Health Populi

JULY 21, 2019

Nearly nine in 10 working Americans believe that medical costs will rise in the next few years as they pondering potential changes to the Affordable Care Act. It’s no shock, then, to find that 59% of employees said they consistently carried balances on their credit cards in 2019, a huge jump from 49% who did so in 2018.

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

We met up last week at the DIA Europe 2022 meeting (Drug Information Association) in the cool SQUARE Conference Center in Brussels, Belgium (my current home base for work and life). In summing up the patient-centered interoperability goal, Ardy summarized: “We’ve created the Mint.com of health data.”

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most Americans have been surprised by a medical bill, a NORC AmeriSpeak survey found. Nearly all Americans (86% net responsible) first blame health insurance companies, followed by hospitals (82%). adults 18 and over in August 2018. In 2017, healthcare made up 18.2% Who’s responsible? Plus ça change.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

People travel further and wait longer for medical services than for veterinary care (second in this line-up), auto repair, banking, and household services. In terms of personal opportunity costs, Altarum gauged the following lost-times: A working person loses 90 minutes of work-time. Why should that be, in a physical sense?

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2020

Imagine this: you find yourself with $6,553 in your pocket and you can pick one of the following: A new 2020 Breitling Navitimer watch; A year’s in-state tuition at Valdosta State University; or, A PPO for an average individual. For your historical context, here’s last year’s write-up on the 2019 MMI. That is a 4.1%

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Practice Index

JUNE 20, 2024

Now that the British Medical Association (BMA) has opened its ballot for collective action among General Practitioners (GPs) in England, in protest at the imposition of the latest GP contract, Practice Index has asked a number of Practice Managers how they feel about any upcoming action. The BMA’s GP leaders requested an uplift of 8.7%

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018. Tech companies?

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2019

increase over 2018, according to the 2019 Milliman Medical Index (MMI). The key points of the report are that: Health care costs are growing at a slower pace, although up-ticked from last year’s trend: in 2018-19 costs grew 3.8%, and last year 2017-18 the growth rate was 2.9%. will cost $28,386, a 3.6%

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2018

On the supply side, we’ve engaged in a medical arms race allocating capital resources to shinier and shinier new things, often without cost-benefit rationale or clinical evidence. On that supply side, though, I met up with an innovation that can help to bend the capital cost curve of how we envision and build new hospitals and clinics.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

“As a force in shaping our health, medical care pales in comparison with the circumstances of the communities in which we live. This was followed by 22% of folks who believed that community organizations (offline) made the greatest impact in reducing lonely feelings, followed by online social networks among 13% of seniors.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

New mental health medications are often more effective, while also offering fewer and/or less severe side effects. It is important for prescribers and other mental health professionals to stay informed about the latest medications so they can share the information with colleagues and make the right decisions for patients.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

United channeled almost $52 billion of that cash into buying health-related businesses, nearly all of which end up housed inside Optum. However, Optum Health’s profit margin declined from more than 10% in 2018 to about 6.6% It is a sprawling nationwide roll-up of healthcare assets. billion since 2019. Optum Health is a $95.3

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

For the organization’s 2020 vision, there are three category pillars in sight: over-the-counter (OTC) drugs (the core mission for over a century), dietary supplements, and consumer medical devices (think: the CES digital health aisles, and beyond). billion in medical visits and reduce reliance on prescription drugs by a $51.6

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Health Populi

JULY 18, 2024

That positive economic news did not extend to medical care and personal care, the BLS reported, whose costs increased by 3.3% Following the BLS report on the CPI for June 2024, PwC published their new annual report from PwC titled Behind the Numbers 2025 tells us that commercial health care spending is expected to grow some 8.0%

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2019

adults between 18 and 64 years of age in December 2018. Food insecurity was the most important SDoH for driving IP and ER use, followed by safety risks, housing challenges, transportation and social isolation. McKinsey conducted the survey among over 12,500 U.S.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 9, 2024

. “Outcry as Philip Morris International funds smoking cessation courses on Medscape,” read an April 9 headline in the British Medical Journal. We observed the standard firewall between funder and faculty in continuing-medical-education programs. The videos were dense with evidence.

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Health Populi

JULY 11, 2019

The press release suggests that ocular diseases will be the first therapeutic area addressed, to be followed by other condition categories that impact people as they age.

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

I’m blogging live while attending HXD 2018 in Cambridge, MA, the health/care design conference convened by Mad*Pow, 26th and 27th June 2018. Then open up the Strava app, run on your military base and — oops! — Every design decision you make has the power to lift people up or push them down, Sara warned.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2018

Sleep, too, or lack thereof, is top-of-mind for so many consumers: there was a growing category of sleep-assisting digital health tools featured at the 2018 CES, which I covered here in the Huffington Post. One-third of people cite mental health as a goal, closely followed by improving finances.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 7, 2024

For example, Bergman reports a 2002 study in which ventilated premature babies were placed to sleep on either their tummies or backs, and the following states were measured: quiet sleep, active sleep (which is less restorative than quiet sleep), crying time, number of stress responses (startle, tremor, and twitch), and oxygen saturation.

