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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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Does Amazon have answers for the future of the NHS?

Lloyd Price

Why Amazon is moving into health Few doubt new digital technologies have roles to play in the huge challenges healthcare systems are facing. The incentives of companies like Amazon are to increase market share, share prices and profits, which puts them at odds with the underlying goals of a public health system like the NHS.”

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The Women’s Health Gap Is Especially Wide During Her Working Years – Learning from McKinsey, the World Economic Forum, and AARP in Women’s History Month

Health Populi

McKinsey and team have considered data from U-Wash’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on the global burden of disease, coupled with OECD data on retirement ages — for the latter, finding that the average pension age for women in 2016 was 63.7

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

In addition to offering a generous employee benefits package, the hospital collaborated with the Massachusetts Nursing Association — its RNs’ collective bargaining arm — to offer employees up to $2,000 in incentives for maintaining their health. Boston Business Journal named the hospital a Best Place to Work in 2012, 2014 and 2016.

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Guns, Jobs, or Health Care? In 2018, Voters Split as to Top Issue

Health Populi

Arguably, gun policy can cut in two ways: in light of the Stoneman Douglas High School shootings and wake-up call for #NeverAgain among both students and the public-at-large, vis-a-vis Second Amendment issue voters. And, as a growing public health issue, “guns” could also be adjacent to health.