Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

The use of telehealth visits grew from 4% of older people having ever used virtual platforms by May 2019, to 30% of older patients using telehealth in June 2020. Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

along with health disparities and inequities. Telehealth will help many people meet up with health care access — but not necessarily universally or equitably. Mental health will continue to be the epidemic beyond the pandemic. Mortality will be up in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

For general health, a broad range of conditions addressing dermatology and skin health, anti-inflammatories, cholesterol, hepatitis, GI issues, migraine, allergy, weight management, and mental health. The website notes that there is a 12-visit maximum under this plan.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The combination of Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger to form Risant Health will be a test of how Kaiser can build a national brand while embedding its approach to a regional health system that has been geographically boxed-in in central Pennsylvania. Re-building a community health system from an innovative blueprint.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

I talked to Tim Costantino, vice president and head of product, about challenges and potential barriers to meeting these goals. AdvancedMD is a cloud-based service merging an EHR with a health care management solution, and has recently announced upgrades to its EHR, practice management, and patient engagement functions.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

While NPs are essential to addressing the provider shortage and improving the patient experience, they’re also indispensable when it comes to mental health treatment. The type of NP working in the mental health field is called a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner or a PMHNP.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Holly Health, already partnered with over 150 GP (Primary Care) practices, is dedicated to addressing the growing challenge, through fully digital, personalised coaching support. We believe Holly Health has great potential to make a meaningful difference in the UK and beyond," said Vincent Sai, Group CEO and Partner at Modality.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2021

.” Then add in “sweet teams are made of this,” and you have the making of telehealth enabling health/care across the continuum, as I show in my drawing here. Sweet teams are increasingly inter-disciplinary, including primary care, bundling in mental health, health coaches and nutritionists.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

But there are opportunities to learn from patients and advocacy groups at the meeting to inform the demand side of the health/care equation, and that’s crucial to understanding consumer experience, values and sense of value that enables people to get the care they need.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System offers a 100% virtual care program for behavioral health integration that is delivered to patients either directly in a primary care clinic or the patient's home. Therapists are supported by a psychiatrist and a specialized behavioral health pharmacist.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Playing a crucial role in hospital-at-home programs, these technologies complement in-home visits and provide patients with a complete range of hospital services, including mental health, nephrology, and case management. I am particularly excited about digital therapies for mental health. Currently, in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

In 2019, Find Care expanded services for consumers to manage chronic health conditions addressing asthma, COPD, and diabetes. Jasper’s data ecosystem complements the patient’s clinical data on the psycho-social side of the person – that is, “real life.” “We talk about this in our all hands” meetings, Greg told me.

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Iris Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2024

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the adoption of virtual care across all medical specialties and primary care has been critical, especially in behavioral health. Today, behavioral health usage rates remain high. A virtual behavioral health provider can be just as accessible throughout the day as an in-person provider.

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 16, 2022

million patients visit hospital emergency departments in the United States each year. Among those seeking emergency care from EDs is a growing number of patients suffering from mental health crises. So, why is it difficult to address mental health needs in the ED? Reduction in delayed care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2023

Roughly 2 in 5 healthcare leaders look to technology to connect with out-of-hospital settings, cloud-based tech to support access to information “everywhere,” decision support tech (such as AI in clinical settings), communications, workflow applications, and patient-facing mobile check-in and registration.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Addressing the access and affordability pillars, Sam’s Club launched a collaboration with Humana called Care Accelerator. This isn’t meant to be a fully-loaded insurance plan, but a product that “curates” selected medical services consumers want to access at relatively low-cost to care for basic health care needs.

