Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

The two impacts impact most physicians as a result of COVID-19 have been experiencing a reduction in income (55%) and increasing the use of telemedicine in the practice (52%). Counterbalancing the lack of in-person visits, thousands of physicians have pivoted to virtual care and telemedicine platforms.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Hims & Hers has grown rapidly across both of its lines – for men and for women – supporting care for many conditions that patients often feel uncomfortable talking about, including sexual health, mental health, contraception and hair loss. First we launched primary care.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. It also outlines how you can help to ensure the passage of these crucial bills.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2021

Jessica Sweeney-Platt, vice president of research and editorial strategy at athenahealth, has telehealth insights learned from athenahealth's vast nationwide network data sourced from 18.4 The Northeast and the West lead the country for adoption and sustained volume of primary care telehealth appointments.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 15, 2024

Major themes likely to take centre stage at Arab Health 2024 include: 1. Future of Healthcare: Technological Disruption: AI, Big Data, Robotics, and Telemedicine will be central, with discussions on their impact on diagnosis, treatment, and overall healthcare delivery.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 12, 2021

Increase in virtual telemedicine appointments increased ten times in 15 days. They became a key focus for our mental health and wellness in the pandemic as Chewy pointed out during the 2020 holiday season with their campaign, ‘Twas the Year Our Pets Saved Us.

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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

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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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. But telehealth has also emerged as a preferred channel for routine health care services, we learn from J.D. Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

OCTOBER 4, 2017

These 5 Health Plan Telemedicine Cases demonstrate how to improve benefits and access. BHM offers services geared toward controlling expenses and integrating the behavioral health opportunities presented by measuring telehealth. One strategy insurers employed is the use of telemedicine. Background.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2020

Another friend’s dog needed to see the veterinarian, who also organized a drive-up service for pet health care. Enter health care into the drive-through and drive-up era. public health patchwork quilt. The NPR piece pointed out “testing deserts” where health consumers in the U.S.

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MeMD

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In fact, the Business Group on Health’s 2021 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey showed exponential growth in virtual care across the healthcare continuum. This is particularly true in two important areas where traditional benefits plans fall short: behavioral health and primary care.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 16, 2021

Late last week, retail giant Walmart announced its plan to acquire national telemedicine provider MeMD , for an undisclosed sum. MeMD, founded in 2010, provides primary care and mental health services to five million patients nationally. Both retail giants are slowly circling the $3.6T

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

High Need for Mental Healthcare. The rise in mental health conditions alongside COVID-19 is being billed a dual pandemic. This is especially true of Gen Z and Millennials, who are disproportionately affected by mental illness in the era of COVID-19. Likewise, mental health among Millennials is declining steadily.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2023

That was in the midst of the fast-pivot toward virtual care and telehealth on-ramps welcomed by both clinicians and patients. Health Populi’s Hot Points: If we are good strategic planners, we’ll consider how trends will morph over time especially related to differences across generations – of both clinicians and consumers.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll reported that nearly half (45%) of adults in the United States said that their mental health had been negatively impacted due to worry and stress over COVID-19 and the resulting quarantine. It is Time to Rethink Health Care Delivery. Mental health is the next crisis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, began developing a virtual care strategy in October 2019 – well before COVID-19 struck – with the hope of leveraging the technology as a tool to support patient care and the organizational strategy, rather than as a stand-alone strategy in and of itself.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Telemedicine has had an interesting history. During what may be seen as the utopian period for telemedicine – the COVID-19 pandemic – telemedicine lived its gilded age. The pandemic was tragic from a health perspective, with so much loss of life. Dan D'Orazio is CEO of Sage Growth Partners.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2022

"The explosion of telehealth in response to COVID-19 changed that," said Juli Stover, chief strategy officer at eVisit, a telehealth technology and services company. "Virtual engagements have given patients a taste of how technology can be applied to their care, and it is helping accelerate the consumerization of the industry.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

In another factor to add into the retail health landscape, Dollar General (DG) the 80-year old retailer known for selling low-priced fast-moving consumer goods in peoples’ neighborhoods appointed a healthcare advisory panel this week. For the second year in a row, H-E-B received J.D.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Health care, through telehealth, health education, and wearable sensors that make up the Internet of Things for medical and healthcare.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

A fourth goal, for about one-third of providers, is to reduce the cost of care for risk-based population by siting care at lower-cost sites. The “planets” chart illustrates health providers’ perceived areas of virtual care opportunity gleaned from the Zipnosis survey. The expensive affordable.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion. “Some specialties, such as mental health, may find stronger footing via virtual visits. “Happy clinicians are the best ambassadors for virtual care,” the report asserted. Maintaining clinician satisfaction is key for virtual and in-person visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Ankit Gupta, CEO at Bicycle Health. The past two years have taught us that telemedicine is a highly scalable and successful way to deliver quality healthcare across the United States. Telehealth reduces cancellations, allows for staff to be more efficient and makes it easier for people to access care.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Those patients trying to stay medication-adherent tried various strategies such as stretching out their prescriptions, skipping doses, or reducing those doses — not sticking to the prescribed regimen, which can result in an adverse event or compromise the intended health outcome.

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American Well

APRIL 29, 2021

Historically, HMSA has seen the highest volume of virtual visits for behavioral health. That changed during the pandemic, when members were looking for safe ways to get care from their primary care providers and specialists. HMSA’s primary goal is to give members access to affordable, quality healthcare.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

FOLX Health provides end-to-end virtual primary care, HRT, PrEP, care navigation, content, and community through a diverse network of queer and trans-specialized providers. As company builders, the 7wire team has assumed highly involved roles, in some cases, even pursuing a Hatch strategy to start promising new ventures.

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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. These practitioners ensure that all patients, regardless of socioeconomic status, receive the care they need.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Sustainable Healthcare Practices: Reducing the environmental footprint of healthcare was a focus, with talks on energy-efficient technologies, waste reduction strategies, and eco-friendly medical products. Visit [link] HealthTech Corporate Development - Buy Side, Sell Side, Growth & Strategy services for Founders, Owners and Investors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This year is likely to be another big one for telemedicine. But at the same time, the pandemic public health emergency is scheduled to end in May, which means action is needed by lawmakers to keep reimbursement going in 2023. Reducing associated provider, payer and patient costs in value-based care arrangements.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

Of those using telehealth, the majority (68 percent) used it to provide mental health services; fewer used it for primary care (30 percent) or management of chronic conditions (21 percent), suggesting that most CHCs with telehealth capabilities prior to COVID-19 were not using it for the most frequent types of services provided at CHCs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Population health management has become an important competency for hospitals and health systems. What are some of the challenges facing successful population health management programs today? And with care available on demand, no appointment is necessary.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2023

The expansion allows for people to start the cycle of primary care treatment and follow up on other treatment options that their doctor or primary provider has recommended for them, without having to worry about high costs, deductibles or transportation issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

This shift will represent a transformative path forward for healthcare organizations facing staffing challenges, retention issues, and the need for improved patient care. Oncology has major potential for digital transformation, yet the field has lagged behind others in adopting virtual care solutions. Brianna Zink, RN, MSN, Sr.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Primary Care In February, Apple launched a new subsidiary company tasked with providing healthcare clinics to Apple employees: AC Wellness. The idea makes sense; it can reduce running costs while leveraging the offer for future health insights. Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine.

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