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The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

Health Populi

2020 will be remembered for disruption and dislocation on many fronts; among the major blips in the year will be it remembered as the largest funding year for digital health recorded, according to Rock Health’s report on the 3Q2020 digital health funding. based digital health start-ups adding up $9.4

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The Rising Use of Telehealth for the Delivery of Outpatient Mental Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

Partner at Berger Singerman LLP Telehealth has revolutionized the delivery of outpatient mental health services, and there has been exponential growth in the acceptance and delivery of remote care. Prior to 2020, less than one percent (1%) of outpatient health care was delivered virtually.

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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

TripleTree expects a “domino effect from virtual health adoption that will drive waves of demand across areas that complement virtual health and address other vulnerabilities exposed by COVID-19,” the report forecasts. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. In 2019, J.D.

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A Public Health Wake-Up Call: Reading Between the Lines in IQVIA’s 2023 Use of Medicines Report

Health Populi

” I’ve pulled out a few of the data points that speak to me about population health, prevention and early diagnosis (or lack thereof), and alarm bells on women’s health — notably, young women and girls. There is another data point in the study on women’s health and prescriptions — for ADHD drugs.

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Your State as a Determinant of Health: Sharecare’s 2021 Community Well-Being Index

Health Populi

In 2020, Sharecare began a collaboration with the Boston University School of Public Health to expand the Index, including drivers of health such as, Healthcare access (like physician supply per 1,000 residents). basis, moving from the 2020 grey dot to the green 2021 score. points in 2020 and 16.1 points in 2019.

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Koa Health Closes Oversubscribed €30M series A to Accelerate Growth Following Spin-out from Telefónica

Healthcare IT Today

Koa Health, a digital mental healthcare provider offering personalized solutions backed by science, today announced it closed an oversubscribed €30 million ($36 million) Series A funding round.

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Health Care and ESG on Earth Day 2022

Health Populi

This chart on climate risks and health impacts comes from Deloitte’s latest read on climate resilience and health care, laying out the climate risks — wildfires, rising sea levels, extreme heat, severe weather, air pollution, and drought — and their direct impacts on health: Respiratory. Infectious disease.