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Patients, Nurses and Doctors Blame Health Insurers for Increasing Costs and Barriers to Care

Health Populi

JULY 17, 2023

Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA).

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Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The pharmacy is all these things, and increasingly digital-first, we learn in The Rx Report: A new day in retail pharmacy , a consumer survey from CVS Health. CVS Health, one of the two largest pharmacies operating in the U.S. adults online in mid-August 2022. Health Populi’s Hot Points; Health citizens in the U.S.

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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

A survey of Surescripts users found an 8% increase in the use of electronic prescriptions for specialty medications in the first five months of 2022 compared to 2021. Surescripts also reported a 24% increase in the number of prescribers enrolled in May 2022 compared to May 2021.

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Real-Time Versus Store-and-Forward Telehealth Technology

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JANUARY 31, 2023

These fields usually involve doctors and nurses relying on documented information and images rather than physical examinations. Another important distinction is that the reimbursement policies from private insurers vary between real-time and store-and-forward technologies.

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. But telehealth has also emerged as a preferred channel for routine health care services, we learn from J.D. Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study.

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Consumers’ Dilemma: Health and Wealth, Smartwatches and Transparency

Health Populi

JULY 4, 2022

healthcare professional or visit a doctor/nurse when they’re feeling unwell,” GWI observed in the report. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. consumers are currently facing inflation at a 40-year high, discussed here in Health Populi. is seen as likely among a growing consensus of economists).

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By-Latinos, For-Latinos Healthcare Startup Zócalo Health Closes $5 Million in Funding to Launch Primary Care Services

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will support the company’s launch of virtual primary care services in California, Texas, and Washington in 2022, introducing an improved and long overdue healthcare experience for Latinos built on trust, community, and culture. “We To learn more about Zócalo Health’s mission and services, visit zocalo.health.

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Biofourmis Raises Additional Funding from Intel Capital in Series D Extension and Names Top Healthcare Leaders to its Board

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

Biofourmis continues to buck health tech funding trends with this Series D extension, which comes during a downturn in digital health investment. According to a recent Rock Health report , the first half of 2022 saw 329 digital health funding deals totaling $10.3 billion—down from $14.7

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Healthcare access, racial disparities, guns and climate – U.S. doctors are worried about some big social issues

Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2022

physicians are worried about big social issues, according to a Medscape survey report, Physicians’ Views on Today’s Divisive Social Issues 2022. residents had no health insurance coverage, and another 38 million people were enrolled in “inadequate” health plans — deemed to be “under-insured.”

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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. As The Lancet stated on July 1, 2023, “Strengthening of primary and community care, public health, and broader preventive measures beyond the health sector” will be an important remedy to assure NHS survival and effectiveness. health care system?”

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. They include a report that says the US could see a deficit of 200,000 to 450,000 registered nurses by 2025.

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Taming the beast of multistate provider licensure for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Health Policy found telehealth use during the initial COVID-19 peak increased from less than 1% of visits to 80%. Yet nonclinical staff have been in short supply for years now, with 61% of providers experiencing a shortage of qualified applicants.

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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.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Complementing this penalty, the Office of Health Policy within HHS released a report measuring the benefits of addressing SDoH in healthcare. ” (page 25) A similar call for equity through the use of SDoH data, including community engagement, was made in an IBM paper in 2022.

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Techquity: How Technology Can Help to Scale Health and Digital Equity, Live from VIVE 2022

Health Populi

MARCH 8, 2022

Income inequality, sickly environments in homes and communities (think unclean air and water), lack of public transportation and nutritious food deserts combine to limit peoples’ health and well-being., This inspired a partnership between the health care organization, the church, and nurses who were also part of that community.

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Nurses Continue to Rule in Honesty and Ethics in U.S. Professions – Healthcare Professions Still Top Gallup’s Annual Poll

Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2022

Three health care professions rank in the top four of the most honest and ethical rankings in Gallup’s annual poll on honesty and ethics in professions. And nurses are at the top of the list for the 20th year in a row. million nursing professionals. and other countries’) health care systems.

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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.

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Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

First, meet the stakeholders: they are patients, physicians (prescribers, which today can go beyond doctors per se to include nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and others depending on state licensure), payers, and manufacturers of the drugs. Health Populi’s Hot Points: While U.S.

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Patients, Nurses and Doctors Blame Health Insurers for Increasing Costs and Barriers to Care

Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

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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

Real-Time Versus Store-and-Forward Telehealth Technology

Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Consumers’ Dilemma: Health and Wealth, Smartwatches and Transparency

By-Latinos, For-Latinos Healthcare Startup Zócalo Health Closes $5 Million in Funding to Launch Primary Care Services

Biofourmis Raises Additional Funding from Intel Capital in Series D Extension and Names Top Healthcare Leaders to its Board

Healthcare access, racial disparities, guns and climate – U.S. doctors are worried about some big social issues

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

A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Taming the beast of multistate provider licensure for telemedicine

Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Techquity: How Technology Can Help to Scale Health and Digital Equity, Live from VIVE 2022

Nurses Continue to Rule in Honesty and Ethics in U.S. Professions – Healthcare Professions Still Top Gallup’s Annual Poll

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

Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

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