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Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Health Populi

Thus, millions of Americans continue to lack access to primary care compared with peers in other nations, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. The 2022 Fund report, P rimary Care in High-Income Countries: How the U.S. primary care teams may be a function of underinvestment in certain types of social services.

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

Health Populi

Mental and behavioral health. Specialty care. Care coordination and continuity. Preventive and primary care. Acute, urgent, and same day care, and. Reasons for doing so, among over 50% of doctors, include: Medical and chronic disease management. Hospital or emergency room follow-up.

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

Health Populi

health care, bring people back into the system, bolster physician well-being, and deliver on the promise of high-quality care that the U.S. has known how to deliver. We have the opportunity to modernize U.S.

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

Health Populi

Time to look to the East and take some lessons on how to bring telehealth to people at home, in communities, and outside of U.S. Check out this last public health poster about Medicare and COVID-19. As the Chinese proverb goes, “A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.”.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

Public perception has not caught up to the reality that the lines between health care companies are so blurred at this point that it is becoming nearly impossible to tell the insurers from the providers from the pharma/medtech manufacturers from the retailers from the tech and data analytics companies.

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Five Healthcare Industry Changes to Watch in 2020

Henry Kotula

Timoni, JD, an attorney and partner at the law firm Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, in Westfield, New Jersey, who represents healthcare providers in areas of reimbursement and managed care contracting. Some ways to do this are to offer better patient portals, expanded hours, improved access, and clear procedure pricing. “To