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

Health Populi

It’s a volume speaking volumes on the current picture of prescribed meds, spending and revenues, health care utilization trends, and a forecast looking out to 2027. health care: “Wake up, public health!” In my read of this year’s review, I see a flashing light for U.S.

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

Health Populi

I’ll point to one that’s become a key learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is mental health care. have a mental health provider in their practice, compared with 9 in 10 Dutch and Swedish primary care practices. communities, worsening health disparities that grew in the COVID pandemic.

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Illinois permanently expands access to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The bill, HB 3308, requires insurance reimbursement parity for virtual mental health and substance use disorder services, as well as authorizing all other telehealth to be covered through 2027. Pritzker signed a bill this past week that expands access to virtual care throughout the state.