Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The second map titled “Community Networks” comes from ILSR’s analysis of the many communities throughout the U.S. who have indeed built up local connections for residents — health citizens, all.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 24, 2020

As patients begin to return to doctors’ offices, we were intrigued to read an analysis out this week from the Commonwealth Fund that provides a first glimpse into the pace of the recovery. Behavioral health providers, medical specialists and primary care practices maintained the most volume, and procedural specialists were the hardest hit.

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Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2020

In fact, health care is tightly integrated into our household economies and so in the pandemic, the economy, uncertainty about the duration of COVID-19, and public are Americans’ top three concerns for their nation. The recession of 2020 (which may last into 2021) was quickly ushered in due to the lockdown of the U.S.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of policy barriers that hinder their plans, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. Moderate, in which state law and Medicaid policy are mixed or moderately support the broad use of telehealth.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

As more connected home devices populate the growing Internet of Healthy Things at home, these privacy and security questions will become more transparent and obvious to patients adapting their homes as their hubs for health/care.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Amends the Laws concerning telemedicine; creates the Telemedicine Act. LEGISLATION. Passed Legislation. 4/19/17: Chaptered.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

trillion based on future health trends — not historic workflows and delivery mechanisms which would consume an additional $3.5 trillion spend represents about the same proportion of today’s health care spending, roughly $1 in $5 of national spending. health care and that volumes turned downward in 2020.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

Translation: watch out for winter and flu season, especially if people don’t re-mask and take care to protect themselves and others — particularly important in geographies where more folks have opted out of getting vaccinated.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As the HLTH conference convenes over 6,000 digital health innovators live, in person, in Boston in the wake of the delta variant, what should attendees keep in mind to help HLTH make health?

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Among the clearest economic development rationales for digital health is for expanding telehealth in rural America. This was the topic of a recent meet-up convened by NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, discussing the economic returns of telemedicine. Growing telehealth throughout the rural regions of the U.S. hospitals.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Keeping these practices open is not about protecting the doctors’ livelihoods, said Michael Chernew, a health policy professor at Harvard Medical School. “I I worry about how well these practices will be able to shoulder the financial burden to be able to meet the health care needs people have,” he said. “If In Albany, Ga.,

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Henry Kotula

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Between 2013 and 2017, 64 rural hospitals closed due to financial distress and changing healthcare dynamics, more than twice the number in the previous five years, a new Government Accountability Office analysis shows. . The agency also expanded its Rural Community Hospital Demonstration from 17 to 30 hospitals.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

AUGUST 29, 2017

The language policymakers use in telehealth legislation may deter provider networks from offering remote services and tying the hands of payers looking to broad service options, according to a the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP). Excepts from the full report continue below.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

In a recent analysis of the sharp decline in emergency room visits during the pandemic, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were worrisome signs that people who had heart attacks waited until their conditions worsened before going to the hospital. But the consequences of these delays can be troubling.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

million in telemedicine and distance learning infrastructure. Rural areas have greater infection and death rates from COVID-19 because of several factors, including a much higher percentage of underlying conditions, difficulty accessing medical care and lack of health insurance. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 16, 2020

Of 81 hospitals that reported data for all of 2019, excluding psychiatric hospitals, the median hospital operated at 50 percent of its licensed capacity, according to a Seattle Times analysis. All the doctors with UW Medicine have been trained, or are being trained on how to care for patients via telemedicine.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2020

The Peterson-KFF analysis raises the issue of surprise billing, which has been a common experience for millions of U.S. Remember that this fiscal model focuses on employer-based coverage for workers who have commercial health insurance and work with large companies. Remember that on average in the U.S., Some estimates gauge U.S.

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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. [link] In January 2023, the Rockefeller Institute published a three-part blog series on trends to watch in healthcare in 2023.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

” These metrics include respiratory rate, heart rate, and temperature; activity and sleep status; gait analysis and fall detection, along with symptomatic events.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

CEO of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (Seattle) and Division President, Pacific Northwest of CommonSpirit Health (Chicago): This is a transformative time in the healthcare industry, as hospitals and healthcare systems are evolving and innovating to meet the growing and changing needs of the communities we serve. David Rahija.

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