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How Virtual Care is Morphing into “Just” Healthcare – my post in Medecision Liberation

Health Populi

The pandemic accelerated many Very Big Deals in digital health venture capital investment, mergers and acquisitions, and the re-emergence of SPACs in health care. One are, tele-mental and -behavioral health, is meeting the moment, with virtual therapy meeting up with under-served demand from before the public health crisis.

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The End Of The Public Health Emergency Part 1 – Permanent Medicare Changes and Their Effects

Mend

In part 1 of our blog series, Mend reviews the permanent Medicare changes to the Telehealth policy. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been in place for three years. This has had myriad effects on Telehealth policies as well as how providers deliver digital care.

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Women’s Health Re-shaped by COVID-19

Health Populi

in terms of life expectancy, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed continued healthcare access, physical and mental health disparities, and economic inequities for women in America. I addressed the changing state of post-pandemic women’s health in my latest contribution to the Medecision Liberation blog.

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The End Of The Public Health Emergency Part 2 – Temporary Medicare Changes and Their Effects

Mend

In part 2 of our blog series, Mend reviews the temporary Medicare changes for telehealth lasting until the end of 2024. As we head closer to the public health emergency (PHE) end date of May 11, 2023, providers must prepare for changes. As the PHE ends, it’s essential to know what is changing so you can prepare.

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The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

Health Populi

At the end of each year since I launched the Health Populi blog, I have put my best forecasting hat on to focus on the next year in health and health care. There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills. consumer sentiment on the steep decline.

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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Health Populi

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. We start at a macro bird’s-eye view with Gartner’s top US consumer and cultural trends for 2022.

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A Citizen’s Response Corps for Digital Health

Society for Participatory Medicine

Tom Ferguson , highlights how COVID-19 long haulers are the most cutting-edge example, and points to how their methods can be applied to 21st century public health challenges. The answer was in organic peer-to-peer health communities, and the Patient Led Research Collaborative was the most effective version she had ever seen.