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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Health Populi

Last month, AARP published research on older peoples’ perspectives on their state of mental health and well-being. “While it is understandable to see a decline in mental health or emotional well-being during trying times, this is not a normal part of aging.

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

Health Populi

The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.” and Seeing is Believing – Inside the World’s Biggest Hospital), among other themes.

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The Home and Low-Touch Health Care – a Health Consumer Update from Capgemini

Health Populi

The report found three big shifts in global health citizens’ views on their personal health and health care delivery in the wake of the pandemic: Across all age groups, COVID-19 exacerbated peoples’ concerns about their physical and mental health in a very short time. That’s a big if: in the U.S.,

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Great Expectations for Health Care: Patients Look for Consumer Experience and Trust in Salesforce’s Latest Research

Health Populi

Patients as health consumers face challenges paying for care, managing mental health, finding health services and taking time off work to access them, caregiving, and in transportation for care along with personal mobility issues. A few key data points illustrate the magnitude of the frustration: 50% of U.S.

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Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

Health Populi

That’s when, here in the UK, I cut my own professional teeth on the role of health IT to help measure and manage health care resources, quality and patient outcomes under severe resource constraints.

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Why COVID-19’s Death Toll Will Climb Long After the Pandemic Is Over

Henry Kotula

Released on Friday, the wonks at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) urged officials going into the long holiday weekend to remember amid the celebrations that we still don’t know the final toll of the pandemic, especially when it comes to long-term consequences for behavioral and mental health. Not Medicare.

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By-Latinos, For-Latinos Healthcare Startup Zócalo Health Closes $5 Million in Funding to Launch Primary Care Services

Healthcare IT Today

We founded Zócalo Health to embrace the values and traditions from our culture and Latino identity and make them the heart of the primary care experience. Before founding Zócalo Health, he served as a founding team member and senior leader at Amazon Care where he led several technical teams. healthcare.