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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? I asked myself, then went to my Oracle of Telehealth: Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of ATA (once named the American Telemedicine Association). It is clear that there’s no better use case for digital/tele/virtual health than what is unfolding right now.

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Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Mental and behavioral health. Four in five U.S.

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People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2022

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: The American Medical Association polled physicians in late 2021 to gauge doctors’ perspectives on telehealth. The report lays out physicians’ majority support for telehealth and key issues preventing further adoption and proliferation of use across the U.S.

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Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

How to respond? Dentsu Aegis has some thoughts: Brands should segment people based on their needs and motivations, focus on engagement (not the old-school metric of “reach”), and help people do their own versions of “digital detox.” Healthcare is now embedded into The Digital Society.

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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

The first diagram shows my evolving view on what I seek out at CES each year, from the traditional tracking of weight and activity to the mainstreaming of heart function and sleep, with the addition of the connected car for health and safety, and the smart kitchen and bathroom in the mix of health-at-home.

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

Remember that digital health literacy is a “super determinant of health.” ” The post My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

revealed many weakness in the American health care system, one of which has been health inequities faced by millions of people — especially black Americans, who have sustained higher rates morbidity and mortality for COVID-19. How to deal? But the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S. Lack of inclusive design.

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

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The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 2 – Our Mental Health

Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2020

A few articles that have informed me include… In The Atlantic , the piece The Kids Aren’t Alright explained how the youngest health citizens in the country may experience the greatest long-time mental health trauma, learning from Wuhan’s experience with C19 back to Katrina and the impacts of adverse childhood events.

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How Health Gets Built – The Building H Index Thinking Health-By-Design

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2022

But even with the explosion of funding for digital health innovations such as wearable trackers, remote health monitors, and thousands of apps downloadable to our smartphones, the burden of chronic care continues to grow.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

About four in 10 people 50+ are interested in “purchasing” (the word used in the AARP survey) several digital health innovations: Communicating with a health care provider that you’ve taken a medication as prescribed. Communicating other information, like blood pressure, weight, or heart health) to a health care provider.

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

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S.

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Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response to gather initial data insights from digital services providers

Lloyd Price

MAY 23, 2020

Babylon reports many patients are seeking advice on information about local council support services, seeking advice for activities to keep busy and how to remain healthy, and how to get support to access food and financial concerns. For example, Ieso Digital Health reports an 84% increase in referrals.

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Emerging with A Stronger Healthcare System Post-COVID: NAM’s Lessons Learned

Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2021

The National Academy of Medicine is publishing nine reports addressing health stakeholder segments impacted and re-shaped by COVID-19 — for public health, quality and safety, health care payers, clinicians, research, patients-families-communities, health product manufacturers, digital health, and care systems.

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Social Determinants of Health Risks Challenge the Promise of Hospital-to-Home

Health Populi

MAY 31, 2022

Doubling-down on the issue of disparities exacerbated by digital health technology, Boston-based researchers published their view on Telehealth’s Double-Edged Sword: Bridging or Perpetuating Health Inequities in the Journal of General Internal Medicine in March 2022.

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What's next for telehealth under the Biden administration?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a flurry of changes to regulations around telehealth and virtual care – the vast majority of which expire once the public health emergency ends. But neither took decisive, sweeping action that would permanently enshrine some of the major changes to telehealth policy. versus beyond."

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The Next-Normal Health Care Consumer After the Pandemic

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In fact, the other seven areas beyond health and well-being are adjacent to health, especially shopping and consumption (e.g., A Biden Presidency with a Democratic Congress in both houses would portend a very different health reform outcome than a Trump Presidency with a continue split legislature. and other driving forces.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

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Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 2 – Our Mental Health

How Health Gets Built – The Building H Index Thinking Health-By-Design

The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

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

Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response to gather initial data insights from digital services providers

Emerging with A Stronger Healthcare System Post-COVID: NAM’s Lessons Learned

Social Determinants of Health Risks Challenge the Promise of Hospital-to-Home

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