Health Populi
APRIL 12, 2024
Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.
Health Populi
JULY 23, 2020
the use of telehealth services tripled in the past year, as healthcare providers limited patients from in-person visits for care and patients sought to avoid exposure to the coronavirus in medical settings. What’s new in this fast-pivot to virtual care is the type of telehealth services used, shown in the first chart from the report.
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Health Populi
AUGUST 25, 2020
This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. But a telehealth encounter was seen as more convenient than an office visit by 56% of older people.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 19, 2022
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020. From June 24 through the end of the year, referred to as "Phase II," the study showed a different story. WHY IT MATTERS.
Health Populi
JULY 20, 2020
Patients embraced virtual care and communications at very high rates in the first months of the pandemic, and want to continue to use telehealth platforms after the pandemic ends. Virtual care bolstered ongoing clinical trials, a large focus of this study. We’re calling it Consumer Directed Virtual Care.”.
Health Populi
MARCH 25, 2022
Access to the Internet has been a key determinant of health — or more aptly, death — during the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans lacked Internet access were more likely to die due to complications from the coronavirus, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open this month. COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 were preventable.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Most people over 50 years of age are cautious but open to receiving health care virtually via telehealth platforms, according to the National Poll on Healthy Aging from my alma mater, the University of Michigan. We’re in the Field of Dreams moment in telehealth, especially for older people.
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