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DrChrono

JULY 10, 2018

Santa Monica, CA – July 10, 2018 – Nimblr, which offers the first AI assistant for medical appointments, announced today its platform integration with Amazon Alexa, enabling patients to book and reschedule appointments using voice commands, eliminating the need to pick up the phone. Other voice command platforms will follow.

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A Young Doctor's Journey

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Firstly, I don't think people  need  an iPad for medical school. However, an iPad can be a great study accessory, and the goal of this post is to explain why you might want to consider getting an iPad for medical school. Best gadget in medical school?   How can you use an iPad for medical school classes?

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

By 2018, Medscape conducted a separate study from the Lifestyle report, titled the National Physician Burnout & Depression Report. Following administrative hassles, working too many hours, lack of respect from staff and colleagues, and insufficient compensation and reimbursement are closely ranked in second place.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

84% of Americans told the Foundation that they were concerned about how much health care costs will affect them in the future, with 42% of patients saying they couldn’t afford to pay over $500 for an unexpected medical bill. Hospital costs contribute to rising medical costs to 49% of health consumers. Exacerbating U.S.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The goal of PAs is to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care for their medical needs in agreement with the most up-to-date medical evidence and guidelines 1. AI-driven automation can expedite the approval process, making access to prescribed medications more readily available to patients.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

” I’m glad to report that we’ll be there before the end of the year, based on my meet-up with Omron Healthcare at #CES2018. Once cleared (planned for Fall 2018), the clinical quality of the data output promises to be a huge advance for consumer-marketed wearable technology that doctors can trust.

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Located in the bustling heart of lower Manhattan, the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine is known for its strengths in patient care, medical education, and scientific research. To support its mission, since 2018, NYU Grossman has offered full-tuition scholarships to all matriculating med students.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

Just about one year ago, DG appointed the company’s first Chief Medical Officer, which I covered here in Health Popul i in a post titled, “Dollar General, the Latest Retail Health Destination?” AmerisourceBergen started up a platform to streamline bringing physicians and patients together for channeling digital therapeutics.

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Relias

JUNE 28, 2023

Integrated care is a best practice model that combines evidence-based medical and behavioral healthcare services at one point of entry. The main purpose is to effectively address and treat co-occurring and chronic mental health, substance use, and medical disorders. This model of care takes place in a variety of settings and locations.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2018

One-third of PwDs spend up to two extra hours a week shopping for and preparing healthy meals, and 14% spend up to five hours more a week to deal with good meal preparation. Following a healthy diet can help the person with diabetes maintain healthy blood glucose levels — literally the lifeblood for this patient.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2023

Have I been neglecting the medical literature? For calcium deposits in breast arteries to be important, we would need to know that some action based on this finding, whether it be further diagnostic testing, lifestyle modification, or medical therapy, actually benefits a woman. Why didn’t I know this? ” U.S.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 22, 2023

I was constantly stricken with various illnesses when I was growing up. Furthermore, I grew up in a community with significant health challenges, yet people didn’t prioritize their health. Most people don’t have primary care physicians, schedule annual check-ups, or think about preventive care.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2024

In the past year, the growth of prescription drug utilization and spending has much to do with the use of GLP-1 agonists to treat diabetes and obesity, along with immunology therapy, and lipid meds, along with specialty medicines now accounting for over half of spending — up from 49% in 2018.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 24, 2024

The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with financial pressures on medical practices and the rapid adoption of technology and digitalization, are continuing to reshape the healthcare landscape for both physicians and patients. The year 2024 is no exception. between 2023 and 2032.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

I read three reports in the past week sobering up my bullish #SDOH ethos dealing with food deserts, transportation, and health service access — three key social determinants of health. adults miss medical appointments each year due to transportation challenges, many of whom earn lower incomes. million U.S. versus 36.7%.

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Doximity

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Learn more about our honorees and follow them on social media to stay up to date with their content and what they're working on. ⬇️ Learn More about Sanah Ali, MD Dr. Sanah Ali completed her medical training in New York State, and practices Internal Medicine. She hopes to continue it indefinitely!

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 27, 2024

Pages 119 through 125 do a great job of explaining how atherosclerosis develops insidiously in the coronary arteries and how you can build up substantial plaque without symptoms. The 2018 American guidelines recommend an LDL-C level <100 mg/dl for primary prevention. I keep my own apoB and LDL-C levels in the 40s.

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