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Prelude to Health 2.0 2019: Thinking Consumers At the Center of Digital Health Transformation

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

As EY’s framework illustrates here in the Venn diagram, these many health and wellbeing touch-points leverage various technologies and services: maturing EHRs and acute care, as well as emerging tech like AI, blockchain, and biometrics. This week, Health 2.0 2019 will feature examples of all of these technologies and services.

Digital Health

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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

health policy and regulatory leaders. An uncertain world is our workplace in the health/care ecosystem, globally, in this moment. .” ” The hospital of the future is not the hospital of 2019. What should doctor’s and nurse’s competencies be ten years from now?

Public Health

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The Care Crisis – Robots Won’t Save Us

Health Populi

JUNE 15, 2022

Most commonly, these are child daycare service jobs, followed by nursing and residential care and individual and family services, hospital and ambulatory services, and education. had a supply shortage of nurses and some physician specialties. Even before the coronavirus emerged in early 2020, the U.S.

Nursing

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More Evidence of Self-Rationing as Patients Morph into Healthcare Payors

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Wolters Kluwer released a summary of a study this week, to be published in full in 2020, surveying 1,000 consumers (232 of whom had been a hospital inpatient in the past year) and 837 health care providers (a mix of physicians, nurses, and hospital administrators). on an annual basis as of October 2019.

Nursing

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Top Six Healthcare Executive Challenges in 2019

Henry Kotula

JANUARY 30, 2019

Healthcare organizations that are most successful in 2019 will know what challenges and changes are coming down the pipeline, and they will prepare accordingly. To help ensure you don’t get left behind, we’ve assembled the top six challenges the industry will face in 2019. That will need to change in 2019. Primary care.

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Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Note that peoples’ faith in healthcare remained steady from 2019 to this year (just a 1 point decline in the index). In health care, these would be our honest-and-ethical front-line workers — nurses, physicians, and pharmacists, the latest Gallup Poll on the question learned (described here in Health Populi).

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Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

counties revealed that most of observed racial disparities for COVID-19 deaths persisted after controlling for overall 2019 mortality rates and COVID-19 cases per 100,000. For some people such as American Indian and Native Alaskan folks, geography, remoteness, and lack of public health infrastructure are challenges. .

Public Health

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Being Philips, what underpins that quality and experience is technology; Philips explored telehealth, AI, digital health records (DHRs), and other digital health tools that can engage patients. The Dilemma is the risk of “too little” or “too much” health data being shared.

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

"It's the overnight success story that was 30 years in the making," said Atrium Health Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Rasu Shrestha. Telehealth has been around for a long time, but only recently has it gained the critical mass that most have long expected.

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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels. Linus Health announced the availability of its brain health platform , which combines cognitive screenings and decision support tools to help detect dementia in its early stages.

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – March & April 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

APRIL 9, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Tennessee HB 518 3/21/18: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee. general assembly no later than January 15, 2019.

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Telehealth Policy 2018: Keeping You In The Know

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MARCH 6, 2018

In 2018, updates and changes impacted telehealth policy across the nation. Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee participate in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC). Regional Level. The eNLC was implemented on January 19, 2018. ” Watch for updates as they become available.

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – March 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MARCH 5, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). The comptroller shall report findings, along with any recommendations, to the members of the general assembly no later than January 15, 2019. .

Telemedicine

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – May 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 14, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). The comptroller shall report findings, along with any recommendations, to the members of the general assembly no later than January 15, 2019.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Telehealth Nursing Health Policy

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – June 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JUNE 29, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). The comptroller shall report findings, along with any recommendations, to the members of the general assembly no later than January 15, 2019.

Telemedicine

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Health Is Social – The Social Determinants of Health at HIMSS19

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Patients most-trust their clinicians, physicians and nurses, as safe places in which to have an honest SDoH discussion, compared with a health insurance representative. But age is a factor in these conversations, where younger people are more comfortable talking about SDoHs with clinicians than older people. .”

Medicare

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Seattle Coronavirus Care: Short in Staff, Supplies and Space

Henry Kotula

MARCH 16, 2020

Harborview Medical Center in downtown Seattle operated at 95 percent of its capacity in 2019, based on its licensed 413 beds and the days of patient care it reported to the Department of Health. Hours later, the nurse said she suffered a cardiac event and was later admitted to another hospital with a stress-induced cardiomyopathy.

Nursing

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Telehealth’s Missing Link: Training and Support

GlobalMed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Training and support – or the lack thereof – can make or break a virtual health program. In a recent interview with Managed Care magazine , Mei Wa Kwong, executive director of the Center for Connected Health Policy, listed training as a major implementation obstacle. Contact Us.

