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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 1 of 5

Health Populi

We came to appreciate the connectivity was indeed a determinant of health (which I called out in the Huffington Post in July 2016). healthcare system.

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Loneliness Is A Health Risk, Especially Among Older People

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Chronic loneliness is associated with memory loss, physical deterioration, eroding mental health, and lower life expectancy, the U-M point out. Loneliness is also part of an un-virtuous cycle that can magnify these health risks. How to mitigate loneliness, especially among older people?

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

Omron has been one of the few consumer-facing digital health companies that has taken the long-view and done the work to file for FDA clearance for a medical-grade technology that mainstream consumers can use. After mental health and diabetes, heart apps rank as the third largest categories for medical apps on the market in 2017.

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@PsychCentral Show’s Gabe Howard to co-host live podcast episode at #SPM2018

Society for Participatory Medicine

Embracing participatory medicine has helped Gabe Howard @GabeHoward29 manage his bipolar and anxiety disorders, and allowed him to become an award-winning writer, mental health activist, speaker and educator on a topic that stigmatizes so many. Register here.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Those numbers were even higher when it came to mental health: More than half of people in all age groups said video was their preferred appointment type for behavioral health. Advocates cheered the CONNECT for Health Act's reintroduction, calling it a major move toward expansion of access to virtual services.

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Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

Health Populi

These policy recommendations are rooted in a tragedy: the murder of Jo Cox, the Labour MP who was murdered in 2016. And here is an important essay, quite timely to revisit from 2016, from The New Yorker on Jo Cox, the Brexit Vote, and the Politics of Murder. Jo had campaigned about loneliness, and had worked with Oxfam for many years.

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Mend Celebrates 10 Millionth Virtual Care Appointment

Mend

Launched in 2016, the Mend platform has provided healthcare organizations with technology that enables the delivery of patient-centric care across many specialties including mental health. Additionally, Mend was honored with the “ Best Patient Experience ” award at the 2022 Connected Health Pulse MVP Awards.