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Tech can help address the behavioral health crisis, says AMA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"All stakeholders have a critical role to play in making accessible and equitable treatment that addresses peoples’ behavioral and physical health needs a more standard practice within primary care," read the report. ON THE RECORD. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Blood Pressure From the Wrist for the First Time – Welcome, Omron HeartGuide

Health Populi

Furthermore, let’s get real about health care costs, which of course, is a Health Populi /THINK-Health modus vivendi. The average cost of an ambulatory care visit is now nearly $500 , and an inpatient stay, about $22,000. Self-care is the new black, as I have written and proselytized.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 1 of 5

Health Populi

This was well before the pandemic, of course. Now, check out the second chart from The New Retail Health chapter of HealthConsuming : I often refer to this graphic as my Rodney Dangerfield-Aretha Franklin touchpoint, noting Rodney’s “I Don’t Get No Respect” and Aretha’s demand for “Respect.”

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Behavioral health and telemedicine: What's in store for 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine technology can connect rural patients to psychiatrists in big urban hubs. Eric Meier, CEO and president of Owl, a vendor of data-driven, evidence-based behavioral health technology, has his finger on the pulse of mental healthcare in the U.S. Due to the ongoing pandemic, we know that telehealth is here to stay.

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Zealous for Wellness: The Ongoing Quest for Standard Measures

Healthcare IT Today

As background, it’s worth stating that the insurance industry has settled on a ten-session course of therapy for most conditions (which of course was seen as ridiculously inadequate by the classical Freudian psychoanalytic movement, who could treat patients for years at a time).

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Apple says it’s healthy to be skeptical about Digital Health

Lloyd Price

While she clearly believes in the potential of digital health technologies, (as does her boss, CEO Tim Cook), she’s also a health professional in her own right, and understands how important it is that patients and healthcare providers be sceptical as big tech attempts to get into the market. Source: [link]

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Best Buy Bets on AgingTech in the Expanding Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

With the acquisition of GreatCall, a mature player in the aging-tech space, Best Buy is doubling down on consumer health technology@retail. the electronics retailer, it’s out with CDs and in with technology for aging at home. This week at Best Buy. The company announced that it would buy GreatCall for $800 million.