Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The new guidances are intended to provide clarity on which products are or are not subject to regulatory enforcement, and to bring the agency’s efforts into compliance with provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 3, 2018

The new survey from the National Business Group on Health and Fidelity shows well-being and financial health top employers' lists.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What is Psychological Well-Being? For more than a decade, a body of literature has been evolving around the idea of well-being as being more than the absence of a mental health disorder (Dey et al., Psychological Well-Being & Current Intervention Research. The study used two definitions: social and psychological well-being.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

” An additional definition of the verb is, “ to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion.” ” If you’ve been a patient facing a diagnosis of an illness, whether rare or common, you may well have felt these various feelings stirring inside your self. I often eat dessert first, and in this book the 2.5

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” The latter is consistent with the World Health Organization’s definition of health : “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” ” The Harris Poll surveyed 2,027 U.S. online adults 18 and older in September 2018.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

93% of physicians see advantages in digital health tools for patient care, split by 44% seeing “definite advantages” and 49% seeing “some advantage.” ” There was an 8-point growth in those seeing “definite advantages” since 2019.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2018

Diabetes impacts peoples’ leisure-time activities — that would be “fun” — as well, with nearly one-half of PwD having to miss a planned outing or other personal event due to diabetes. People with diabetes have, by definition, a pre-existing condition when they seek health insurance.

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2022

When it comes to peoples’ relationship to consumer packaged goods (CPG), the public health crisis has indeed impacted consumers’ purchasing behaviors and definition of “value,” based on IRI’s latest analysis of CPG shifts in 2022 and 2023. and better-for-you ingredients and functional benefits.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

When announced, the news was a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives. Or an expanded definition of a “digital therapeutic” with the car as a delivery channel or vessel for care and information source.

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2021

Some of America’s least-healthy communities are also those that index greater for vaccine hesitancy and other risks for well-being, found in U.S. News collaborated with the Aetna Foundation, CVS Health’s philanthropic arm, in this fourth annual list of the top geographies for well-being in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

National telehealth leader American Well® announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aligned Telehealth, a leader in the provision of behavioral telehealth and telepsychiatry services to hospitals and health plans.

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Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2023

There’s another lens on drivers of health that impact our well-being, the commercial determinants of health (CDoH). Health Populi’s Hot Points: Solving the Big Problems and drivers that underpin health and well-being require collaboration across public and private sectors, and siloes across the health/care ecosystem.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2019

As I dug in deeper to these intentions via Google searches on self-care, I found a broad range of queries covering peoples’ uniquely personal definitions of “health.” Well, then…that’s a full-time job for each of us, isn’t it? Caity talks about the therapeutic benefit of stacking loose change.

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Health Populi

MAY 22, 2023

“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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ACA Times

OCTOBER 6, 2015

HR 1624, the “Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act” ( PACE), amends the definition of small and large employers. The PACE Act gives states the option to expand the definition of a “small employer” to include those with up to 100 employees. The measure is the first major change to the health care law since it was enacted.

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2021

continue to immunize health citizens from contracting the coronavirus, millions of folks are looking forward to getting back inside restaurants to enjoy meals out, as well as un-masking when grocery shopping. More affluent people are interested in food-for-immunity, as well as parents with children under 18. But people in the U.S.

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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. In 2023, it’s much harder to take care of my health, consumers say. In the U.S., that delta is 11 points worse, the second chart graphs, with the U.S. datapoint shown to the far right.

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Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2023

For context in using this dataset, the folks responding to the study came from the HLTH and CHIME email lists; those on these lists may already be well aware of the concept of “techquity,” and certainly health equity.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This news is a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives. Or an expanded definition of a “digital therapeutic” with the car as a delivery channel or vessel for care and information source. THINK: cars, comms, and care.

