Health Populi

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This week marked World AIDS Day on Wednesday 1st December, so it’s timely that Gallup assessed the survey findings in the context of AIDS as a national public health concern since its emergence in the latter 1980s. since AIDS garnered 62% of Americans’ attention as the #1 health issue. World AIDS Day in the U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

“The pandemic has shown that effective health spending is an investment, not a cost to be contained: stronger, more resilient health systems protect both populations and economies,” the OECD states in the first paragraph of the organization’s perennially-updated report, Health at a Glance 2021.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 25, 2022

This disturbing health crisis is insidiously ingrained in the culture of corrections and surprisingly neglected in American public health scholarship. People who are incarcerated already exhibit elevated rates of morbidity , and it is likely that the sleep deprivation associated with corrections only depresses health outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Before HLTH 2021 kicks off in Boston on October 17th, here are 15 predictions from digital health executives to watch: Siva Namasivayam, co-founder and CEO of Cohere Health. I expect the other trend will be focusing on mental health, especially in the context of the post-Covid era.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 5, 2023

By Hannah Rahim Algorithms used in health care have the potential to improve health outcomes but are susceptible to racial bias , which can have detrimental consequences for minority populations. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also begun to consider the regulation of clinical algorithms.

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2023

If you live in Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire, you win a kind of state lottery for public health and well-being, based on this year’s read of the 2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance from The Commonwealth Fund. states ranked by a mash-up of health system indicators.

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Health Populi

APRIL 20, 2022

A new documentary and educational campaign on health equity will be launched on May 1st, 2022, from Oprah’s Harpo Productions studio partnering with The Smithsonian Channel. Alma Adams (D-NC) introduced the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 in the U.S. health care system. ” In parallel, Rep.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

This GIS (Geographic Information System) solution is provided to health systems, the emergency response community, and global public health leaders to streamline and improve decision-making. About HSR.health HSR.health is an innovation-first, global leader in health-focused geospatial data analytics.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

. – The company will utilize the funding to expand its high-tech, a high-touch platform to provide personalized, culturally relevant food solutions to health plan members nationwide. Personalized Nutrition. Through constant high-touch interactions, achieving lasting and impactful dietary change is becoming a reality.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2022

As more data emerges about the use of telemedicine during the pandemic, stakeholders have highlighted its potential importance in addressing disparities in health outcomes. At the same time, elected officials and industry leaders have flagged the possibility that telehealth could potentially worsen inequity. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced this past week by Rep. Authorize the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service to continue reimbursement for telehealth for 90 days beyond the end of the public health emergency. A bipartisan group of U.S. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.,

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2021

What You Should Know: – Brave Health , a Miami-based virtual behavioral health provider for Medicaid, today announced it has closed a $10M Series B round ($20.75M in total) led by City Light Capital, Union Square Ventures and Able Partners, bringing its total funding to $20.75M.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 18, 2023

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Ryse Health Partner to Accelerate VBC for Diabetes Patients Ryse will combine a mix of in-person and virtual care interactions to help patients control their HbA1c and blood pressure and conduct timely diabetes-related health screenings so early detection and interventions are available.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 13, 2022

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires at the end of this week, with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expected to renew the PHE once more to extend through mid-July. This policy improves coverage and helps reduce churn , which is associated with poor health outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2024

In 2021, the year with the most COVID-19 deaths (416,893), heart disease claimed 60% more lives (695,000) in the US. Data sharing between the health care and the public health sectors can lead to a greater understanding of the communities at heightened risk. But while the fatalities were stark – almost 1.2

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Trust, or really lack thereof, is a killer app for people’s coronavirus health outcomes. 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.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2024

In 2021, the United States saw 32.9 While the popular press has succeeded in sounding the alarm, resulting in more public and policy dialogue around the issue than in preceding decades, the issue persists. These concurrent realities highlight the central role of social and environmental drivers in maternity outcomes.

