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Health Citizenship in the America. If Not Now, When?

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consumers, our homes, the healthcare system, and what we’ve learned in the first six months of the pandemic about all aspects of our health: physical, mental and emotional, financial, and societal. In it, I track these events and the many forces transforming U.S. This is the call for Health Citizenship for people in America.

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Dollar General & CHPA Collaborate to Bolster Health Consumers’ Literacy and Access for OTC Pain Meds and Self-Care

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I spend a lot of time these days in the growing health/care ecosystem where retail health is broadening to address social determinants and drivers of health – namely food, transportation, broadband access, education, environment, and financial wellness – all opportunities for self-care and health engagement.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated Our Demand for Wellness – Learning from Ogilvy

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Ogilvy describes HSBC’s approach to bolstering consumers’ wellness mindset, launching an online Financial Wellness Center in March 2019 as a digital education platform for teaching retail banking customers financial literacy. ” The COVID-19 crisis exacerbated consumers’ financial stress: in the U.S.,

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The Social Determinants of Prescription Drugs – A View From CoverMyMeds

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At the same time, patients were keen to risk-manage their exposure to the virus, so wanted to stay home and not visit providers’ offices if they were open to appointments. As providers accept value-based payment, they have an incentive to adopt digital health tools that empower patients to align with them, virtually and economically.

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And the Oscar Goes To….Power to the Patients!

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This year’s Oscar show, airing on Sunday 25th April at 8 am Eastern, was different from other years of this annual fashion and cinema spectacle, with distanced seating in movie-family pods at the Union Station in Los Angeles. The organization Patient Power launched this week, press release for the Oscars PSA here.

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WVU Medicine uses $781K grant to greatly boost telehealth to rural patients

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The state is 24,320 square miles and is the only state located entirely in the area known as Appalachia, which faces gaps in educational achievement, employment and income as well as a variety of negative health consequences compared with the rest of the country. West Virginia is the third most rural state in the nation, according to the U.S.

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The Hair Economy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Control, Wellness, and Self-Care

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Weeks of social distancing have been devastating for an industry of professionals who make a living by touching people,” Cheryl Wishhover wrote in Allure magazine. In April, the company launched a Facebook Live series, “Colorist on Call,” to teach people how to dye hair at home. ” .