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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

health policy and regulatory leaders. An uncertain world is our workplace in the health/care ecosystem, globally, in this moment. ” Finally, Dowling asked: “What kind of system are we going to create?” ” Health leaders have influence, if we choose to use it, Dowling suggested.

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

map of median broadband speeds and affordability, where the red areas shown locales where speeds routinely fall below the FCC’s base definition of broadband. The result is shown in the U.S.

Digital Health

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Consumers Expect Every Company to Play a Meaningful Role in “My Health” – New Insights from the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer

Health Populi

APRIL 19, 2023

People have expanded their definitions of health in 2023, with mental health supplanting physical health for the top-ranked factor in feeling healthy.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Enter the digital era, forcing a re-definition of what we mean by “infrastructure.” Health care costs consume nearly one in every five dollars of the American economy. This concept informs the current discussion about how we define “infrastructure” moving forward.

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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

” As OED evolves the definition of PPE, the wordsmiths could borrow from OSHA’s website , noting that PPE, “is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. In May 2020, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) re-visited the acronym, “PPE.”

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“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: While the 2007-8 Great Recession was considered more of a “He-Cession,” this round of U.S. economic downturn is definitely hitting women harder — thus, we consider it a “She-Cession,” hitting women particularly harder as workers, parents, and caregivers.

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Black Opal Ventures: Women-led VC Fund Investing in Technology to Revolutionize Industries

Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Bishop combines her medical expertise with extensive experience in healthcare leadership, digital health, clinical practice, and start-ups. The firm’s inaugural fund aims to improve health outcomes for all by investing in companies at the collision of healthcare and technology.

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Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It is ironic and very concerning to consider, in this context, the latest data on the outflow of health care professionals from the field, accelerating since the emergence of the pandemic in 2020.

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The Care Crisis – Robots Won’t Save Us

Health Populi

JUNE 15, 2022

By definition, there are three types of caregivers in the caregiving sector: Unpaid caregivers , who is anyone with unpaid care responsibilities for children, adult family members, or both, whether they are employed. .” The Care Economy is worth nearly $6 trillion in the U.S., combining both the value of unpaid care labor (between $2.5

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The definition of quality here includes four specific pillars. With a master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Mo formerly served in leadership roles for Cotiviti, FinThrive, and McKinsey & Company. Patient privacy. Data quality.

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Reimagining Health Care Without Walls – Deloitte’s Vision

Health Populi

MAY 16, 2022

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The third image, titled “Figure 2” from the Deloitte report, details numerous care delivery models, enablers, and workflows that should be designed based on consumers’ needs and preferences.

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – February 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

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). 1/22/18: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare. LEGISLATION. Pending Legislation. Mississippi. TAC 0800-2-17-.1-.25.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

They help identifies the policy topics that should be addressed to facilitate the widespread adoption of telehealth for states. A complete list of end-of-pandemic declarations, legislative actions by Congress, and regulatory actions across the government can be seen in the CMS Newsroom announcement.

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Beyond Care and Outcomes, Hospitals Must Deliver on Civics, Inclusivity, Equity, and Value – Lown Institute’s Best Hospitals

Health Populi

JULY 8, 2020

Several of these are the “stick-to-the-knitting” components of the Webster Dictionary definition of hospital work: patient outcomes, clinical outcomes, avoiding overuse, patient safety, and a recent focus, patient satisfaction. The Institute’s methodology for assessing what’s “best” addresses ten pillars.

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – March & April 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

APRIL 9, 2018

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). A new Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE) Program policy manual is available for all PASSE providers. LEGISLATION.

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The True Costs of Diabetes Go Well Beyond the Wallet

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2018

Today I benefited from listening to Timothy Jost, professor emeritus of healthcare law at Washington and Lee University, and Stephanie Armour, health policy reporter at The Wall Street Journal. The session was sponsored by the Center for Health Journalism at the Annenberg School.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

more health plans are attending to SDoH, and physicians at the front-end challenged with this coordination work-flow. The American Academy of Family Physicians offers several definitions , which I’ve mashed up here. In the U.S., So what is primary care, anyway?

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Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The CHRONIC Act, however, addresses a growing interest in the potential of telehealth to reduce health care costs, prevent hospital admissions and emergency room visits regardless of a person’s originating site of care. The CHRONIC Act is definitely a win for telehealth and worth watching through the process of becoming a law.

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – March 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MARCH 5, 2018

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). A new Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE) Program policy manual is available for all PASSE providers. LEGISLATION.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Telehealth Nursing Health Policy

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – November 2017

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). A new Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE) Program policy manual is available for all PASSE providers. LEGISLATION.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Telehealth Nursing Health Policy

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – May 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 14, 2018

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). A new Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE) Program policy manual is available for all PASSE providers. LEGISLATION.

Telemedicine

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – June 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JUNE 29, 2018

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). A new Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE) Program policy manual is available for all PASSE providers. LEGISLATION.

Telemedicine

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Universal Health Care and Financial Inclusion – Not Mutually Exclusive

Health Populi

MAY 6, 2018

Millions of Americans who are “insured” are now considered “under-insured,” defined by the Commonwealth Fund as people who pay an insurance premium who also spend over 10% of household income on covering health care co-payments and coinsurance percentages, and meeting deductible limits.

Medicare

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Privacy literacy, understanding HIPAA and the importance of personal health data security and control; and, of course, Foundational literacy – the reading, writing, and arithmetic basics that form traditional definitions of “literacy.”

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Do Medicare providers located at a Distant Site have to be hospital-based to provide services?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 24, 2018

The individual receiving the service must be located in a rural health professional shortage area or non-Metropolitan statistical area and an eligible telehealth Originating Site (see resources below). The Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) is a great resource to stay current on state and national policy.

