Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Most basic in the latter has been the lack of broadband connectivity preventing some people from the digital transformation from which other “have’s” in society benefited: the ability to work from home, attend school from home, exercise at home, and access medical services through virtual care platforms like telemedicine.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 27, 2018

." Dr. Patrick Ndimubanzi, Honorable Minister of State, Public Health and Primary Health Care, Rwanda Digital Health Innovation in Rwanda Let's explore 5 examples of Digital Health innovation in Rwanda ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to blood delivery by drones and telemedicine.

Digital Health 87

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Among the clearest economic development rationales for digital health is for expanding telehealth in rural America. This was the topic of a recent meet-up convened by NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, discussing the economic returns of telemedicine.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 23, 2020

Better to support businesses in creating comprehensive screening strategies (with some offering their own app-based solutions), coupled with a testing plan for symptomatic employees. Health systems have been surprised by the hunger for information on COVID-19 among the business community.

Primary Care 41

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 9, 2020

Telemedicine , for instance, allowed us to pivot quickly from in-person care to virtual care. All of these strategies are intended to significantly reduce risk while allowing for vital, high-quality care for our patients. The Covid-19 crisis has changed the practice of medicine in fundamental ways in just a matter of months.

Telemedicine 41

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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. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.

Public Health 41

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Henry Kotula

APRIL 21, 2020

You need a national strategy that will equitably distribute this vaccine and we first look at the vulnerable populations. Unless you get further disease, you then get telemedicine. You figure out if you need to go to the health system. And if you’re positive, then you self-isolate.

Public Health 41

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

While an important first step, policy makers cannot simply infuse more funding to CHCs and expect them to withstand the challenges of the COVID-19 era. Payment parity —where telehealth is reimbursed at the same level as an in-person visit— is a crucial issue that must be addressed and instituted beyond the current public health emergency.

Telehealth 41

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 15, 2021

These two lions of health policy and strategy came together recently to pen an editorial in Health Affairs examining the impact of large integrated health systems on the nation’s response to COVID-19. Larger health systems were able to mobilize the resources to secure protective gear as supplies dwindled.

Health Policy 41

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 5, 2020

They also used aggregated data from the CDC and local public health agencies to plot the rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases in each county as of May 12. Researchers determined the density of infectious disease physicians in every U.S. county using 2017 Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data. Four study findings: 1.

Public Health 32

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A new study from Tia, the women’s health services platform, looks deeply into COVID-19’s negative impacts on working-age women and how they would advise the next occupant of the White House on health policy in Dear Future President — What Women Want for Healthcare in America. coverage for telehealth, and.

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