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Reimbursement Repercussions for April 2023 End of Public Health Emergency

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the official end of the public health emergency (PHE) was extended to April 2023 for many federal government programs, two federal actions will further extend the deadline for federal Medicare reimbursement until at least December 31, 2024.

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The 2020 Health Populi TrendCast – HealthConsuming, TechLash, and Public Health Goes Private

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The most important factor that underpins peoples’ engaging with their health and health care organizations is trust…and distrust in America is up, the Pew Research Group told us earlier this year in their report on Trust and Distrust in America. We’ll start with some knowns, first with Trust, Mis-Trust, and Big Tech Animus.

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2020

More than four times as many Black women believe that it’s a bad time to be Black in America in 2020 versus 2011, we learn from The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). This survey was conducted between 20th August and 14th September among 1,769 U.S. population by a factor of 2 to 1.

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Social Determinants of Health Travel in Groups – At the Root Is Household Income

Health Populi

OCTOBER 2, 2020

health care community is collectively embracing the concept of social determinants of health that have become so obvious in understanding the disparities of health outcomes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. This survey polled 3,454 U.S. One in three U.S.

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In fact, 60 percent of 18 to 34-year-olds admit to smartphone overuse, the highest level of any age group. Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. which 1 in 2 U.S. adults over 55 manage. [I

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Health Citizens Link Their Views on Democracy, the Economy and the Pandemic

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The pandemic has put health care top-of-mind for health citizens the world over. where the demand for reform is relatively high – 86% of those who think the country has handled the pandemic poorly want significant change in the American health care system; 62% of those who say the U.S. public health sector.

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Celebrating World Sleep Day 2024 – Sleep Equity for Global Health

Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2024

Yes, it’s a real thing, and this year speaks to the theme of Sleep Equity for Global Health. The data point here comes from Datassential ‘s latest consumer survey conducted across all adult age groups in the U.S. There is a growing evidence base of research supporting sleep’s role in good health.

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The Tik Tok’ing of Medical Mis-Information: Doctors’ and Patients’ Roles in Curating Healthy Advice

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

believe that the medical mis-information problem is worsening, learned in survey research from Merck Manuals. The consumer survey of 2,044 U.S. The doctor survey was conducted of 263 physicians by Merck Manuals at the Family Medical Experience conference. ” In the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S.

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“We’ve normalized a very high death toll in the U.S.” – How A Trust Deficit Has Infected America’s COVID Outcomes

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The study was researched and written up by a team of COVID-19 National Preparedness Collaborators, led by Dr. Joseph Dieleman of the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a group that has been long-tracking the coronavirus since its emergence.

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Depression and Anxiety are Toxic Side Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Over one-third had more referrals for their services, and 29% of therapists served more patients: By age group, 29% of therapists saw more adult patients 18 to 64 years of age. Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2, June 2020. 21% saw more adolescent patients ages 13-17.

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Shaky Trust in the Age of the Coronavirus – Who Do Americans Trust for COVID-19 Facts?

Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2020

adults were surveyed between 12 and 15 March 2020 on the coronavirus pandemic and their perspectives on the media and political leaders’ information credibility. One-half of people expect a vaccine for COVID-19 would be on the market in at least a year, consistent with current/recent public health experts’ testimony.

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Physician Burnout is a Public Health Crisis

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Physician burnout is a public health issue that “urgently demands action” from the rest of the healthcare industry, according to a report from Harvard University and Massachusetts trade groups. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Harvard Global Health Institute in Cambridge, Mass.,

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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As the HLTH conference convenes over 6,000 digital health innovators live, in person, in Boston in the wake of the delta variant, what should attendees keep in mind to help HLTH make health? That’s the supply side of HLTH.

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A Toxic Side Effect of the Coronavirus: Financial Unwellness

Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

Prudential surveyed 3,000 U.S. There was a bounce in “Confident” group in 2019, which fell by 10% just months later to nearly the 2017 level. ” In this teachable moment, living daily in the whirlpool that is the coronavirus pandemic, we know that public health directly impacts individual health and home economies.

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The Post-COVID 19 Health Consumer: Ready for DIY Health Care and More Open to Telehealth

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has re-shaped consumers for work, school, fitness, cooking, and certainly for health care. In addition, the research also surveyed 153 provider executives, 124 pharmaceutical execs, and 128 health plan executives. In America at Home , the market research group explained how people in the U.S.

