The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

One morning, you wake up to a missed call and a voicemail from your PR leader. You follow up and learn that this wasnt just any employee. She was discharged with blood pressure medication. At 5:30am the next morning, her husband woke up and found that she was not in the bed. Their family is furious. He panicked.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2019

increase over 2018, according to the 2019 Milliman Medical Index (MMI). The Milliman MMI team has updated the methodology for the Index; the chart shown here is my own, recognizing that the calculations and assumptions beneath the 2019 data point differ from previous years. Milliman has changed the methodology for the 2019 MMI.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Most of these live video calls were also done through a service offered by consumers’ health care providers (doctors/clinicians), followed by services offered by insurance companies. Only weight and medication tracking had a majority of people using analog formats to track.

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Health Prime

APRIL 25, 2024

In the complex world of medical billing, dealing with bad debt is an inevitable challenge that healthcare providers often face. Unpaid bills, denied claims, and delayed payments can significantly impact the financial health of a medical practice. Strategies to improve bad debt management in medical billing 1.

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In 2019, healthcare leaders declared physician burnout a public health crisis , making connections between provider wellbeing, patient safety, and the quality of care. Use pre-visit planning and pre-appointment lab testing to reduce time wasted on the review of follow-up results.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 27, 2024

In 2019 I wrote enthusiastically about his new podcasts in a post entitled “ The Peter Attia Drive Podcast: Longevity, Lipidology, Fructose, and How To Keep Your Face And Joints Young.” Achieving these goals would require multiple different cholesterol-lowering medications. To support his Medicine 3.0

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022. physicians and nurses as the pandemic emerged in early 2020.

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Scrubs

MAY 22, 2023

A medical first is changing the way we think about paternity and genealogy. “The Newcastle team involved in carrying out the procedures are cautious and will have wanted to include at least some follow-up data on the babies, while also protecting the privacy of the families,” Lovell-Badge explained.

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

Dr. Woodson discusses the unique aspects of Tulane’s medical program, including its focus on healing communities and its integration of nursing students into the curriculum. Are you ready to apply to your dream medical schools? In 2019, he became the Director of Admissions. Thanks for tuning in.

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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2020

Another company I’ve followed closely over the past few years was for Outset Medical, the connected dialysis system company, raising $125 mm. I’ve written about Outset Medical here in Health Populi : Home is the New and Future Medical Home for Dialysis.

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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. increase from the 2019 estimate, about twice the rate of U.S. That is a 4.1%

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

In 2019, hacking accounted for 49% of all reported breaches. CA Healthcare Provider 2,364,359 Hacking/IT Incident 57 2024 Medical Management Resource Group, L.L.C. In 2023, 79.7% of data breaches were due to hacking incidents. It is not just the number of data breaches that are increasing as the breaches are becoming more severe.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The largest sector wellness-gap was found in food and snacks, followed by financial services. Majorities of people cite obvious benefits, like helping me stay in good health, putting me in a positive frame of mind, improving my sleep quality, and serving up nourishing or nutritious food.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

But like a déjà vu all over again, annual health care costs for a family of four enrolled in a PPO will climb to over $28,000 in 2021, based on the latest 2021 Milliman Medical Index (MMI). All categories of health care costs were lower in 2020 versus 2019, with the exception of prescription drugs. higher over the year.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Several factors underpin the adoption of telehealth in 2019: Consumers’ demand for accessible, lower-cost health care services as people face greater financial responsibility for paying the medical bill (via high-deductible health plans and greater out-of-pocket costs for co-payments). Zero and Roman are also part of telehealth.