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

The rate of vaccinations against the coronavirus, too, significantly varied by race and ethnicity as of March 11, 2021. suggested social determinants were at play in the disparate outcomes for people of color. In the U.S., ASPE analyzed data from 62,451,150 people who had 1 or more vaccine doses administered by 3-10-21. population).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Since the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared in 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services has renewed the legislation every 90 days. What's at stake. There has been mounting pressure from the Republican Party, including a September 19 letter from Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Mitchell is quoted in the story, New data says more communities built their own broadband because of COVID published in Motherboard on 10th September 2021, an important report written by Karl Bode. who have indeed built up local connections for residents — health citizens, all.

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Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

The Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act, passed on March 18, 2020, includes increased federal funding for state Medicaid agencies to provide care during the national public health emergency. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive Health Services and Outcomes, 2020 , 137 Obstetrics & Gynecology 225 – 233 (Feb.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 9, 2024

In a 2023 brief published by KFF , CMS transparency data for 2021 revealed an average denial rate of 17% for all in-network claims, with authorization denials reported as high as 24% of denial volume for some plans and medical necessity denial rates as high as 37% for others.

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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 28, 2021

News & World Report’s 2021 Healthiest Communities Rankings. News collaborated with the Aetna Foundation, CVS Health’s philanthropic arm, in this fourth annual list of the top geographies for well-being in the U.S. Census Bureau, and the U.S> > Environmental Protection Agency among other trusted sources.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

Black people were also more than twice as likely as white people (41 percent to 17 percent) to completely agree that they would have better health outcomes with a doctor of the same race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation,” the study’s website explained.

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Health Populi

JUNE 17, 2021

healthcare system — overused, over-stressed, under-paid, detailed n How Health Systems Can Care for Caregivers , published in the NEJM Catalyst July 2021 issue. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The prevailing, universal health outcome for unpaid caregivers is eroded mental and behavioral health.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 8, 2023

The left side boxes provide examples of social determinants of health associated with each of the elements of vulnerability. Increased exposure, increased sensitivity and reduced adaptive capacity all affect vulnerability at different points in the causal chain from climate drivers to health outcomes (middle boxes).

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The rationale for SDOH interventions is that the identification of resource gaps coupled with closing those resource gaps will yield better health outcomes. million in 2021. The post Harms and Biases Associated with the Social Determinants of Health Technology Movement appeared first on Bill of Health.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Africa hard and overwhelmed the capacity to test for and treat the disease, highlighting existing gaps within its national health systems. Health resources are unevenly distributed and often of poor quality. Equitable and effective healthcare through partnerships. Hesitancy: a convenient scapegoat.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

All those digital tools generate data, which must flow into some version of a patient health record to ensure the data are collected, safely stored, and accessible for diagnosis and sound action-making and -taking. What a difference a decade makes for clinicians’ embrace of electronic health records. population health burden.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Between 2017 to 2021, there was also significant movement in a few other areas: identity and self-esteem (up 11 points from 2017), as well as control and reality (up 7 points between 2017 to 2021). We segue then to a view from Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Tracking Poll focusing on the cost of health care and prescription drugs.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New Jersey Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) oversees various departments and initiatives aimed at ensuring public health, such as disease control, environmental health, emergency preparedness, and health equity.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In October 2021, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, would give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

.” Civic Engagement is a Social Determinant of Health , Eileen titled this piece in which she discusses philanthropy’s role in both strengthening democracy and bolstering public health. disproportionate risks to mortality due to complications from COVID-19, which I discussed here in Health Populi).

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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? Particularly for those health citizens who have been long under-served by healthcare and digital health tools.

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Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Do No Harm , a nonprofit formed in 2022, has sued health commissions , pharmaceutical companies , and public health journals to try to stop them from choosing applicants based on race. The Abundant Birth Project started in June 2021 and plans to make a second round of grants to pregnant mothers this fall, the response says.

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