Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

hospital sector is facing major challenges on all fronts: staffing (especially nursing and more broadly, clinician burnout), supply chain, financial stressors, demographics, and cross-industry politics vis-à-vis pharma and health insurance. “By 2030, nontraditional players could own as much as 30% of the primary care market.”

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2023

Strikingly, the trust deficit with retail stores for medical care was substantial, with 80% of consumers telling Wolters Kluwer that they would “probably never” go to a department store for health care. In 5 years, 61% of U.S. In that survey, three in four U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

doctors and nurses alike, are considering leaving their current role in the next two to three years. That 1 in 2 clinicians is significantly greater than the global 37% of physicians and nurses thinking about leaving their roles in the next 3 years, according to the report Clinician of the Future 2023 from Elsevier.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

Consider this graphic from The Economist’ s coverage of the state of Quantified Self in May 2022. The more health sensors on a smartwatch, the less multi-modal a consumer has to be.

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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 Despite this growth, the U.S. About Zócalo Health. About Mariza Hardin.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 27, 2022

Writing from The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, John shared updates on ongoing work DirectTrust is doing to improve the directory of Direct addresses. Read more… Exploring the Future of Primary Care. Medical conversation AI vendor Abridge received $12.5

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. QGenda launched QGenda Nurse and Staff Workforce Management for scheduling, attendance, and compensation management.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

NYU Langone Health is building an AI tool to rank the level of care that a patients in the hospital needs. Major told John Lynn, the toll also accounts for internal issues such as nurse staffing. Funding and M&A Activity: Latino-focused virtual primary care service Zócalo Health raised $5 million in seed funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

NurseTok” is a specific category of videos on the app; a preexisting niche providing a way for nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide tailored content to an already invested audience. Aglieco Alexandra is a certified family nurse practitioner specializing in primary care, infectious disease, and addiction medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 26, 2023

First, the program offers an initial access point for patients who present to the Convenient Care clinics or emergency rooms and who do not have a primary care provider, said Stephen Kapa, administrative director of telehealth services at FirstHealth of the Carolinas.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care. Of particular note is the organization’s “promise of health assurance – care that is more proactive, accessible, and affordable to people everywhere.” Walmart launched a ten-year collaboration with Optum in late 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

A South Florida-based academic medical center, Memorial operates six hospitals, including the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital; numerous primary, urgent and 24/7 care facilities; a health specialty center; and a nursing home. Notably, the service was successfully launched just two months later, beginning on January 17, 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

MGMA found that value-based care is less than 15% of practice revenue , and less than 7% of primary care revenue. It can be hard for physicians and nurses to justify taking time away from practice to attend a conference. In addition, claims denials saw a 2x increase from 2020 to 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Care-at-home is gaining momentum. The demand for personal support workers (PSWs) as well as home nurses is rising. TytoCare , a virtual care company, recently launched its Home Smart Clinic that enables primary care from home. Homecare services providers are growing.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

More than 2,900 physicians providing care to 175,000 senior patients now leverage UpStream’s unique platform to ensure better patient outcomes and improve their financial performance. “Primary care physicians are an integral part of the U.S. Originally announced December 1st, 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 19, 2022

"Access to specialty care for many of our communities is scarce; these communities already are faced with primary care shortages, and for those who need to seek specialists and sub-specialists, long travels often are a costly and time-consuming reality," said Tejal A. THE PROBLEM. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

adults online in mid-August 2022. As health/care goes omni-channel enabling patients-as-consumers to express their service demands across a platform of virtual and in-person front-doors, so the pharmacy will be embedded in these work- and life-flows. CVS Health, one of the two largest pharmacies operating in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Roy Schoenberg, president and CEO of Amwell, one of the big players in telemedicine technology and services, to get his views on how his predictions from last year turned out and where virtual care is headed in 2023. 2022 was a year of advancing the understanding that digital care is much more than videoconferencing.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Acquisition further advances CVS Health’s care delivery strategy for consumers CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS ) and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH ) have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Health will acquire Oak Street Health in an all-cash transaction at $39 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $10.6

