Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S.

COVID-19 139

COVID-19 Health Care Inequity Medicare Medicare 139

Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Most doctors have patients affected by social drivers but feel ill-equipped to address them, survey finds. Sensitive health data of 50 million Americans hacked or breached last year: analysis. Pandemic puts local health care to the ultimate test. County’s public health system. CONNECTICUT.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Nursing Homes Nurses 40

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APRIL 14, 2023

NATIONAL 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022 AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40

Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Health care access and affordability rank high on U.S. See the second chart, reported in a recent study by the Harvard Chan School of Public Health on Being Seriously Ill in the U.S. . voters’ minds these days.

Governance 73

Governance Medical Billing Medicaid Medicaid 73

Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

I support ECRI’s call-out of this challenge as a patient as well as provider safety issue, given the politicization of women’s health care access which has emerged a national as well as State-level crisis for women and the people who love us.

Health Care Access 77

Health Care Access Nurses Hospitals Public Health 77

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APRIL 7, 2023

5 moves to know Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission Doctors are drowning in paperwork.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40

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JULY 1, 2022

How hospitals should prepare for the end of the public health emergency. North Alabama doctor’s medical license suspended after investigation into overdose death. Insurance company Cigna, Ascension Health Alabama struggle to reach contract renewal. UC Davis Health gets $1.7M Wade patient privacy.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hospitals Nurses 40

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MARCH 17, 2023

‘Not what we were looking for,’ CEO says Data shows mental health, education declines for Hoosier kids Joint venture to build specialty hospital in Fort Wayne Bills would cut hospital services in Indiana not just reduce costs Ascension St. in Indiana aging-in-place work. nursing home Massachusetts hospitals spent $1.5B

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40

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JANUARY 20, 2023

ILLINOIS Advocate Health Care Plans Outpatient Center in Lincoln Park Arlington Heights doctor sued over claims of sexual battery, intoxication Chicago physician, health system hit with 7 misconduct suits Chicago positivity rate of 9.3 To Pay $1.5M Here’s what it will, and won’t, tell you.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses COVID-19 40

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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.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Nurses Nursing Homes 40

Hall Render

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency. USDA awards health care grants to rural hospitals in Mississippi, Alabama. East Alabama Health Joins Apprentice Partnership. Virtis Health Unveils Infusion Centers in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama. UConn Health to hire formerly incarcerated people.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Nurses Nursing Homes 40

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MAY 5, 2023

healthy village’ George Washington University medical residents vote overwhelmingly to form a union Kaiser Permanente’s Mid-Atlantic president, Ruth Williams-Brinkley, to retire Kaiser Permanente to spend billions on new value-based care nonprofit based in the D.C.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals COVID-19 40

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MARCH 9, 2023

Billion in Unpaid Care to Loved Ones Proposed bill aims to address ‘truth in advertising’ by Connecticut health care providers Shuttered nursing home in Wallingford sells for $1.6M

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes COVID-19 Nurses 40

Health Populi

JANUARY 16, 2023

For an in-depth look into this phenomenon, see my report, Here’s Looking at You: How Personal Health Information is Getting Tracked and Used, written for the California Healthcare Foundation. doctors have to say about health disparities in JAMA. These interrelationships are fundamental to public health thinking.

Public Health 118

Public Health Health Insurance Health Outcomes Hospitals 118

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

For an in-depth look into this phenomenon, see my report, Here’s Looking at You: How Personal Health Information is Getting Tracked and Used, written for the California Healthcare Foundation. doctors have to say about health disparities in JAMA. These interrelationships are fundamental to public health thinking.

Public Health 123

Public Health COVID-19 Health Insurance Health Outcomes 123

Health Populi

JANUARY 20, 2020

For an in-depth look into this phenomenon, see my report, Here’s Looking at You: How Personal Health Information is Getting Tracked and Used, written for the California Healthcare Foundation. doctors have to say about health disparities in JAMA. These interrelationships are fundamental to public health thinking.

Public Health 141

Public Health Health Insurance Health Outcomes Hospitals 141

Health Populi

JANUARY 20, 2019

For an in-depth look into this phenomenon, see my report, Here’s Looking at You: How Personal Health Information is Getting Tracked and Used, written for the California Healthcare Foundation. doctors have to say about health disparities in JAMA. These interrelationships are fundamental to public health thinking.

Public Health 103

Public Health Health Outcomes Hospitals Health Care Access 103

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APRIL 21, 2023

health-tech startup MemoryWell pivots, eyes new funding to roll out software for insurers Department of Veterans Affairs health system kicks off multiyear Greater Washington expansion Georgetown to open Southeast D.C.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Hospitals Nurses COVID-19 40

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APRIL 28, 2023

million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022 INDIANA Beacon Health announces hiring freeze, pay cuts for employees Carmel-based NICO Corp. million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022 INDIANA Beacon Health announces hiring freeze, pay cuts for employees Carmel-based NICO Corp.

Nurses 40

Nurses Hospitals Nursing Homes Medicaid 40

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JULY 29, 2022

‘District’s Doctor’ reflects on the health of the city and service during COVID. Delaware Expands Access to Maternal, Infant Health Care. Public Health Emergency extended for 13th time. Atlanta doctors reluctant to treat miscarriages fearing criminal penalty. NJ and Del.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 Nurses Nursing Homes Hospitals 40

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The second poll we’ll consider is the survey from The Harvard Chan School of Public Health published in October 2019 (conducted in July-August 2019) teamed with the Commonwealth Fund and the New York Times. Nurses held majority trust across all three political positions for health care reform. In the context of U.S.

ACA 54

ACA Health Care Reform Medicare Medicare 54

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Alabama doctors advance organ transplantation with gene-edited pig kidneys. Arizona Health Care System Can’t Take Much More, Current Surge Has Yet to Peak: Doctor. A strained Arizona health system means not all patients get timely care. Colorado is trying to increase Medicaid mental health providers.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Nurses 40