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The American Hospital Association Looks at Retail and Tech Health Care Disruptors

Health Populi

hospital sector is facing major challenges on all fronts: staffing (especially nursing and more broadly, clinician burnout), supply chain, financial stressors, demographics, and cross-industry politics vis-à-vis pharma and health insurance. “By 2030, nontraditional players could own as much as 30% of the primary care market.”

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Health Populi

Turning to ChatGPT some 123 years later, I queried, “What is a health plan?” The response: A health plan is a comprehensive package of healthcare services and coverage that helps individuals or groups manage and finance their healthcare needs. Re-building a community health system from an innovative blueprint.

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Bolstering Health Literacy in a Little Book: Burn Prevention and Care With “The Family Oops”

Health Populi

Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of meeting Krissie, a Plastic Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist with the King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation as well as serving as an Ambassador with the Children’s Burns Trust. The book was conceived by Kristina (Krissie) Stiles and illustrated by her artistic collaborator, Jill Latter.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

The table arrays data the researchers analyzed from 2002 to 2016, identifying patterns of six types of medical services used by race and age group. We can see that health care spending varied by race and ethnicity after adjusting for age and medical conditions. Black and AI/AN people also have lower life expectancies.

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More than 70 orgs urge DEA: Revise telehealth controlled substance rules

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Our experience during the pandemic was that telehealth meant our member psychiatrists were able to treat more patients, which was critical as we faced a mental health crisis,” said APA CEO and Medical Director Dr. Saul Levin in a statement. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

Digital Health Global

The California ADT Network will rapidly accelerate California’s ability to positively transform health equity, public health, and Medi-Cal outcomes, which rely on robust and seamless health data sharing among all providers.”

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Digital health apps could save NHS billions, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Digital health could save public health services in England £7.5 billion (nearly $10 billion) across England, according to a report from Now Healthcare Group. Lee Dentith, CEO and founder of Now Healthcare Group, noted that with smartphone penetration rates approaching 90 percent of the U.K. WHY IT MATTERS.