The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 17, 2025

This often-overlooked connection between routine medical care and opioid dependence demands urgent attention. How Physicians and Hospitals Sustain the Opioid Epidemic For decades, the pharmaceutical industry has shaped medical education, ingraining the belief that opioids are the best first-line treatment for acute pain.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2020

health systems are projected to lose $323 billion in 2020 due to declining inpatient and outpatient volumes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the “normal” hospital business. Hospitals racked up over $200 bn in losses between March and June 2020. What’s the worth of $323 billion? Wage and labor costs.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 27, 2020

The article 4 Significant Healthcare Trends In 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Where it has become a partner in progress is in the healthcare industry. Many developments that were once the subject of science fiction have become reality […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 7, 2020

The article Health IT Trends For 2020: Some Thoughts From Leaders appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Part of that is due to the stringent regulations of the industry and the sensitivity surrounding personally identifiable information. Part of the blame, however, falls on healthcare providers themselves. As more and […].

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 4, 2024

When a university or academic medical center speaks as an institution, especially when targeting an individual voicing unpopular or contrarian views, the effect will be to intimidate and silence diverse voices, particularly those that do not enjoy tenure or other protections.

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Arkenea

MARCH 18, 2020

Internet of Medical Things or IoMT is on the way of becoming the most sought after technology in the healthcare sector. The post A Detailed Guide To IoMT Implementation in 2020 appeared first on Arkenea. The post A Detailed Guide To IoMT Implementation in 2020 appeared first on Arkenea.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2020

Oral care is a pillar of overall health and self-care, with medical evidence growing connecting the dots between a healthy mouth and risks for heart disease, diabetes, disabilities, and socioeconomic status. P&G launched the Oral-B iO in a press conference on Sunday, announcing the product was a 2020 CES Innovation Award Honoree.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

health care, finding that nearly 1 billion (with a “b”) patient diagnosis visits were lost in 2020. Dr. O recently called 2020 “The Year of COVID.”. The bottom line for all of us and the people we love: get medical care, get preventive care, and please… get vaccinated.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

Advertising Age announced their list of the top 20 brands in 2020 this week. There’s medical evidence for gardening and spending time in green spaces). COVID-19 accelerated trends already in place by early 2020. By April 8, 2020, Dr. Fauci was the most trusted source of coronavirus information among U.S. In the U.S.,

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Forced masking sends a false signal to the public that health care facilities are “dangerous” This idea did tremendous harm in the first covid wave in 2020 when many patients with serious symptoms avoided hospitals. Forced masking undermines medical-scientific progress. Hiding faces is isolating and dehumanizing.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech. Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

André Churchwell, Vice Chancellor of equity, diversity and inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN After becoming the first Black medical resident at Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital in 1984, Churchwell went on to form one of Georgia’s first bioengineering programs. in a matter of years.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors. In May 2019, 14% of older patients’ health care providers offered telehealth visits, growing to 62% in June 2020 during the pandemic.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Marlton, NJ-based Continuum Health Alliance has recently confirmed that it has experienced a security incident that exposed the data of 377,119 patients of its client, Consensus Medical Group, a physician-owned medical group in Evesham, NJ. No financial information or Social Security numbers were present in the file.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 18, 2024

“Always wearing a mask on a medical service in 2024 is an extreme measure and lies outside what should be considered acceptable professional behavior.” I started seeing patients in a dedicated Covid clinic in April 2020 and we had no access to N95 masks. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

But what if patients prefer that their doctors don’t wear masks in settings that we never did before March 2020? Most of us went to medical school with a dedication to help sick people feel better. Should showing your face to one’s patients be considered minimum standard of care for physicians on inpatient medical wards?

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 24, 2024

However, from a strictly medical perspective, I do not think the “exposed group” is thriving. VP and I wrote a whole chapter on this in Ending Medical Reversal. I started seeing patients in a dedicated Covid clinic in April 2020 and we had no access to N95 masks. I have no moral qualms about this.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

The good news for health care costs for a family of four in America is that they fell, for the first time in like, ever, in 2020. 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).

