Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2021

For most young people, the public health crisis has been more about that social distancing from friends, a collective sense of isolation, and mental and behavioral health impacts. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges have indeed adversely impacted more younger people than people 25 and older.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Risks of social determinants of health like paying for housing, utilities, and food, have been a greater burden during the public health crisis for Black people (32%) and Hispanic folks (28%) than for White people in America (17%), with an average of 22% at-risk for SDoH factors. population by a factor of 2 to 1.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2020

The photo is an illustration I cut out of a magazine of people wearing m asks from different walks of life and demographics. The general theme here is that the pandemic is a global phenomenon, and that we humans are very small actors in a very big public health crisis. Q is for quarantine.

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Health Populi

MAY 29, 2020

In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , I feature the black barbershop to introduce a chapter on “The New Retail Health.” But this first-wave impact of the pandemic and #StayHome mandates have exacted a price on financial and mental health. Can you see yourself?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2023

News and Research With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency due to end on May 11, the Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed restrictions on the remote prescription of controlled substances , with only buprenorphine and Schedule III-V non-narcotic controlled medications available via telemedicine, and available only in 30-day supplies.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

First, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to be extended for three months in January, bringing today’s best predictions for the end of the PHE to April 2023. 2617 , includes the omnibus’ Mental Health Access Improvement Act (S. Nebraska (certain mental health and substance use disorder services only).

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

News In a temporary rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications for six months following the end of the public health emergency, through November 11.

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