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Calling Out Health Equity on Martin Luther King Day 2019

Health Populi

In 2019, an emerging concern is how the growth in adoption of artificial intelligence and cognitive computing among health care organizations – particularly, insurance plans, providers, and pharma. These interrelationships are fundamental to public health thinking. s, birthday. .

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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

The health care section of Mary Meeker’s 334-page annual report, Internet Trends 2019 , comprises 24 of those pages (270 through 293). In health care, this is an underlying tectonic trend with implications for research, translation to therapies, individual treatment plans, population and public health.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

Health Populi

This funding record (“already” before year-end, tallied by the third quarter as Rock Health notes) was driven by “mega”-deals accelerated during the public health crisis of COVID-19. based digital health start-ups adding up $9.4 billion, up 22% from 2019. billion in 2020… so far.

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Top 45 Healthcare Blogs for 2019

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The blog of Shahid Shah, an award-winning health IT and digital medical device inventor and CEO, with a list of accomplishments too long to include here. The point is, you'll want to read his perspective on the latest medical and health tech innovations. Fierce Health IT. Health IT Consultant. Public Health Matters Blog.

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Pandemic era telehealth grew most in wealthy and metro areas, RAND study shows

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That study, Who Is (and Isn't) Receiving Telemedicine Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic , adds to an already substantial body of evidence that the public health emergency is exacerbating disparities in access and use of technology-enabled healthcare. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Global Health Equity Care.

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AI: Patients Included

Health Populi

“Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. Layered on top of this is health citizens’ eroding trust in other aspects of U.S. public health, as well.

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The Cost of Prescription Drugs, Doctors and Patient Access – A View from HIMSS19

Health Populi

The Health Care Cost Institute’s January 2019 study found that some people with diabetes have made a decision to cut the amount of the drug they use or abandon it due to increasing costs for the life-sustaining therapy.