Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As the patient is increasingly the payor, some of those savings accrue to her, especially if she uses a health savings account where OTC meds are claimable with a tax advantage. Note the new alliance between Walmart and Anthem to channel OTC meds to Medicare Advantage members).

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 2, 2019

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

It’s February 1st, which marks the first of 28 days of American Heart Month – a time to get real, embrace, learn about, and engage with heart health. Heart disease kills 610,000 people in the U.S. every year, equal to 1 in 4 deaths in America. It’s the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

One early survey of physicians on their use of social media found that “85% of oncologists and primary care physicians use social media at least once a week or once a day to scan or explore health information. Sixty percent said social media improves the care they deliver.”

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

In addition to community health workers, the integration of digital health solutions will be imperative for addressing health disparity and advancing health equity. For example, scalable campaign automation and chatbots can achieve value-based equitable care targets while easing administrative burden to counter burnout.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

Other notable consolidations include the finalization of tech-giant Amazon’s purchase of One Medical , a primary care network. And Optum, one of the largest conglomerates that is a subsidiary of United Health Group, increased its net revenue growth by 25% to $54.1

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In early December, FarmBoxRx was the first online grocer to be approved to channel food to SNAP/EBT recipients as payment from Medicare and Medicaid. enabling enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid to order fresh produce online. FarmboxRx works with providers and insurers in the U.S.

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Mental health Public Health Digital Health Medicare 182

mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

who is a Primary Care Physician, Professor at UCSF & coFounder at Open mHealth (follow her on Twitter @IdaSim ). health care spending, 3 so the promise of mobile health is especially attractive.” “A major challenge of mobile health is the high drop-off rate in sensor and app usage.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees. CVS building out an SDOH platform , collaborating with Unite US for the effort.

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