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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Those pens would do two things to modernize American health care for both patients and doctors: first, Congress would pass the CONNECT for Health Act (HR 4189. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act. Plainly put, we have 20 th Century laws governing 21 st century health care delivery.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

For several years, I’ve called out telecom connections as a social determinant: for example, in this Huffington Post column written in July 2016, I asserted that broadband is a social determinant of health. One on which I focus in my book is connectivity.

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The Social Determinants of Food for Health, Farms, and the Economy

Health Populi

In 2016, 21.4 on several dimensions: diet and health outcomes, farming as an industry and economic engine, and social determinants, along with seven other categories. million full- and part-time jobs were related to agriculture and food sectors, about 11% of total U.S. employment.