Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Patients’ postponing health care will continue for some, resulting in worse prognoses for them along with the need for providers to engage people where they are to bolster trust in their return to care sites. along with health disparities and inequities. Mortality will be up in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2020

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. economy shed millions of jobs — many tied to health insurance coverage.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Among all of the challenges health care providers will face in 2023, digital health tools could have the greatest potential to improve patient access, according to the issues most Top of Mind for Top Health Systems 2023 from UPMC. the Center for Connected Medicine, Nokia and KLAS Research.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Kim Webb, VP of Health Strategy at Siftwell Analytics Recent advancements in healthcare, such as telemedicine , automation, and clinical studies, have propelled the industry forward, unleashing new possibilities for fostering better patient outcomes.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

Health care access is a challenge in rural and urban areas, cities and suburbs, and across more demographic groups than you might realize, as we see wait times grow for appointments, primary care shortages, and delays in screening plaguing health systems around the world.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For today’s Health Populi blog, I choose to focus in on a key theme in my work right now — the convergence of retail health, primary care, consumers’ home economics, health care access, and the future of U.S. health care financing.

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Health Populi

MAY 7, 2023

Supporting telehealth where the evidence points to virtual care’s positive impact on patients and the planet is another way we can constructively use our energy to expand both health care access and do right by the environment. For more insights into the U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The pandemic’s sharp reveal of health inequities and income inequality accelerated this trend. While most employers were already addressing health care access, financial equity, and racism in 2021, more will be looking at finance — pay equity, minimum wage, and other household income issues — in 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Today’s patients want seamless, holistic, and reliable health care access, self-service, and communication. They want to manage their own health affairs online—with a click or a swipe—much like they buy goods on Amazon, order transportation on Uber, or book a hotel room on Expedia.

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2020

The pandemic has accelerated many trends in and beyond health care. One is Americans’ growing understanding of health care as a civil right. The post The Unbearable Heaviness of Healthcare in America – the Change Healthcare/Harris Poll appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Jane Sarashon

JULY 10, 2022

The growing telehealth/Rx channels of Nurx, Hims and Hers, Ro, GoodRx, among others, could channel medications and virtual services to women in the privacy of their homes, a health care access pathway we will be closely watching.

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass. Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass.

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Hall Render

JULY 28, 2023

million for rural hospital expansion Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse Phoenix Children’s Building New 44,000-Square Foot Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Firefighters oppose Banner’s planned $400M hospital There’s a growing nurse shortage in Arizona.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

for physician referral scheme In Los Angeles, hospital CEO pay could be capped Kaiser Permanente ratings affirmed amid healthy financial profile Nurses vote ‘no confidence’ in California hospital administration, board Nursing facility, management company settle physician kickback allegations for $3.8M

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 20, 2024

.’ What nurses say must improve at Framingham hospital Southcoast Health named a Recognized Center for Healthcare-AI Tufts Medicine names SVP of revenue cycle Tufts Medicine reports $68.2M operating loss, -10.2% United Therapeutics ‘no longer pursuing’ nearly 350 acres in Hackett Hill area NEW JERSEY 4 N.J.

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Hall Render

MAY 24, 2024

Kay Ivey remains skeptical about Medicaid expansion Alabama enacts law to protect physicians prescribing off-label medications ALASKA 15,000 Alaskans are caught in Medicaid backlog, but care continues, state says Legislative Session Ends with Changes for Energy, Healthcare, and Resource Industries Alaska-based military hospital earns national recognition (..)

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Hall Render

APRIL 1, 2022

Alameddin Named All of Us Arizona Health Champion for Her Work to Improve Health Care Accessibility, Equity. Arkansas health care group asks to intervene, says overturning lawsuit could lead to higher drug prices for patients. Aspirus Health Plans $15.8M 6.75M Arkansas building with ASC sold.

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Health Populi

MAY 11, 2023

We continue to track to evolving, expanding landscape of retail health — which we see as the expanding ecosystem of health/care accessible to people-as-health consumers.

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Hall Render

MARCH 8, 2024

DC Health moves to Anacostia with high hopes for community impact VIP health system for top US officials risked jeopardizing care for rank-and-file soldiers Health workers partner with churches to target kidney disease among DC’s Black residents DELAWARE ChristianaCare taps population health exec from Virtua ChristianaCare’s medical director takes (..)

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Telemedicine regulation more aggressive now than before the pandemic? USDA awards health care grants to rural hospitals in Mississippi, Alabama. East Alabama Health Joins Apprentice Partnership. UConn Health to hire formerly incarcerated people. s Rose Health acquired by West Coast behavioral health company.

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Hall Render

MARCH 17, 2023

Vincent increases access to breast milk for Indiana babies Franciscan Health Central Indiana names CEO “Patients will have two nurses” Good Sam launches Virtual Nursing Alzheimer’s in Indiana: New numbers predict the disease’s future for Hoosiers Indiana abortions drop significantly, despite pause on statewide ban How is telemedicine being (..)

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Hall Render

JULY 29, 2022

340B DSH Hospitals Provided $41B in Uncompensated Care in 2020. 6 Major Trends Boosting the Telemedicine Market in Health Care. Amazon Makes Another Big Bet on Primary Care with One Medical Buyout. CMS launches Maternity Care Action Plan. Health care access in Hawaii bleak, report finds.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 20, 2023

elect Moore picks Laura Herrera Scott as next MD Secretary of Health Maryland lawmakers seek to remake the state’s health delivery system Mercy Medical Center ranked No. round SSM Health Medical Minute: St.

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

Billion in Community Benefit in 2021 OhioHealth buys land in Canal Winchester – 3 miles from competitor’s ER Quipt Home Medical inks $26M stock deal with Beacon Securities, Canaccord Genuity Corp.,

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Hall Render

JUNE 16, 2023

Rules Luna and MedStar Health partner to improve access to in-home, in-person outpatient physical therapy across Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Northern Virginia DELAWARE Bayhealth adds northern Del. Clint Hutson president of Bethesda North Hospital Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s highest-paid employee in 2022 made $1.7

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Hall Render

MARCH 1, 2024

Elizabeth Healthcare makes leadership team changes These are Louisville’s Health Care Heroes UofL Health wants to build new cancer center, needs $25 million from Kentucky General Assembly Grant focuses on health care access for children in Eastern Ky. Luke’s hospital to undergo $4.2

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