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Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2021

Kroger is the fourth-largest pharmacy operator by script count,” the Journal noted, adding details about Walmart, CVS Health, and Walgreens all fast-expanding their respective health care footprints. Note that ScriptDrop has contracts with grocery chains and retail pharmacies, along with health systems.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2022

Between the greater demand for treatment, limited residency spots, and a decrease in stigma around mental health treatment, there’s a clear need for effective patient care and more providers. By the numbers, the behavioral health provider shortage impacts 129 million Americans , with over three-quarters of U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

I was scheduled to meet with Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader of Connected Care at Philips, at HIMSS in Orlando on 9th March 2020. People at Philips are going out of their way to make it happen,” noting “extraordinary efforts” and teams mobilizing in the pandemic to meet the moment. What a difference 90 days makes.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 6, 2021

In the last year, Brazil has seen a number of startups being born with the goal of disrupting the health insurance sector. In the eyes of Brazilian consumers and employers, insurance pricing is not transparent and patient experience is not up to standard. Meeting unmet needs. Reimagining the role of the employer.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

"But when we were able to move our technology to the point of advancing home health initiatives, we've actually seen it take off. In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better." " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. Fisne offers a personal example.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The so-called Health Corners will launch in Walgreens pharmacies in Tennessee, expanding the pharmacy’s version 1.0

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2023

The Health Center Summit is an event that is tailored specifically for eClinicalWorks’ community health and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) customers. They provide everything from primary care to pediatrics to dental, and mental health services.

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Mend

MARCH 19, 2024

These organizations, which include respected members of mhca, (Mental Health Corporations of America) , join together with Mend to revolutionize access to mental healthcare, reduce no-show rates, and enhance mental health services within their communities. ORLANDO, Fla.,

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2023

Now, Valencell is out and proudly getting into chronic disease management with this program, pending FDA clearance to help patients manage hypertension. For sleep , the ASLEEP exhibit at CES 2023 may win the prize for largest-footprint in the meeting.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 29, 2023

It has been a pioneer in the use of virtual wards, which are a type of telehealth service that provides care to patients remotely. Kaiser Permanente's virtual wards offer a variety of services, including: Tele-health visits: Patients can meet with their providers via video chat. Thoughts, comments?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This is my first of several posts discussing the self-care retail health phenomenon among consumers, and the business opportunity, as I’m spending the weekend with suppliers and retailers attending this meeting. In my role as health economist-advisor-trend weaver and data junkie, I’ve been collegial with GMDC for a few years.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

Zocdoc launched a data ecosystem enabled through application programming interfaces to streamline care coordination and referrals between primary care providers and specialists, aiming to provide consumers with a better experience and more convenient care access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

That sudden experiment allowed for valuable insights that healthcare organizations in 2021 can use to fine-tune where they should land on the spectrum of virtual and in-person – in ways that make the most sense for care delivery, patient experience, reimbursement and clinical research.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

If we begin to see a rapid rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, this restriction would limit many telehealth providers that do not currently serve Medicare populations from supporting and relieving pressure on local providers that would need help to meet increased demand from patients seeking care. Clearly, the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By connecting patients with providers through a virtual-first experience, it is improving access, outcomes, satisfaction and the quality of life for patients and successfully helping providers meet today’s challenges in complex clinical and financial environments.

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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. The point is we have to be intentional about meeting people where they are.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

health citizens face physical, financial, and mental health challenges of a syndemic, inflation, and stress – all of which will shape peoples’ demand side for health care and digital technology, and a supply side of providers challenged by tech-enabled organizations with design and data chops. Which virus is it?”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

I’ve been waiting and waiting for this innovation to come through the FDA journey, and it did so in December: I covered this long-awaited clearance here in Health Populi. This is the first of its kind on the market, and as much as I appreciate the clinical efficacy of it, I love that it’s UX-designed for mainstream consumers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Emergency departments and urgent cares are over capacity nationwide, and patients often wait weeks to see their primary care physician. Healthcare staffing shortages will continue to negatively impact patient experience in 2023. Supply in healthcare was not meeting demand before the pandemic.

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Redox

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Each health system, each provider, and each patient is unique. Accordingly, the business processes, clinical workflows, and the technology used to support them have evolved to meet these unique needs with highly customizable solutions. Of course we all want solutions we can customize to meet each of our quirks.

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