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Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

Health Populi

Within just a couple of months of COVID-19 emerging in America, it became clear that health disparities were evident in outcomes due to complications from the coronavirus. who had received 1 or more doses of COVID-19 vaccines by race/ethnicity were: 66% of White, non-Hispanic people (60% of U.S. population). population).

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People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Health Populi

Access to the Internet has been a key determinant of health — or more aptly, death — during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 were preventable. .” Housing problems were associated with greater COVID-19 incidence and mortality. Underneath the overall statistic of 2.4

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Cancer in the Age of COVID: Delayed Care May Reverse Survival Gains Particular Among Black People

Health Populi

The drop in deaths from cancer in America was indeed positive during the current public health COVID-19 pandemic, a public health data story easily lost in an overwhelmingly tough week in the U.S.: In 2020, there’s a new third-place cause for mortality in America: COVID-19. This varied by tumor type and cancer progression.

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Digital from the start: New medical campus to rise in Singapore's east

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"For example, during a tele-consult, doctors can verbally ask if the patients are keeping up with their rehab[ilitation] exercises. Patients will always say yes but you cannot verify it. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Population and Public Health Patient Access Care

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“We’ve normalized a very high death toll in the U.S.” – How A Trust Deficit Has Infected America’s COVID Outcomes

Health Populi

That is the through-line found in a very deep dive into 177 countries’ health data published in The Lancet in a research article on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19. A chart on risk factors for severe COVID-19 complications was part of the story, showing that the U.S. said Anne Sosin, who studies health equity at Dartmouth.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. Looking around the future corner, the inflators are expected to be: A COVID-19 “hangover,” leading to increased health care services utilization. Growing digital health investments that will push patient utilization up. increased by a relatively low 6.0%

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COVID-19 puts a spotlight on new pop health demands

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Jaan Sidorov, CEO of the Population Health Alliance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a network of 152 independent community-based providers, says he and his colleagues are quickly learning how the COVID-19 crisis will change their practice patterns. "Now, my duty is to serve an entire patient population."