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

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

To expand payment reforms rewarding health care providers accountable for continuity of care (and outcomes). Embracing and embedding social services by expanding our definition of health and well-being.

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Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Peter is the Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( @TuftsCEVR ) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center ( @TuftsMedicalCtr ), and is a professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

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Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Peter is the Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( @TuftsCEVR ) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center ( @TuftsMedicalCtr ), and is a professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

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Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Peter is the Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( @TuftsCEVR ) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center ( @TuftsMedicalCtr ), and is a professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

Health Policy

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Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Peter is the Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( @TuftsCEVR ) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center ( @TuftsMedicalCtr ), and is a professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

Health Policy

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Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Peter is the Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( @TuftsCEVR ) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center ( @TuftsMedicalCtr ), and is a professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

Health Policy

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Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Peter is the Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( @TuftsCEVR ) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center ( @TuftsMedicalCtr ), and is a professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

Health Policy

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6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.1

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We can find academic research recommending that major health policies should emphasize reducing unhealthy lifestyles, dating three decades ago 3. This variety means that it is difficult to create a definitive profile, which is a barrier to interoperability at the European level” 11.

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Value Comes to Healthcare: But Whose Value Is It?

Health Populi

JULY 6, 2018

Families USA is “the voice for health care consumers,” so advocates on behalf of patients and caregivers. “Our health system is failing us,” the report’s summary asserts in its first sentence.

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It Could Take Five Generations for a Low-Income US Family to Reach Average Income in America

Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2018

In the future when you think about “mobile” and “health,” consider adding this definition to your personal/professional dictionary. The unthinkable question is: do we have five generations to simply wait for this to happen?

Public Health

Public Health Health Policy

Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

CCHP: CCHP stands for the Center for Connected Health Policy and is a non-profit that has been designated the national telehealth policy resource center. The organization researches telehealth policy issues and keeps updated information on state telehealth laws and reimbursement.

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Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the Virus)

Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

While she still has health insurance, she worries about whether she will have coverage beyond July, when her unemployment is expected to run out. “It I definitely am avoiding appointments.”. It started out as a total fear of going to the doctor,” she said. “I

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Melinda Gates: This is not a once-in-a-century pandemic.

Henry Kotula

APRIL 21, 2020

Gates: I definitely think there are going to be things that are permanently changed. Or are we in a new normal, and are there things that we should expect to be permanently changed? No one really knows when things will feel normal again. But be prepared for some permanent changes, including to your psyche.

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Does Medicaid reimburse for telehealth/telemedicine services?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JUNE 26, 2018

The Medicaid.gov website provides telemedicine definitions and terms, provider and facility guidelines, reimbursement guidelines, and information about telemedicine Service Provider Agreements (SPA). Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP). CCHP can help you stay current on state and national policy, including Medicaid.

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State Telehealth Laws And Reimbursement Policies: 2017 Report

BHM Healthcare Solutions

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This round of updates revealed that while each state’s laws, regulations and Medicaid program policies continue to vary, some progress has been made, with the addition of two state Medicaid programs providing reimbursement for store-and-forward.

Telehealth

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

We also need to separate out whether it even matters if such a steward is a for-profit or a not-for-profit entity – there seems to be some perception out there in the world that not-for-profit entities are, by definition, “better” or more “ethical”. That is not so obvious to us.

Pharmaceuticals

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

By enabling patients to receive care in rural areas or non-traditional settings, or to access technology that is customized for their specific language and health literacy levels, RPM can reduce or eliminate many social determinants of health barriers and improve access to care for individuals.

Primary Care

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While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S. Patients, So Are Challenges of Poverty, Food, and Housing

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Cost concerns are playing into peoples’ perspectives on health care reform proposals, with a majority of survey respondents saying they’d be more likely to vote for a candidate that would support expanding private health insurance reforms versus scrapping commercial insurance for a Medicare for All proposal. health care system model.

Medical Billing

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Healthcare AI investment will shift to these 5 areas in the next 2 years: survey

Henry Kotula

MARCH 10, 2021

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) created a working group two years ago to develop some standardization on definitions and characteristics of healthcare AI. Industry stakeholders are taking steps to advance the use of AI and machine learning in healthcare.

Life Science

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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

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Consumers Expect Every Company to Play a Meaningful Role in “My Health” – New Insights from the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer

Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

Black Opal Ventures: Women-led VC Fund Investing in Technology to Revolutionize Industries

Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

The Care Crisis – Robots Won’t Save Us

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Reimagining Health Care Without Walls – Deloitte’s Vision

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – February 2018

Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Beyond Care and Outcomes, Hospitals Must Deliver on Civics, Inclusivity, Equity, and Value – Lown Institute’s Best Hospitals

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – March & April 2018

The True Costs of Diabetes Go Well Beyond the Wallet

What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – March 2018

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – November 2017

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – May 2018

South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – June 2018

Universal Health Care and Financial Inclusion – Not Mutually Exclusive

The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Do Medicare providers located at a Distant Site have to be hospital-based to provide services?

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

Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.1

Value Comes to Healthcare: But Whose Value Is It?

It Could Take Five Generations for a Low-Income US Family to Reach Average Income in America

Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the Virus)

Melinda Gates: This is not a once-in-a-century pandemic.

Does Medicaid reimburse for telehealth/telemedicine services?

State Telehealth Laws And Reimbursement Policies: 2017 Report

A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S. Patients, So Are Challenges of Poverty, Food, and Housing

Healthcare AI investment will shift to these 5 areas in the next 2 years: survey

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