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

Health Populi

S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act. health care, bring people back into the system, bolster physician well-being, and deliver on the promise of high-quality care that the U.S. Why this call-to-action on the 118 th U.S. Congress to address telehealth right now? has known how to deliver.

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Tech-enabled Home Care Redux? Do investors remember 2016?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Some recent announcements offer almost the same level of overheating investment that the frothy level of investment that characterized the 2016 investor spending spree, noted in a Forbes. Home Care Assistance received $100 million in 2016. Why the froth? Homecare a sizable and growing market. hour to start at Walmart.

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The U.S. is a Nation in Pain – America’s Life Expectancy Fell Again in 2016

Health Populi

American saw the greatest number of deaths from suicide and alcohol- and drug-induced fatalities was recorded in 2016. wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. life expectancy fell, again, in 2016. The Northeast and Midwestern U.S.

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AMA Suggests that Telehealth Tech Use Is Up Since 2016, But Still Modest

Healthcare IT Today

A new survey has found that physician use of technology to provide telehealth or virtual visits has doubled since its previous study in 2016. This meshes well with other market research suggesting that a healthy cross-section of providers are preparing to get on board.

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The Link Between Wellness & Wealth Is Powerful for Everyone – and Especially Women

Health Populi

the link between wellness and wealth, money and health, is strong and common across people, young and old. But the impacts of money on health, well-being, and life choices varies across the ages, based on a study from Lively , a company that builds platforms for health savings accounts. In the U.S., “More than half of U.S.

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What is Psychological Well-Being in Young People? The Role of Self-Help Digital Tools

Telebehavioral Health Institute

What is Psychological Well-Being? For more than a decade, a body of literature has been evolving around the idea of well-being as being more than the absence of a mental health disorder (Dey et al., 2018; Patalay & Fitzsimon, 2016) and is considered critical to a person’s health. 2012; Patalay et al.,

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The Link Between Administrative Burden and Physician Burnout

Continue Education Journal

A 2016 article in The Lancet defined physician burnout as “a work related syndrome, involving emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment.” This burnout leads to measurable increases in exhaustion in the workplace as well as depersonalization from work. 2016 Nov 5;388(10057):2272-2281.

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