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Henry Kotula

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Here are five major trends that hospitals and health systems may see in 2022. None of those problems seems poised to disappear come 2022, so the new year could bring continued workforce and staffing challenges. Pharmacy and retail chains Walmart and CVS Health both detailed their intended expansions into primary care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels. 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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

million ($220 million) investment in the country's primary care system. million ($42 million) to extend the provision of subsidised mental health support to December 2022; A$41.2 The latest telehealth budget is part of a A$308.6 It includes the following: A$58.8

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2022

He talks about where providers are excelling with virtual care, where they are facing challenges, the experiences of Global Medical Response, and what he thinks 2022 will bring in the world of telemedicine. Some patients call 911 even if they just need primary care, they simply didn't know who to call.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 23, 2023

billion in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 6.43% The U.S. The healthcare professionals are segmentized into physicians, allied health professionals, and nurses. In 2022, the classroom training segment accounted for the highest share. The NPOs & PMOs segment accounted for a higher market share in 2022.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

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. Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2022

Remote patient monitoring allows patients to monitor their blood pressure, weight, oxygen saturation, symptoms and medication adherence in real time at home with a dedicated registered nurse who actively outreaches to patients as needed. Because of this, it hired a full-time employee to monitor the patient panel.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2024

Precision medicine company SinguLab is partnering with NADONA , a professional organization for nursing leaders, to support education and research opportunities. Primary care platform Equality Health is now available for Medicaid beneficiaries in Virginia. million in gross savings in 2022.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The telehealth company worked with Amazon for months helping develop Amazon Clinic and was one of the first participating providers on the service when it launched in November 2022. What kinds of services were you providing via Amazon Clinic around the November 2022 launch?

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SteadyMD

MARCH 1, 2022

Under this agreement, SteadyMD will expand Lemonaid Health’s telehealth and prescription drug delivery services to include a comprehensive virtual primary care membership available to millions of Americans. “Patients in the U.S. the parent company of Lemonaid Health. .” About SteadyMD.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

A survey from virtual care platform KeyCare concluded that 92% of patients would be somewhat or very likely to use telehealth within the next year for routine medical care such as urgent care, chronic condition management, or mental health services.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Let’s be real—nurses are, to put it lightly, still being stretched very thin. I’ve been talking with hospitals all over the country this year, and in recent conversations I’ve heard more and more about virtual nursing. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

On the other hand, and not surprisingly, the percentage of patients accessing information electronically saw the biggest jump from 2020 (38%) to 2022 (57%) amid the pandemic. Real-time location service provider Navenio is integrating with Pavion ‘s nurse call system.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Firefly Health and Sprinter Health are integrating Firefly’s in-home clinical services with Sprinter’s virtual primary care. Primary care EHR Elation Health has integrated with Ribbon Health , a provider data management platform. The Biotech Breakthrough Awards Program announced its 2022 award winners.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

More than 60% of the 1,700 doctors, nurses, and therapists surveyed by telehealth infrastructure firm SteadyMD are interested in full-time telehealth work. Chronic disease management platform Engooden is partnering with Tribe Health , a care management organization. Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In 2022, Signify Health’s clinicians expect to connect with nearly 2.5 times longer with a patient in the home than providers spend in the average primary care office visit. In 2022, Signify Health’s clinicians expect to connect with nearly 2.5

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2022

From partnering with primary care providers to innovative digital tools, leaders are stepping up with these effective and creative solutions. Psychiatrist shortage by the numbers: The current workforce of about 45,580 psychiatrists must increase by 2,800 to meet today’s demands for psychiatric care.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

for a couple of months, having lived in and worked from Brussels, Belgium, since October 2021 (save for about ten days in March 2022). Every day this week in this Health Populi blog, I will discuss these events and their implications for health care, most importantly impacts and import for U.S. I’ve returned to the U.S.

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