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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. Provide coverage for at-home monitoring devices.

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

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

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. have a PCP relationship, compared with 71% of health citizens in Germany and the Netherlands.

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you made your living in commercial real estate — and especially, working with hospitals’ and health systems’ office space — would the concept of telehealth be freaking you out right now? If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit).

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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

MAY 10, 2022

“Telehealth certainly appears to be here to stay,” the AARP forecasts in An Updated Look at Telehealth Use Among U.S. adults over 50 said they or someone in their family had used telehealth. adults 50 and over in February and March 2022, to gauge older peoples’ views on virtual care now and in the future.

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. But telehealth has also emerged as a preferred channel for routine health care services, we learn from J.D. Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study.

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

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Mental and behavioral health.

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

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MARCH 9, 2023

Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals. Access to Telehealth Services Private Health Insurance Coverage for telehealth and other remote care services will vary by state and private insurance plans.

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Most Virtual Care Consumers, Satisfied With Visits in the COVID Era, Expect It for Future Care

Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

health care providers set up virtual care arrangements to convene with patients. Three months into the COVID-19 crisis, how have patients felt about these telehealth visits? Each of these health consumers had at least one virtual care visit between February and May 2020. What about physicians?

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

Expanding its report-card role in the health ecosystem. Power has undertaken a survey on consumer satisfaction with 31 telehealth providers across 15 measures, which will be published in November 2019. Those who had a telehealth encounter more likely lived in the Western U.S., Power polled 1,000 consumers in June 2019.

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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024. Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels.

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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The survey informing the report was conducted between August 2 and September 7, 2021, among 3,616 adults 18 and older (in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Vietnamese based on consumers’ language preferences).

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Rationing Care in America: Cost Implications Getting to Universal Health Coverage

Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2018

That percentage of people who delay medical cost based on the expense has remained stable since 2006: between 29 and 31 percent of Americans have self-rationed care due to cost for over a decade. One-third of people under 35 said that health care costs prevented them from getting care, compared with only 8% of people 65 and older.

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Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

In addition, policies that address underlying social determinant risk factors like housing, jobs, food security, and access to social services would be critical, ASPE believes. adults, the annual Gallup survey on honesty and ethics in professions perennially proves. Pharmacists continue to enjoy high levels of trust among U.S.

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SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Hari Eswaran thanking those involved and HRSA’s Deputy Associate Administrator, Heather Dimeris, speaking about the current telehealth landscape. Dr. Bill England began by discussing the wide range of resources available at HRSA with his presentation, “Telehealth and Research at HRSA. The opening plenary focused on funding.

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on health consumers’ spending varies depending on whether the household is generally a healthy family unit, healthy “enthusiasts,” dealing with a simple or more complex chronic conditions, or managing mental health issues. adults polled in early April 2020.

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Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The pharmacy is all these things, and increasingly digital-first, we learn in The Rx Report: A new day in retail pharmacy , a consumer survey from CVS Health. CVS Health, one of the two largest pharmacies operating in the U.S. in 2021 along with Walgreens, worked with Morning Consult to poll 2,210 U.S.

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Consumers Intend to Invest in Technology — With Budget and Value in Mind

Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2022

families about being able to afford health services and prescription drugs, found in a Civic Science survey conducted in early June. All health care stakeholders can learn from CTA’s observation that consumers will be “budget-mindful” when shopping for tech. There is already concern in U.S.

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Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’

Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Across the country, only half of primary care doctor practices say they have enough cash to stay open for the next four weeks, according to one study, and many are already laying off or furloughing workers. The hospitals are getting massive bailouts,” said Dr. Christopher Crow, the president of Catalyst Health Network in Texas.

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Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: One of the most intriguing data points in this survey is displayed in the third graphic on the bottom bar: the percentage of people who use an app to consult a doctor rather than going in person. This is why I so often repeat that broadband connectivity is a social determinant of health.

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

This highlights the dire need to address patient access to care. Even in large metropolitan areas, many individuals still lack adequate access to basic healthcare services, especially for mental health. These practitioners ensure that all patients, regardless of socioeconomic status, receive the care they need.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. Some telehealth flexibilities that were allowed under the PHE are also staying in effect, at least until the end of 2024.

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Healthcare Is Local: Channeling Tip O’Neill in the 2018 Midterm Election Results

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Of course, Amazon continues its march into healthcare, as the company grows into private-label medical devices, private label products (in and outside of healthcare), leverage the PillPack acquisition, and consider its role in primary care services with the hires of staff and thought leaders in the space.

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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

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

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

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

Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

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

Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Most Virtual Care Consumers, Satisfied With Visits in the COVID Era, Expect It for Future Care

Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Rationing Care in America: Cost Implications Getting to Universal Health Coverage

Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Consumers Intend to Invest in Technology — With Budget and Value in Mind

Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’

Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Healthcare Is Local: Channeling Tip O’Neill in the 2018 Midterm Election Results

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