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Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

Health Populi

We need a “new needs model” for the digital age, asserts a new report, Human Needs in a Digital World , the 2019 Digital Society Index report from the Dentsu Aegis network. This is why I so often repeat that broadband connectivity is a social determinant of health. Healthcare is now embedded into The Digital Society.

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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

This policy would be particularly significant in states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) , because justice-involved populations largely intersect with those made eligible for Medicaid in expansion states (namely, people who earn less than 138% of the federal poverty level). Legislation like H.R. 3514 and S.2628

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Learning from Dr. Eric Topol, Live from Medecision Liberation 2019

Health Populi

Bold doing is better,” Dr. Eric Topol introduced his talk yesterday at Medecision’s Liberation 2019 conference. More people going into health care jobs, he continued, with the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics illustrating that we’re adding more human capital to a broken health care system.

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Financial Health Is On Americans’ Minds Just Weeks Before the 2020 Elections

Health Populi

The last chapter of HealthConsuming, published in 2019, asked whether U.S. health consumers would claim their health citizenship.

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Stress in America, Like COVID-19, Impacts All Americans

Health Populi

APA found generational differences in Americans’ perceptions of their mental health comparing this year with last year. The school year 2019-2020 was extremely stressful for two in three parents of older teens age 15-17, disrupting plans for both parents and children.

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

Health Populi

Five years later, patients still share their personal health information on Facebook groups, with the promise of crowdsourcing cures, accessing support and advice, and finding community.

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Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Ensure Healthcare for All

Health Populi

But while there’s majority support for universal health care, we should think broadly about this concept at this moment. Now, in late 2018, we look toward 2019 and the 2020 Presidential elections and must also contemplate the lower darker green line. That’s the top lighter green line in the first chart.