New Jersey (through December 31, 2023). Vermont (through January 1, 2026).