Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2019

Today, 7 April, is World Health Day. With that in mind, I devote this post to three key social determinants of health (SDOH) that are top-of-mind for me these days: food for health, climate change, and universal health coverage. UHC happens to be WHO’s focus for World Health Day 2019. [As

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 15, 2020

The partnership aims to improve health outcomes and save costs by ensuring that clients maximise their investment in the Visionable platform and helping them to design the most effective ways of working. The adoption of telehealth solutions was one of the key healthtech trends of 2019. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 2, 2023

By Jordan Brooks and Tamar Ezer Expanding access to midwives and doulas in the United States is a vital and often overlooked way to increase access to culturally-congruent birthing options during pregnancy and improve health outcomes for birthing individuals and their children. The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2020

feel this way, up from 56% in 2018 and 2019. The World Health Organization identified stress as one of the top ten determinants of disparities in health in 2008. “Now” is the lowest point in history that most Americans can remember: 7 in 10 people in the U.S. Furthermore, 4 in 5 people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

the health/care ecosystem warmly embraced social determinants of health as a concept in 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. Across the U.S.,

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve seen more financial and money-focused media bringing health care cost stories under their mastheads. So have investment banks, ratings agencies, and large financial services companies, as the pandemic has cast every industry’s eyes to public health and health spending.

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