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 22, 2021

SFHM, chief medical officer, PatientKeeper, Inc. After all that transpired in 2020, it’s understandable if people are reluctant to make predictions about what will happen in 2021. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Christopher Maiona, M.D.,

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 30, 2024

A pretty good portion of what we post on Sensible Medicine could be considered critical appraisal of the medical literature. Thus, it was an easy decision when a group of medical students asked if we would consider posting an appraisal that came out of their journal club. You also get a chance to appraise the appraisers.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2021

The level of medical debt in America exceeded debt of other types in 2020. The first line chart illustrates the trends in medical debt in collections by state expansion of Medicaid, with the bottom darkest line representing debt in collections in Medicaid expansion states from the jump in 2014. This was highest in the South U.S.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 16, 2024

During the years I was actively publishing in the medical literature, I only got two viewpoints published. Hell, I tweeted this on December 22, 2020: (Of course, if I had it to do again, I would change the title to something like “thanks to vaccines, none of these diseases have killed me.”

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Scrubs

APRIL 4, 2023

Allison Fisher has a whole new outlook on life after undergoing one of the most shocking surgical procedures in medical history. The Florida native started experiencing chronic stomach pain in 2020 as well as disruptions to her menstrual cycle. “I was scared. “I just want them to know that they shouldn’t be scared.”

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Health Prime

JUNE 6, 2024

As we enter Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month 2024 , it’s imperative to underscore the importance of effective medical billing practices in providing quality care for individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. In 2023, Alzheimer’s and other dementias cost the nation $345 billion.

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

We must be mindful that hospitals, health systems and physicians quickly stood up and adopted virtual care, especially telemedicine programs, in March and April 2020. ” The coronavirus and #StayHome mandates were the wild card that changed every normal forecast for telehealth utilization in 2020. .” In 2019, J.D.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 8, 2019

By George Mathew, chief medical officer, North America, DXC Technology Connected consumers, and their data, will play a critical role in transforming the next era of healthcare. In fact, global industry analyst IDC predicts that by the end of 2020, 25 percent of the data used in medical care will be collected and shared with […].

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

At what is now Drexel Medical School. We do have some neighborhoods right around the medical school that are underserved, and there are areas of need. Let’s turn to medical school admissions, which I know is your specialty. So going to medical school is a very big decision to make. So I’m not too sure.

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Scrubs

APRIL 12, 2023

Daniel Kablutsiak has been on a mission to lose weight since his son, Hunter, 16, was diagnosed with stage 5 kidney disease in 2020. After the diagnosis, Hunter started taking 10 pills a day to manage his condition, but the medication took a toll.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A new report from CoverMyMeds details the current state of medication access weaving together key health care industry and consumer data. The reality even before the coronavirus crisis emerged in early 2020 was that U.S. One in three patients went without treatment or medications to pay for bills and basic needs, the research found.

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Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

the use of telehealth services tripled in the past year, as healthcare providers limited patients from in-person visits for care and patients sought to avoid exposure to the coronavirus in medical settings. One-half of patients accessed a local physician’s practice service in the second quarter of 2020. In the U.S.,

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The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Mike Magee MD is a Medical Historian and regular contributor to THCB. He is the author of CODE BLUE: Inside Americas Medical Industrial Complex. Grove/2020)

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

Paying for the New Medical Miracle. Trend #1, The Year of the Pharmacist, speaks to pharmacists bolstering medication management along with joining the growing “arm forces” of vaccinators to get COVID-19 shots into patients’ arms. Cancer Needs a Better Roadmap. The EHR Hits Its Stride. Diabetes Care is Community Care.

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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2020

The pace of digital health investments quickened in the first half of 2020, based on Rock Health’s look at health-tech financing in mid-year. Note that in H1 2020, the average deal size exceeded $25 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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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 1, 2021

By Mark Clements, MD, PhD, CPI, FAAP, chief medical officer, Glooko, Inc. Just months after the 2020 nationwide lockdown, telehealth visits, virtual clinical trials and […]. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Health Populi

MAY 1, 2020

economy would decline in 2020 by 5.9%, shown in the bar chart. By April 10th, four in ten working people age 18 to 64 had felt one or more of these impacts in the past 30 days; those hardships included food security, medical care, ability to pay for energy (gas, oil or electric bills), or pay for housing (rent or mortgage).

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

WI Business Associate 4,112,892 Hacking/IT Incident 24 2023 Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing CO Health Plan 4,091,794 Hacking/IT Incident 25 2013 Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, d/b/a Advocate Medical Group IL Healthcare Provider 4,029,530 Theft 26 2024 Concentra Health Services, Inc.

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2022

The first chart illustrates the deferred care identified in Castlight’s assessment of 160 million medical claims in its commercially-insured population data. The first chart illustrates the deferred care identified in Castlight’s assessment of 160 million medical claims in its commercially-insured population data.

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