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TCMHCC and Trayt Health Addressing Youth Mental Health at Scale

Healthcare IT Today

State and local governments, along with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations are teaming up in Texas to tackle youth mental health. Youth Mental Health Crisis Mental health has long been a neglected area of healthcare, particularly when it comes to children and teenagers.

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

Health Populi

Mental health can be scaled with telehealth. map and citizens’ access has been marked with mental health supply shortages. Mental health via virtual platforms has sustained significant use since the waning of the public health crisis. Convenience isn’t just a nice-to-have: it has economic ROI.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

Note that WHO’s approach to digital health adoption includes equity, access, palliative care, privacy, and security. There’s an 11th imperative I add to the ten called out here, and it’s attending to mental health with grace, public policies, and resource allocation.

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The growing burden of mental health on emergency departments

Henry Kotula

In the graphic above, we highlight how COVID has impacted the state of mental health across generations. . Mental health-related emergency department (ED) visits increased in 2020 across all age groups, with the steepest rise among adolescents. Younger Americans are faring much worse.

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Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A Health Affairs study found that telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic was lower in communities with higher rates of poverty – suggesting that the industry must address the digital divide in order to ensure widespread access to virtual care. During the COVID-19 period of the study, researchers found that 30.1%

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

“Yes,” we concurred on our session convened by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE session today. Antoinette posed three questions for all of us to brainstorm, addressing various aspects of health equity. Understanding the health inequities borne by “telemedicine.

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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.