2022, Mental health, Primary Care and Public Health

Mental Health at CES 2022 – The Consumer’s Context for Wellbeing in the New Year

Health Populi

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we enter COVID-19’s “junior year,” one unifying experience shared by most humans are feelings of pandemic fatigue: anxiety, grief, burnout, which together diminish our mental health. Mental health spiked up for virtual visits and to this day, is among the medical services in highest demand for virtual platforms.

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Mental Health Risks in Mid-2022 Related More to Global Anxieties and Safety, Not-So-Much COVID

Health Populi

MAY 25, 2022

With peoples’ anxiety about COVID-19 at its lowest point since 2020, folks are most anxious in spring 2022 about current global events and the safety of their families, based on the latest Healthy Minds study from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The results were published May 22, 2022. 1 in 2 U.S.

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It’s Mental Illness Awareness Week: “What I Wish I Had Known” About Mental Health

Health Populi

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s Mental Illness Awareness Week : annually NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness , devotes the first week of October to advocate for people facing managing a mental illness every day and to raise public consciousness on the pervasiveness of mental illness in America. Tuesday Oct. 1 in 20 U.S.

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Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

Thus, millions of Americans continue to lack access to primary care compared with peers in other nations, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. The 2022 Fund report, P rimary Care in High-Income Countries: How the U.S. primary care teams may be a function of underinvestment in certain types of social services.

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The 2022 US Health System Report Card: Pretty Terrific If You Live in Hawaii or Massachusetts

Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2022

states to live in for health and health care are Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maryland… Those are the top health system rankings in the new 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance annual report from the Commonwealth Fund. The best U.S.

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Health Care Planning for 2022 – Start with a Pandemic, Then Pivot to Health and Happiness

Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

.” As we enter Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and civic chasms and economic uncertainty (inflation, health care costs, Great Resignations), I took this page out of Dr, Seuss in my last monthly post for Medecision’s Liberate Health blog. Mental health will continue to be the epidemic beyond the pandemic.

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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

In early 2022, over half of those over 50 (the AARP core membership base) told the Association they would likely use telehealth in the future. adults 50 and over in February and March 2022, to gauge older peoples’ views on virtual care now and in the future. The study polled U.S.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022. during the public health crisis.

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What John Mackey of Whole Foods Said at the 2022 HIMSS Conference – and Why This is Important for the Whole Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2022

It’s more of an “and” than an “or,” we know now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as financial health connects with mental health, physical health, and social/civic health. Yes, to health care access (especially primary care). Yes, to healthy food.

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Use of Preventive Health Services Declined Among Commercially Insured People – With Big Differences in Telehealth for Non-White People, Castlight Finds

Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2022

The first chart illustrates the deferred care identified in Castlight’s assessment of 160 million medical claims in its commercially-insured population data. Castlight published the full research findings in April in the company’s 2022 Workforce Health Index. But flat growth is expected for 2022, Castlight forecasts.

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2022 Telehealth Outlook: A Clear Path Ahead for Virtual Care

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

MeMD, a part of the Walmart Health family, shares its outlook for telehealth in 2022 in areas including value-based care, mental health, provider shortages, transparency and more. Telehealth Will Enhance Value-Based Care. More Americans Will Seek Mental Health Treatment Through Virtual Channels.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept. Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. Re-building a community health system from an innovative blueprint.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Telehealth Update on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rules

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are many barriers that can keep people from getting the mental health care they need. Thankfully, organizations like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to drive new initiatives to mitigate this barrier and help more people get the care they need. One of these key barriers is access.

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

What happens to a health care ecosystem when the volume of patients and revenues they generate decline? How would that further impact the micro-economy of health care? A report from Trilliant on the 2022 Trends Shaping the Health Economy helps to inform our response to that question. In the U.S.,

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you made your living in commercial real estate — and especially, working with hospitals’ and health systems’ office space — would the concept of telehealth be freaking you out right now? If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit).

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Our Mental and Emotional Health Are Interwoven With What We Eat and Drink – Chewing On the IFIC 2023 Food and Health Survey

Health Populi

MAY 24, 2023

” In this year’s annual IFIC food study, mental health and stress play leading roles in consumers’ lives, embedded into peoples’ food-lives. Three in four people said that food consumption impacted their mental or emotional state. What is “healthy” in the eyes of consumers?

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Stress in America on the Pandemic’s 2nd Anniversary: Money, Inflation, and War Add to Consumers’ Anxiety

Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2022

Financial health is embedded in peoples’ overall sense of well-being and whole health. The public health crisis exacerbated that, especially among women who were harder hit financially in the past two years than men were. That situation was even worse for women of color.

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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study. The survey was conducted in December 2022 among a group of 1,001 U.S.

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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

An end to the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to be announced and end mid-January followed by a grace period of approximately 5 months. And with the Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to expire in January, stakeholders are urgently calling upon Congress to pass the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Thus, the sage advice as we approach gatherings for Christmastime 2022: “Close your mouth and step away from the human,” by Katherine Wu of The Atlantic. We enter 2023 with home economics setting our tables as a context for our overall health and well-being.

