Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. Virtual care will be a lifeline for many older people who cannot leave home or do not want to do so.

Telehealth 427

Telehealth Primary Care Mental health Telemedicine 427

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Now, to the news… and what it means… Start with Kroger and Hy-Vee, national grocery chains, both of which are expanding their health care reach via pharmacists’ licensure practice expansions, and new concepts of mobile health.

Mobile Health 250

Mobile Health Primary Care Medical Billing Digital Health 250

Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

Statistically, this was an inverse-shift: In the previous year, the second quarter of 2019, 15% of telehealth encounters happened through a local physician’s practice, versus 46% in Q2 2020; and, In the second quarter of 2020, 41% of telehealth occurred through a telehealth company with a nationwide network of doctors, versus 13% in Q2 2020.

Telehealth 340

Telehealth Mental health Patient Experience Public Health 340

Consumer eHealth Engagement

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Buoy Health AI triage bot True to their mission “Making health care easier, so life can be better”, Banner Health has invested in digital health technologies to support their patient experience.

Patient Experience 36

Patient Experience Nursing Digital Health EMR 36

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The proportion of people tracking at least one health metric digitally was 38% in 2018 and grew to over one-half, 54%, in 2020. This and other studies have tracked consumers’ growing use of digital tech and wearables during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 10% point growth from 2019 to 2020 is notable.

Digital Health 436

Digital Health Mental health Health Data Telemedicine 436

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2019

rural residents’ access to broadband at home continues to lag behind urban and suburban dwellers, the Pew Research Group noted in a May 2019 research note on Americans’ use of technology. In the U.S.,

Telehealth 225

Telehealth Health Information Primary Care mHealth 225

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

I then toured a gathering of new HBW products that hinted at what I’m going to see at retail in 2019 and beyond: food-as-medicine through turmeric-based supplements, “free-from” products for my kids and for me, and products “with benefits” and experiences beyond the first-line value proposition. I exhaled in a mindful moment.

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Medicare Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Patient Experience 193