Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In one section of the report, McKinsey focuses on the behavioral health impacts of the pandemic, noting the costs of these are additive to the physical an acute care effects of COVID-19. Data indicate greater rates of binge drinking and insomnia, for example. could have a behavioral health need in 2021.

Mental health 329

Mental health Primary Care Public Health Health Policy 329

Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

And with patients’ collective exposure to and experience with virtual care in 2020, demand for these services is persisting in and beyond 2021. As TT notes, the rise in home-based care is a déjà vu back to health care delivered in the 19th and early 20th century before the hospital-industrial complex as we know it existed.

Telehealth 380

Telehealth Public Health Life Science Primary Care 380

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were emblematic of separate but unequal health care,” begins the editorial introducing an entire issue of JAMA dedicated to racial and ethnic disparities and inequities in medicine and health care, published August 17, 2021. colonoscopy).

Primary Care 334

Primary Care Medicare Nursing Public Health 334

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital health tools and virtual health care; looking past the pandemic, the American Telemedicine Association is envisioning that care will be omni-channel just as other aspects of consumers’ lives are, whether shopping, banking, or now for people in school, education.

Mental health 323

Mental health Digital Health Public Health Health Data 323

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

The rate of vaccinations against the coronavirus, too, significantly varied by race and ethnicity as of March 11, 2021. Health Populi’s Hot Points: In the pandemic, millions of people who felt symptoms of COVID-19 avoided seeking care due to cost and/or access challenges (of which cost is a key factor). In the U.S.,

Public Health 405

Public Health Mental health Nursing Primary Care 405

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

TCMHCC Initiatives The state of Texas has recognized the severity of the youth mental health crisis and in 2019 created the TCMHCC to address gaps in mental health care for children and adolescents. The program was expanded in 2021 when the Texas Legislature approved federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Mental health 57

Mental health Psychiatry Primary Care Healthcare IT 57

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

Those issues were COVID-19, the 2020 Election, health care policy, racial divides, and equity and access. W2O notes that these five issues became more-inter-related than ever, compared with previous years’ top consumer health issues.

Life Science 170

Life Science Public Health Primary Care Patient Experience 170