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American Hospital Association, Johns Hopkins and others launch pro-telehealth campaign

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Despite enjoying bipartisan support, telehealth has yet to see meaningful action from Congress in the COVID-19 era – and many advocates appear to be getting antsy. This most recent effort has brought together a wide range of healthcare representatives, including: Adventist Health Policy Association. Ascension.

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Preserving Access to Telehealth: Today’s Policy Agenda of the American Telemedicine Association

Healthcare IT Today

It is hard to believe that these advances could disappear in the United States, particularly when COVID-19 variants still swarm over us. After decades of dragging their feet, providers implemented video visits and messaging applications overnight, and the public responded enthusiastically. Yet most of the […].

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Chronic Medical Conditions, Mental Health, and Equity On Employers’ Minds for 2022 – Employee Health in the Wake of COVID-19

Health Populi

With that objective, it’s always instructive to explore the annual study from the Business Group on Health, the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, large employees have many concerns about worker and dependents’ health.

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The Cost to Cover Health Insurance for a Family in America Is $22,221

Health Populi

This report is our go-to encyclopedia of statistics on health insurance year-after-year, surveying companies’ annual health insurance strategies for coverage and tactics for managing spending and workers’ health outcomes. KFF quantified firms offering telemedicine benefits, shown in Figure H here from the report.

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Health Care Planning for 2022 – Start with a Pandemic, Then Pivot to Health and Happiness

Health Populi

He decides, as the text quotes him, “to start to be twice as careful and be twice as smart… aiming my eyeballs in different directions.” along with health disparities and inequities. Telehealth will help many people meet up with health care access — but not necessarily universally or equitably.

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Virtual Care and Mental Health Top of Mind for Employers’ Workplaces in 2023

Health Populi

One big point underneath this big trend is that 21% of employers saw increased disability claims due to long COVID and another 1 in 4 companies expect to see that increase at some point. And long-term mental health issues were seen as the #1 impact coming out of the pandemic.

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How Can Healthcare Bring Patients Back? A Preview of Our ATA Session, “Onward Together” in the COVID Era

Health Populi

Today kicks off the first all-virtual conference of the ATA, the American Telemedicine Association. I’ll be midwifing a panel this afternoon at 440 pm Eastern time, initially focused on how health care can garner patient loyalty. This is one of the bright spots of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.