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2023 Preview of Telemental Health Laws & Behavioral Telehealth Regulations

Telebehavioral Health Institute

After continuing COVID-related telemental health laws and behavioral telehealth regulations in 2022, many key issues for 2023 are already decided. Both federal and state legislative groups have focused heavily on passing behavioral telehealth regulations to be enacted in 2023 and are poised to extend in subsequent years.

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How Coronavirus Is Re-Shaping Consumer Behavior, From the Amusement Park to the Voting Booth

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: In challenging moments like this COVID-19 pandemic threat, we look for gifts of learning and opportunity — and this is one where the case for telehealth and broadband connectivity comes to the fore. TIME magazine covered this yesterday in a mainstream media story.

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The Color of Care – Oprah and The Smithsonian Channel Partner on Health Equity

Health Populi

Among the many testimonies in the film is Dr. Neel Shah, Assistant Professor of OBGYN and Reproductive Biology at the Harvard Medical School and Chief Medical Officer of the Maven Clinic, who told the Smithsonian Magazine , “ Racial inequity shows up in every dimension of health care.

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

Anderson was co-author with Uwe Reinhardt of “It’s the Prices Stupid,” the landmark Health Affairs essay from 2003 that pointed out the key difference between U.S. health care spending wasn’t utilization — it was the underlying pricing of medical services and prescription drugs.

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

Health Populi

Telehealth is becoming just a normal part of medical service delivery, fast-growing for mental and behavioral health, DTC prescriptions for women’s and men’s health (looking at the trajectory of Ro, Hims and Hers ), employers’ sponsorship of telehealth visits, and niched virtual health services.

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Can the U.S. Improve Health System Performance with Digital Health Tools? Pondering A Big Question for #HIMSS21

Health Populi

Furthermore, in the specific context of the annual 2021 convening of HIMSS, bringing together the world’s stakeholders in health care and digital technology, the implications are many, complicated, and some uncertain.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The Mental Health Policy Gap Excavated by Data Brokers The COVID-related surge in mental health disorders and the limitations on accessing in-person therapy Ignited a rapid shift towards telehealth and mHealth apps, where downloads increased by 200% between 2019 and 2020. Health Tech Magazine, September 23, 2020.