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Analysis finds uptick in telehealth fraud enforcement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A survey put forward by the national healthcare, life science and workforce management law firm Epstein Becker Green found that telemental health services have increased in quantity this year – as have fraud-related enforcement actions at the state and federal levels. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This funding record (“already” before year-end, tallied by the third quarter as Rock Health notes) was driven by “mega”-deals accelerated during the public health crisis of COVID-19. based digital health start-ups adding up $9.4 In the third quarter of 2020, some $4 billion was invested in U.S.

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Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender

Health Populi

MAY 17, 2022

While telehealth, mobile health apps, and wearable technology are all growing for mainstream consumers, there are gaps in adoption based on where a person lives, their health insurance plan type, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender. The report examines three areas of digital health adoption: Live video telemedicine.

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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

lacked health insurance. Losing health insurance in the pandemic: a financial toxic side effect. Nearly 7 million Americans lost health coverage due to COVID-19, a national survey from Civis Analytics found, in The State of Health Insurance in COVID-19 America. Race matters for health insurance in America.

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As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

If they don't act before the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the groups said, Medicare beneficiaries "will lose access to virtual care options which have become a lifeline to many." "Unfortunately, this progress is in jeopardy," they wrote.

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“Healthcare Isn’t Healthy:” the Global Challenge of Health Equity, and Calls-to-Action

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Discrimination in health care is reported by more people in the U.S. we learn in the research reported in The Intersection of Health Equity in Communities & Business Strategy: A Call-to-Action , from Omnicomm PR Group (OPRG) and Atlantic Insights. than in Germany, Spain, or the U.K., residents and those outside of the U.S.

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Why should people trust technology?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 7, 2021

And the survey showed that the largest drop in trust for a category from 2020-2021 was in technology ( summarized here in a single graph ) – for some, not trusted. Unfortunately in the public eye (surveyed by the Wall Street Journal), only 11% would be willing to adopt them. Do consumers trust technology?

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

In September 2020, PwC surveyed consumers with employer-sponsored health insurance about their preferred locations to receive a COVID-19 vaccine within one year of its approval. Consumers expressed different vaccine site preferences depending on their ethnicity/race and age group. during the public health crisis.

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Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier. ” The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S. Trust is in short supply in the U.S.

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CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S. senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. Provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the permanent authority to waive telehealth restrictions. Access for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Digital health apps could save NHS billions, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2019

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.

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South Korea forms national commission for promoting bio-health tech and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The ministry collaborated with the Health Development Policy Agency and the Data and Information Center to put up the said portal, which provides access to information including those related to COVID-19 and national surveys like the Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey, Basic Health Research and Health Facilities Research.

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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier. The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S. Trust is in short supply in the U.S. Part of re-building 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

” The researchers used spatial analysis to explore disproportionate mortality outcomes for COVID-19 experienced by different racial and ethnic groups: comparing overall death rates with those of Hispanic or Latinx, Non-Hispanic Black or African-American, and Non-Hispanic White populations. Underneath the overall statistic of 2.4

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State Medicaid programs want to keep telehealth expansions, KFF analysis finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

KFF's survey of state Medicaid programs found them not only expanding telehealth benefits – for example, providing audio-only coverage of behavioral health services , group therapy and medication-assisted treatment – but also adding several provider types, researchers said in the issue brief. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Health in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections – Women, Prescription Drugs, and Who Shows Up to Vote

Health Populi

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Health policy experts from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, AARP, and the United States of Care recently shared perspectives on the health care issues on voters’ and policy makers’ minds for the 2022 midterm elections. “Women age 50 and over are one of the largest, most reliable group of voters,” AARP has found.

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Chronic Medical Conditions, Mental Health, and Equity On Employers’ Minds for 2022 – Employee Health in the Wake of COVID-19

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

With that objective, it’s always instructive to explore the annual study from the Business Group on Health, the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, large employees have many concerns about worker and dependents’ health.

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Consumer Adoption of Digital Health in 2022

Digital Health Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

The latest report from Rock Health and the Stanford Center for Digital Health showed that not even the end of the public health emergency or a looming recession could put a dent in the adoption of new health tech. The post Consumer Adoption of Digital Health in 2022 appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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One physician's perspective on why patients prefer telehealth visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

But since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency, our organization has expanded its telehealth capabilities. To test this assumption, I surveyed my patients. There were no exclusions in this survey. About two-thirds of the patients I surveyed were follow-up patients.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Strategic Solution Group, LLC (SSG) has a low-code software platform called Casetivity. According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs. Casetivity can ingest, standardize, and share health data. do so in different ways and often have incomplete data.

