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Gas ‘N Healthcare – How Transportation Links to Health Care Access and Financial Health

Jane Sarashon

I launched my Health Populi blog in September 2007 with this cartoon from the New Yorker, originally published copyright Michael Maslin in 1994. Earlier this month, I asked and answered the question here on the blog, What if Costco designed the prescription drug sales model ? Gas ‘N Health Care at Costco?

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Weekly Hospital Real Estate Briefing: Former Hospital Buildings Increasingly Adapted into Housing | CHN to JV Construction of Behavioral Hospitals

Hall Render

The planned expansion is in response to a community mental health needs assessment, which found that two-thirds of residents who needed treatment for serious mental health conditions did not receive it. A bill to eliminate CON requirements for all health services except hospice failed in 2024.

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Six Opportunities to Use the Law to Support Harm Reduction

Bill of Health

Each opportunity represents a different but related lever, which work best when done in concert — other opportunities regarding social determinants of health will be considered in a final blog post in this series.

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And the Oscar Goes To….Power to the Patients!

Health Populi

When I say “Oscar” here on the Health Populi blog, you’re conjuring up an image of the health plan insurance innovator founded in 2012. to paint the movement on outdoor walls to promote health citizenship and the importance of health care access and affordability for all people in America.

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Listen Up, Healthcare: Hear The Patient’s Voice!

Health Populi

One patient could talk with another over their proverbial neighborhood fence, a concerned parent at the PTA meeting with others dealing with a children’s health issue, or a recovering alcoholic testifying in person at an AA session.

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

.” Tomorrow will be my fifth and final post in this week’s series outlining HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , focusing on the last two words in the title. The post The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Bridging the Therapeutic Divide: Age and Disability Discrimination in Tech-Based Health Settings

Bill of Health

The tendency to exclude older adults in the design process of technology is accelerating gaps in health care access and quality of life. The support systems that are available online are more difficult and frustrating to use for older adults.

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