Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

A major side-effect of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 was its impact on the national U.S. In 2021, patients-as-health-consumers seek lower health care and prescription drug costs coupled with higher quality care, discovered by the patient advocacy coalition, Consumers for Quality Care. population). population).

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022. during the public health crisis. increased by a relatively low 6.0%

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Their ten must-do’s for bending the cost curve while driving constructive change for a better health care system are to: Ensure access. Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Address social determinants of health. Accelerate digital health. Innovate long-term care.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) exists to provide regulations and best practices for sharing sensitive healthcare data. If a patient’s protected health information (PHI) is leaked, then it can land their care provider in hot legal water. However, this all changed in 2020.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. Congressional leadership on February 28 2020.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Commercial Member Health Plan Study. Together, the two reports from J.D. This year, J.D.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Telemedicine is considered to be under the umbrella of telehealth and refers specifically to clinical services. Telehealth and telemedicine cover similar services, including medical education, remote patient monitoring, patient consultation via videoconferencing, wireless health applications, and transmission of imaging and medical reports.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As the HLTH conference convenes over 6,000 digital health innovators live, in person, in Boston in the wake of the delta variant, what should attendees keep in mind to help HLTH make health? The top-line in the report, and the bottom-line for health citizens, was that 38% of U.S. One-half of U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2020

Whether healthcare spending in 2021 increases by double-digits or falls by one-third directly depends on how the coronavirus pandemic will play out over the rest of 2020, based on PwC’s annual report on medical cost trends for 2021. In 2021, spending would return to pre-COVID projections.

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Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics]. health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For parents, the strain has grown from 2020 into 2021: family responsibilities are a significant source of stress, and relationships are a source of stress. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Those pandemic-era headaches and sleep habit changes have been impacting more younger people than older people in America, shown in the last chart.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

The third chart details some of these points: On the macroeconomic side of the forecast, we see increasing private consumption, higher inflation, less public sector support (e.g., While telehealth and virtual care stood up quickly in 2020, questions remain about how it will/can persist in terms of funding, regulation, and business models.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). In 2020, the U.S. What about Artificial Intelligence?

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Over ten years, the premium dollars grew from $13,770 in 2010 to $21K in 2020. For a worker in the U.S.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). In 2020, the U.S. What about Artificial Intelligence?

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Health Populi

APRIL 22, 2020

adults between 9-20 April 2020. The first chart shows various life-flows Americans have adopted in April, all risk factors impacting peoples’ overall health status and mental well-being. The data here are a snapshot of consumers taken through the Toluna-Harris poll conducted among 1,047 U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2020

The phrase, “burden of health care,” has two usual meanings: one, to do with the massive chronic care burden, and the other, involving costs. health care — the onerous patient experience in finding and accessing care, assessed in the 2020 Change Healthcare – Harris Poll Consumer Experience Index.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 15, 2023

Telemedicine is one such advancement that has revolutionized the way we receive medical care. Telemedicine allows patients to receive care from the comfort of their own homes, without having to visit a doctor’s office or hospital. HIPAA and Telemedicine: Why Should You Be Compliant?

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Between 2010 and 2020, the NASDAQ experienced a 17.1% As inflation rates rapidly accelerated from 1% to over 9%, and market sentiment on inflation shifted from “transient” to a feeling of being “entrenched”, the market extravaganza that was 2020-2021 came to a screeching halt after a period of extraordinary gains. revenue at exit.

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Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2021

While this inspired a fast-pivot to telehealth and virtual care platforms, hospitals and doctors sustained $billion losses in 2020, documented month-by-month by Kaufman Hall’s reports. health care system accelerated and highlighted in our year of COVID were the inequities long plaguing American healthcare.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2020

Deloitte’s latest wave of health care consumer market research updates the COVID-19 impacts on the U.S. health care landscape and asks the question in the study report’s title: “Are consumers already living the future of health?” Health Consumers, Deloitte polled 4,522 U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs. Reflecting on my many conversations during CES last week, I’m evolving the concept to our homes morphing into health delivery platforms.

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Jane Sarashon

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Employers covering health insurance for workers’ families will face insurance premiums reaching, on average, $22,463. With that sticker-shock level of health plan costs, welcome to the 2022 Employer Health Benefits Survey from Kaiser Family Foundation, KFF’s annual study of employer-sponsored health care.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Dr. Wallensky and other public health officials acknowledged “vaccine fatigue” and the relatively low uptake of vaccinations for fending off the coronavirus and the flu as well as other infectious diseases. healthcare system. People may be sick of being sick nationally and globally.

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Hall Render

APRIL 1, 2022

Coalition of hospitals, health plans and others urge for stronger guidance around third-party apps. Hospital, long-term care groups again petition Becerra to extend COVID-19 public health emergency. Rural Alabama wastewater infrastructure ‘public health issue’ gets much-needed attention. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

health care startup Ounce raises $5.2M lawmakers: Antitrust law would strengthen hospital merger oversight Mental health advocates assess the state of mental health resources in Pennsylvania Pa. to broaden services for low-income households Team From George Washington University Wins Grand Prize in 2023 D.C.

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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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Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

Standard of Care: The COVID-19 crisis in Louisiana nursing homes (2020). Judge rules in favor of motion to reveal identities of health care workers suing state. Anthem partners with Northern Light Health facilities as Tier 1 providers. Meet Maine’s ‘rising star’ in public health. NEW JERSEY.

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Hall Render

MARCH 17, 2023

bio Adaptive Phage Therapeutics cutting 23% of staff to focus on clinical trials, extend cash runway Mercy Health bonds outlook revised to positive amid healthy operations Rally held in Annapolis to end crippling medical debt Study: Maryland has some of the longest emergency room wait times MASSACHUSETTS 3 takeaways on Mass.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2020

2020 marked the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Tia collaborated with Manatt Health and Merrill Research on this insightful research. ages 22 to 45 years old in September 2020. Women identified the top five personal health issues they face as: Mental health. coverage for telehealth, and.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

of Iowa Health Care North Liberty campus Ex-nurse at Sioux City nursing home tied to deaths says she was ordered to falsify records Mercy, St.

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Hall Render

MARCH 1, 2024

in 2023 income Ransomware group leader told hackers to attack hospitals, FBI, HHS say The 23 health systems pushing Congress to act on virtual care Three examples of how AI is going to change medicine U.S. R1 RCM posts $3.3M

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Hall Render

JUNE 2, 2023

of Maryland medical school opens addiction research institute in Baltimore MedStar Health breaks even in Q1 as revenues near $2B MASSACHUSETTS Boston Hospital Pays $5.7

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And telemedicine, McKinsey points out, was adopted at a rate of ten times growth over 15 days, the chart quantifies as an increase in virtual appointments. Health and well-being. Online searches for telemedicine increased more than nine-fold during the crisis, McKinsey noted. national election date of 3rd November 2020.

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