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Almost One-Third of Rural Hospitals Benefiting from Microsoft’s Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program

The HIPAA Journal

Between 2010 and 2017, rural hospitals were closing at a rate of around 1 per month, and there were 136 rural hospital closures in 2020 and 20221 alone. At the launch of the program, Microsoft learned that most rural hospitals hadnt implemented basic cybersecurity best practices such as email security and multi-factor authentication.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. I’d seen ATA’s initial statement on the coronavirus published on March 3 2020, so I knew Ann was on this issue. Congressional leadership on February 28 2020.

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12 Clinicians to Follow in the Telehealth Space

Doximity

Dr. Kahl is interested in developing best practices for telehealth and remote patient monitoring to meet his patients where they are. Emergency department volumes have rebounded, but patients are still demanding the option to do unscheduled virtual physician visits.

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Your State as a Determinant of Health: Sharecare’s 2021 Community Well-Being Index

Health Populi

In 2020, Sharecare began a collaboration with the Boston University School of Public Health to expand the Index, including drivers of health such as, Healthcare access (like physician supply per 1,000 residents). basis, moving from the 2020 grey dot to the green 2021 score. points in 2020 and 16.1 states since 2008.

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The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 2 – Our Mental Health

Health Populi

as most people are “social distancing” or sheltering in place, based on numbers from the early April 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll on the impact of the coronavirus on American life. These and other self-care tactics are taking hold in the U.S.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

have struggled to pay for living expenses since December 2020, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the importance of cross-industry collaboration to effectively move to value-based care, the other key theme coming out of the U-M Summit was health equity.

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Insights Distribution: Effectively Communicating Key Action Items

Walker Info - Patient Experience

Meeting platforms offer whiteboards and other tools that increase collaboration. Here is an example from the banking industry at the onset of COVID in 2020. It requires a collaborative effort, especially internally. Another approach is to record a podcast in which insights are both distributed and explained.