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6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Check a resource like Center for Connected Health Policy to find out the specific rules in your state. Depending on your state laws, nurse practitioners and other mid-level clinicians may be able to work to the top of their license by seeing these patients for you. Identify suitable Medicaid patients in your practice.

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Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2023

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) turns 75 today. Outcomes produced by the NHS for the UK’s health citizen are also less optimal compared with most OECD nations, except for the U.S. which lands dead last in the league table of nations’ mortality rates from avoidable causes in 2019. health care system?”

Nursing

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Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response to gather initial data insights from digital services providers

Lloyd Price

MAY 23, 2020

Ieso Digital Health reported an 84% increase in referrals to their 1-1 online CBT service in the weeks since the lockdown was announced in the UK, relative to the same time period in 2019. Wysa witnessed a 77% increase in new users during February-to-March 2020, as compared to the same period in 2019.

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

But there are also climate-related risks to health care institutions — think Hurricane Katrina and the images of patients having to be air-lifted out of urban New Orleans hospitals and nursing homes. Existing vulnerabilities enable those climate-related risks to more negatively impact health outcomes.

Public Health

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While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S. Patients, So Are Challenges of Poverty, Food, and Housing

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Rising health care costs continue to concern most Americans, with one in two people believing they’re one sickness away from getting into financial trouble, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted for The Physicians Foundation. health care system every other year.

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

By enabling patients to receive care in rural areas or non-traditional settings, or to access technology that is customized for their specific language and health literacy levels, RPM can reduce or eliminate many social determinants of health barriers and improve access to care for individuals.

Primary Care

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

“Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. patients in 2019 — patients, consumers, people, health citizens? Taken together, these four papers from Health Affairs lead to the following themes: By 2019, patients in the U.S. Words do matter.

Digital Health

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Health systems in 10 years: 20 predictions from top executives

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

More seniors will be cared for in homes and/or in PACE programs versus skilled nursing facilities. So those of us who work in education will need to train medical, nursing, and other students for a healthcare future that looks quite different from the healthcare present and takes place in settings we couldn’t imagine 10 years ago.

Primary Care

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While Nurses and Doctors Still Rank Highest in Trust, Gallup Finds Trust-Erosion by Party ID

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2023

the good news for the human capital of health care is that nurses, physicians and pharmacists continue to lead Americans’ ratings across professions in first, second, and third place respectively. Now, to the more nuanced finding this year that Americans’ trust in our front-line health care staff has ticked downward.

Nursing

Nursing Health Policy

Having Health Insurance Is A Social Determinant of Health

Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2019

Interestingly, health insurance stocks took a hit on the markets by the end of day yesterday. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Do I state the obvious here? For some of us who went to school in public health, nursing, medicine, social work, education, it is obvious and even cliché that having health insurance bolsters health.

Primary Care

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Vote As If Your Health Depended Upon It; Learning from Governor Kasich on Voting Day 2018

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Governor Kasich has led the Buckeye State since 2011, and his second and final term ends in January 2019. “Kasich used his first week as governor to issue an executive order: All aspects of publicly funded health care would be controlled by the new Office of Health Transformation. 2018 midterm elections.

Nursing

Nursing Public Health Health Policy

Thinking About Health Care One Year From the 2020 Presidential Election

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Today is 4th November 2019, exactly one year to the day that Americans can express their political will and cast their vote for President of the United States. Health care will be a key issue driving people to their local polling places, so it’s an opportune moment to take the temperature on U.S.

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Connected Health Pulse

Prelude to Health 2.0 2019: Thinking Consumers At the Center of Digital Health Transformation

Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

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The Care Crisis – Robots Won’t Save Us

More Evidence of Self-Rationing as Patients Morph into Healthcare Payors

Top Six Healthcare Executive Challenges in 2019

Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – March & April 2018

Telehealth Policy 2018: Keeping You In The Know

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – March 2018

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – May 2018

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – June 2018

Health Is Social – The Social Determinants of Health at HIMSS19

Seattle Coronavirus Care: Short in Staff, Supplies and Space

Telehealth’s Missing Link: Training and Support

6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response to gather initial data insights from digital services providers

The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S. Patients, So Are Challenges of Poverty, Food, and Housing

Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health systems in 10 years: 20 predictions from top executives

While Nurses and Doctors Still Rank Highest in Trust, Gallup Finds Trust-Erosion by Party ID

Having Health Insurance Is A Social Determinant of Health

Vote As If Your Health Depended Upon It; Learning from Governor Kasich on Voting Day 2018

Thinking About Health Care One Year From the 2020 Presidential Election

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