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Preliminary findings from the Apple Women’s Health Study help advance the conversation and science around menstrual cycles

Digital Health Global

MARCH 15, 2023

Many physicians consider periods a vital sign , but this area of health is notably under-researched. The Apple Women’s Health Study is a first-of-its-kind research study conducted with the Harvard T.H. Participants in that group had more than twice the risk of endometrial hyperplasia and more than 3.5

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Your Grocery Store as Health/Care Destination: Welcome Kroger to the Clinical Trials Community

Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

We observed consumers’ growing their self-care muscles and skills from the start of the pandemic, quantified in 2021 by NCSolutions in its study on how people were using consumer packaged goods in the public health crisis.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” “Some specialties, such as mental health, may find stronger footing via virtual visits.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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The Path Forward for Healthcare’s People Matching Problem

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A recent survey from HIMSS and Patient ID Now also found that healthcare organizations are spending an average of 109.6 The result of difficulties managing patient identities, according to a whopping 70% of respondents to the HIMSS/Patient ID Now survey, are duplicative or unnecessary testing or services.

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Generation Z is in mental health crisis – telehealth can help

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2023

Survey results we released in May show that nearly 6 in 10 of active college students first accessed mental health services during their K-12 years and 42% experienced their first formal care in high school. Regardless of their health coverage status, Gen Z values the convenience of care access from any location.

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Thinking About Health Care One Year From the 2020 Presidential Election

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Here’s The Hill ‘s coverage on the survey, which was conducted with the Peter G. The second poll we’ll consider is the survey from The Harvard Chan School of Public Health published in October 2019 (conducted in July-August 2019) teamed with the Commonwealth Fund and the New York Times.

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Health, Wealth & COVID-19 – My Conversation with Jeanne Pinder & Carium, in Charts

Health Populi

APRIL 23, 2020

adults also say they wouldn’t have sufficient money saved to cover costs to cover COVID-19 medical care, from a Healthinsurance.com survey. Across income groups among likely U.S. One-half of U.S. Only 1 in 5 Democrats are more concerned about economics than the virus as of late April compared with Independents or Republicans.

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Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2023

In comparison and health care context, UnitedHealth Group employs roughly 325,000 workers, CVS Health 290,000, and Walgreens Boots Alliance, about 287,000. The King’s Fund published a report last month, asking the question, How does the NHS compare to the health care systems of other countries? million workers.

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Reimbursement Repercussions for April 2023 End of Public Health Emergency

The 2020 Health Populi TrendCast – HealthConsuming, TechLash, and Public Health Goes Private

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Social Determinants of Health Travel in Groups – At the Root Is Household Income

The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Citizens Link Their Views on Democracy, the Economy and the Pandemic

Celebrating World Sleep Day 2024 – Sleep Equity for Global Health

The Tik Tok’ing of Medical Mis-Information: Doctors’ and Patients’ Roles in Curating Healthy Advice

“We’ve normalized a very high death toll in the U.S.” – How A Trust Deficit Has Infected America’s COVID Outcomes

Depression and Anxiety are Toxic Side Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Shaky Trust in the Age of the Coronavirus – Who Do Americans Trust for COVID-19 Facts?

Physician Burnout is a Public Health Crisis

Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

A Toxic Side Effect of the Coronavirus: Financial Unwellness

The Post-COVID 19 Health Consumer: Ready for DIY Health Care and More Open to Telehealth

Analysis finds uptick in telehealth fraud enforcement

The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender

Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

As 'telehealth cliff' looms, hundreds of healthcare orgs urge Congress to act

“Healthcare Isn’t Healthy:” the Global Challenge of Health Equity, and Calls-to-Action

Why should people trust technology?

Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

CONNECT for Health Act reintroduced, would expand telehealth access

Digital health apps could save NHS billions, says report

South Korea forms national commission for promoting bio-health tech and more briefs

Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

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

State Medicaid programs want to keep telehealth expansions, KFF analysis finds

Health in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections – Women, Prescription Drugs, and Who Shows Up to Vote

Chronic Medical Conditions, Mental Health, and Equity On Employers’ Minds for 2022 – Employee Health in the Wake of COVID-19

Consumer Adoption of Digital Health in 2022

One physician's perspective on why patients prefer telehealth visits

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Preliminary findings from the Apple Women’s Health Study help advance the conversation and science around menstrual cycles

Your Grocery Store as Health/Care Destination: Welcome Kroger to the Clinical Trials Community

Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

The Path Forward for Healthcare’s People Matching Problem

Generation Z is in mental health crisis – telehealth can help

Thinking About Health Care One Year From the 2020 Presidential Election

Health, Wealth & COVID-19 – My Conversation with Jeanne Pinder & Carium, in Charts

Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

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