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Retail Clinics’ Growing Role in Health Care and Prescription Drug Sales

Health Populi

“It seemed like an odd pairing: shampoo and a throat swab,” observes a new report on the growth of retail health from Definitive Healthcare. While the use of emergency departments fell by 1% in the past five years, the use of retail clinics expanded by 70%, Definitive Healthcare calculated.

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Site-Shifting: the Consumer-Driven Pressure on Traditional Healthcare Utilization

Health Populi

Wearing a consumer-centric lens, Dan Clarin of Kaufman Hall and Charlotte Brown-Zalewa of Sg2 tracked the patient-journey from lower-acuity virtual health and primary care through to imaging, specialty care, hospital outpatient and high-acuity large hospital inpatient services. sites for care are in demand.

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Out-of-Pocket and Prescription Drug Costs – Connecting Digital Health Dots at CES 2020

Health Populi

While not every device has compelling clinical evidence, digital health at CES is definitely moving in the right direction in terms of clinical quality and efficacy in areas of heart monitoring, digital therapeutics, and pain, among other conditions. That’s the supply side.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Enter the digital era, forcing a re-definition of what we mean by “infrastructure.” ” It is impossible to disconnect the so-called “care economy” from the larger macroeconomy in the U.S. Health care costs consume nearly one in every five dollars of the American economy.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And although they've leveled off somewhat as patients have begun to feel safer returning to in-person care, one thing is clear: Virtual care is here to stay. Those numbers were even higher when it came to mental health: More than half of people in all age groups said video was their preferred appointment type for behavioral health.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

After December 31, 2024, when these flexibilities expire, some Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may offer telehealth services that allow primary care doctors to care for patients without an in-person visit, no matter where they live. Medicare Advantage plans may offer additional telehealth benefits.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Abbott’s CEO Ford joins two other industry executives keynoting #CES2022: Mary Barra of General Motors and Mike Sievert of T-Mobile. THINK: cars, comms, and care. This is an actual intersection of the Internet of Things for Health — a new riff on mobile health/care, literally!