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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

I’ll also weave in the latest insights from the ATA 2019 State of the States report updating legislative/regulatory telemedicine activity at the U.S. There’s a growing trend in direct-to-consumer telemedicine companies recently noted in JAMA in a viewpoint titled, “Prescriptions on Demand.” State level.

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Telemedicine Today: September 2016

American Well

Telemedicine Today: September 2016. Welcome to the (delayed) September 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! School Launches Telemedicine Pilot through Arkansas Children’s Hospital. School Launches Telemedicine Pilot through Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Now, telemedicine is expanding to offer mental health care.

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Top Six Healthcare Executive Challenges in 2019

Henry Kotula

Organizations that are the most successful will focus more on patient care than revenue, and they will see improved outcomes and reduced costs as a result. Primary care. In 2018, several new entrants entered and/or broadened their reach into healthcare. Dealing with nontraditional entrants and disruptors.

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How The Rapid Shift To Telehealth Leaves Many Community Health Centers Behind During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Henry Kotula

In our review of 2018 Uniform Data System data—the most recent available—from a 100 percent sample of US CHCs, we found that our nation’s health centers are largely unprepared for this transformation. Across the US, 56 percent of 1,330 CHCs did not have any telehealth use in 2018 ( exhibit 1 ).

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GAO: rural hospital closures increasing, South hardest hit

Henry Kotula

According to GAO, just 17% of rural hospital closures occurred in states that had expanded Medicaid as of April 2018. CMS Administrator Seema Verma released a rural health strategy in May aimed at improving access and quality of care in rural communities. One potential lifeline was Medicaid expansion.

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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Sleep has been a key theme at CES, which I began to note in 2018 in this post on prescribing sleep for health at CES. Philips is a major player in the sleep health market, and at CES 2021 launched the Face Mask Selector with based on 3D facial screening. Sleep-as-medicine for all ages.