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The Growing Pet Economy – What It Means for Human Health, Well-Being, and Healthcare Costs

Health Populi

The report reviews the literature which has already recognized the link between pet ownership and improved health conditions and outcomes for pet owners, documenting the growth of pet ownership int he U.S. through the pandemic during which one-sixth of pet owners obtained a new pet. bn savings attributable to obesity reduction, s1.8

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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. Antoinette posed three questions for all of us to brainstorm, addressing various aspects of health equity.

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Location, Location, Location – Understanding Health Consumers’ Evolving Definition of Convenience

Health Populi

We are witnessing patients-as-health-consumers’ shifting expectations for experience in health care to be convenient — for several aspects of that experience.

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

TripleTree expects a “domino effect from virtual health adoption that will drive waves of demand across areas that complement virtual health and address other vulnerabilities exposed by COVID-19,” the report forecasts. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. In 2019, J.D.

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Health Is Everywhere at #CES2021 – CTA’s CES 2021 Tech Trends to Watch

Health Populi

Increase in virtual telemedicine appointments increased ten times in 15 days. Safety, hygiene, contact-less-ness, and our homes as places we make health for our selves and our loved ones. And in 2021 at CES in the era of COVID and beyond, telehealth is now, just, part of the continuum of health care.

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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

When asked to rank what characteristics patients want in their physicians, more Black patients identified the doctor’s respect for an sensitivity toward my gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status along with providing easy access to technologies such as online scheduling and telemedicine.