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2023

states ranked by a mash-up of health system indicators. As Annie Burkey of FierceHealthcare succinctly summed it up , the “Commonwealth Fund gives healthcare in southeastern states failing grades across the board.” Here, too, medical debt tends to be greater in southern U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2019

For mainstream Americans, “the math doesn’t add up” for paying medical bills out of median household budgets, based on the calculations in the 2019 VisitPay Report. In the latest OECD report Society at a Glance 2019 , published last week, the U.S. Given a $60K median U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

doctors are using digital health tools in patient care, with quickening adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring technology, according to a study from the American Medical Association (AMA). This survey, conducted in 2019 among 1,359 U.S. Readings are visible to patients and transmitted to the physician’s office.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2019

U-M’s Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation conducts the monthly Healthy Aging Poll, sponsored by AARP and Michigan Medicine, the university’s medical school. We’re in the Field of Dreams moment in telehealth, especially for older people.

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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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We Care Online

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Here are some situations where you might consider adding voluntary roles to enhance your resume: If youre at an early stage in your career: if youre recently qualified or youre applying for junior and entry-level positions, you might find its been difficult to build up the skills and experience required for some healthcare jobs.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2024

Paper checks are still a go-to form of payment to patients and plan members, and there remains lots of confusion among patients when it comes to up-front pricing and eventually the EOB statements resulting from the claims payment process. ” In the best of all possible medical payments worlds, U.S. Mailing a paper check?

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Health Populi

JANUARY 20, 2019

I have, at CES 2019, when I sat down with Sean Carney, Chief Designer at Philips. I was grateful to Sean for spending time with me at CES 2019 in Las Vegas to brainstorm the role of design in health/care. The person who leads that macro design ethos and workflows at Philips is Sean Carney.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. Each of them is dealing with different medical conditions: George has been diagnosed with heart failure and Dorothy is managing COPD. Take George and Audrey.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Several new studies reveal that more patients are feeling and living out their role as health care payors as medical spending vies with other household line items. The top-line first big number is that 52% of patients do not fill a prescription due to the cost of the medication. on an annual basis as of October 2019.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2022

These conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, exacerbated for some patients due to peoples’ “medical distancing” — avoiding or postponing outpatient visits for routine health services and chronic care management. deaths per 100,000 population between 2019 and 2020.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Then in 2019, Medscape added the word “suicide” to the title of the annual assessment. The specialty-mix at the top-end of un-wellbeing shifted toward critical care, rheumatology, infectious disease, and pulmonary medicine which hadn’t featured as prominently in 2019/20. As we consider re-investing in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

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Relias

MAY 1, 2022

When it comes to assessing and treating pressure injuries, diabetic wounds, and venous wounds, investing in expertise up front can help protect your organization against costly wound care liability down the road. To minimize liability, the entire healthcare team can benefit from training in the following areas: Recognizing wound risk factors.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2019

Food insecurity was the most important SDoH for driving IP and ER use, followed by safety risks, housing challenges, transportation and social isolation. “The new Thrive Local network will start rolling out summer 2019,” K-P’s press release said.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2023

Health plans would also boost consumers’ satisfaction by channeling patients’ access to the kinds of medical providers that align with consumers’ preferences and personal values, and by personalizing information to steer people toward lower-cost care.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO) appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2022

Imagine this announcement now in that outer ring, up and to the right, in this “foundation built to deliver what the market wants.” ” The official description of the program is, “The launch of voice-activated general medical virtual care on supported Echo devices, such as an Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

rank prescription drugs, lab tests, emergency room visits, dental and vision care, preventive services, chronic disease management and mental health care as the “most essential” health care services, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted by The Physicians Foundation. People in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

Self-care is the new health care as patients, now consumers at greater financial risk for medical spending, are learning. At #CES2019, I’m on the lookout for digital technologies that can help people adopt and sustain healthy behaviors that can help consumers save money on medical care and enhance quality of life-years.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Rising health care costs continue to concern most Americans, with one in two people believing they’re one sickness away from getting into financial trouble, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted for The Physicians Foundation. In addition to paying for “my” medical bills, most people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

Opiods are the second- most concerning pharmacy issue, for three-quarters of large employers, followed by the impamct of coupons and patient access programs on consumer behavior when lower-cost alternatives are available in the market. Employers cited several main tactics to address coupon cards looking forward from 2019 to 2022.

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