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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

Like Fisne at Geisinger, Hilburn of Grady Health System has had his hands full with telemedicine during the past year or so. Hilburn said one lesson that Grady has learned is that its telehealth capabilities required significant expansion in order to rise to meet the public health need.

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$22,463 Can Get You a Year of College in Connecticut, a Round of Ref Work in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, or Health Benefits for a Worker’s Family

Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

With that sticker-shock level of health plan costs, welcome to the 2022 Employer Health Benefits Survey from Kaiser Family Foundation, KFF’s annual study of employer-sponsored health care. health care. The average copayment for second-tier drugs is $37 in 2022. The figure 13.7

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Sherry Rais, Co-Founder and CEO at Enthea Increased focus on mental and emotional well-being: Employers will continue to prioritize mental health benefits, offering more comprehensive coverage and support programs. With an increased number of touch points with the health system comes a more personalized approach to medicine.

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Living La Vida Hybrid, for Work, Shopping, Entertainment and Healthcare – Emerging from the Pandemic

Health Populi

JULY 10, 2022

” As of mid-May 2022, most people in the U.S. adults in May 2022 for the study. For medical care, 62% of those still worried about the coronavirus in May 2022 believed that services delivered through telehealth would be a good thing to continue beyond the pandemic era. With only 1 in 10 people in the U.S.

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Telehealth Licensure Compliance Changes in Response to COVID-19 in Each U.S. State – Master Reference

Continue Education Journal

MAY 28, 2021

Listed below are the current waiver statuses of each state (as of May 28, 2021): State Status Changes (if applicable) Alabama Active – end date TBD – A physician can provide an Alabama resident TeleHealth services as long as the physician holds either a full license or a license to practice across state lines Alaska Active – end date (..)

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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This feels especially apt right “now” as we enter 2022, Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, with people mentally stressed, anxious, and shrugging off the Omicron variant – while taking on more DIY life-flows, self-care and desire for (more) control. That well-used and timely observation is known as Amara’s Law.

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From Better for Me to Better for “We” — NielsenIQ’s New Consumer Hierarchy of Health

Health Populi

JANUARY 21, 2022

The altruistic need is inspiring several microcultures which NielsenIQ describes as: Aging with dignity, with independence and good health. Mental health advocacy, looking to end the stigma around mental health especially in workplace culture and health care. New outlooks on life.

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The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The growing normal of loneliness and embrace of tele-mental health Mental health and medical bills will be inextricably linked for many people who will start the New Year with mashed up resolutions that bridge fiscal health with physical and behavioral health.

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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

Gallup surmises this may be a downturn in positive ratings among Republicans, with tensions rising between parents and teachers in the pandemic era return-to-school timing and public health mandates for masking, vaccinations, and other measures. and other countries’) health care systems.

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Health, Politics, Inflation and Women: Health Engagement at the Voting Booth

Health Populi

AUGUST 4, 2022

adults 18 and over between July 7 and 17, 2022. KFF published the study findings this week on August 2, a day of political primaries and ballot considerations in several U.S. voters for the November 2022 midterms. Then voters are next concerned about health care costs (including prescription drug costs) and gun violence.

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Mental Health at CES 2022 – The Consumer’s Context for Wellbeing in the New Year

Mental Health Risks in Mid-2022 Related More to Global Anxieties and Safety, Not-So-Much COVID

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It’s Mental Illness Awareness Week: “What I Wish I Had Known” About Mental Health

Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

The 2022 US Health System Report Card: Pretty Terrific If You Live in Hawaii or Massachusetts

Health Care Planning for 2022 – Start with a Pandemic, Then Pivot to Health and Happiness

Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

What John Mackey of Whole Foods Said at the 2022 HIMSS Conference – and Why This is Important for the Whole Health Ecosystem

Use of Preventive Health Services Declined Among Commercially Insured People – With Big Differences in Telehealth for Non-White People, Castlight Finds

2022 Telehealth Outlook: A Clear Path Ahead for Virtual Care

From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Telehealth Update on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rules

How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Our Mental and Emotional Health Are Interwoven With What We Eat and Drink – Chewing On the IFIC 2023 Food and Health Survey

Stress in America on the Pandemic’s 2nd Anniversary: Money, Inflation, and War Add to Consumers’ Anxiety

What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

$22,463 Can Get You a Year of College in Connecticut, a Round of Ref Work in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, or Health Benefits for a Worker’s Family

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Living La Vida Hybrid, for Work, Shopping, Entertainment and Healthcare – Emerging from the Pandemic

Telehealth Licensure Compliance Changes in Response to COVID-19 in Each U.S. State – Master Reference

The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

From Better for Me to Better for “We” — NielsenIQ’s New Consumer Hierarchy of Health

The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

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

Health, Politics, Inflation and Women: Health Engagement at the Voting Booth

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