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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. has largely focused on individuals, and not so much community and population-level health and well-being.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 16, 2020

The survey sample included people dealing with chronic disease themselves, as well as caregivers attending to people with chronic illnesses. To gain peoples’ perspectives on health care at home and chronic disease management, CareMore Health and Aspire Health commissioned a survey among 2,009 U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2021

In the pandemic era, the grocery store has gained experience and credibility with health consumers as a health destination, both in brick-and-mortar as well as ecommerce. Increasingly, these will join other (non-food) health/care touchpoints as so-called digital front-doors for consumers to access across the care continuum.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The food industry, both retail food chains and food suppliers, has found health and nutrition are having a positive impact on their businesses both for margins and for missions, we learn in the latest annual survey on Food Industry Contributions to Health & Well-being, 2024 , from FMI. This is a key workflow in Food-as-Medicine programs.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2023

“We definitely do see a slight change compared to the total population, we do see a slight pullback in overall basket,” the CEO of Walmart US is quoted in Bloomberg. “Just less units, slightly less calories.”

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2021

In today’s post, I explore — or chew on, if you will — Raley’s Report through the lens of health, wellness, and social factors key to citizens living full and resilient lives. The second graphic pulls out some of the health and wellness messages from the Report. Total wellness for mind, body, and spirit.

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Digital Health Wire

JUNE 4, 2023

The era of retail healthcare has arrived, with Definitive Healthcare’s latest report showing that retail clinic claims volumes have tripled since 2017, outpacing growth in urgent centers, EDs, and physician practices. 1) Partner with retailers. 2) Compete with retail-like strategies. 3) Consider acquiring retail clinics.

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ACA Times

JUNE 19, 2016

However, when it comes to the workplace, rarely is a focus on managing well being while you’re actually working. The ADA and GINA prohibit the use of this data for anything other than wellness programs, as employers are not authorized to collect this information for their own benefit. That may all change for the better soon.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Enter the digital era, forcing a re-definition of what we mean by “infrastructure.” This concept informs the current discussion about how we define “infrastructure” moving forward. Fifty+ years ago, we conjured up bridges and roads for cars and trucks, telephone lines and dams. At the start of COVID-19 in the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 8, 2021

Although, I’ve definitely followed enough of the wrong people in my life to know the ills of social media as well. When people say social media is awful, I often think they’re following the wrong people.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

“As a trusted brand in the health and wellness space, we are thrilled to expand our efforts in helping our customers Live Well by offering free healthcare services to give them the care they need,” Allison Bentley, the Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at GNC, explains in the company’s press release.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

When this blog was launched in 2008, the Wikipedia definition of aging in place was described as a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) -- the ability to move from independent living to assisted to skilled nursing. Logging into Wikipedia, it was possible to get into a tug-of-war about the definition. By 2013, The U.S.

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Digital Health Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Now, Hippocratic found its use case, as well as a $500M valuation. Initial roles for the AI agents include chronic care management, post-discharge follow-up for specific conditions (congestive heart failure, kidney disease), as well as SDOH surveys, health risk assessments, and pre-operative outreach.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 19, 2023

However, I think we can all use a little fun as well. This week’s Fun Friday definitely puts into perspective all the crazy (good and bad) that’s happening in the world of health IT. However, this definitely looks like what some people in healthcare are doing. I know it’s not the right way.

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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. That necessity of connectivity has been the mother motivating local partners and programs to building networks throughout the U.S. is inspiring.

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Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

It’s the dream of parents to see their children grow and develop well. Certainly, you can’t choose the condition your child is born in, but you can definitely choose how […]. Experts assert that children are able to realize their true potential if they can have their fundamental needs met in their early stages of development.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The original 2016 definition from Susann Keohane and Nicola Palmarini at IBM stated: "A network of connected objects (devices, sensors) and cognitive systems with a clear mission: to actively care for people – their physical and mental well-being, homes, loved ones…and….when Consider The Internet of Caring Things.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This synergy allows for effective management of both community health and individual patient needs, a concept detailed by Definitive Healthcare. Mental and Behavioral Health Integration: Incorporating workflows for mental and behavioral health, underlining the importance of mental well-being in overall health.

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