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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

In the August 2020 National Poll on Heathy Aging , the University of Michigan research team found a 26% increase in telehealth visits from 2019 to 2020, March to June 2020 year-over-year. 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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Telehealth Update from J.D. Power, Amwell, Cigna, GoodRx, and a Trio of Smart Doctors

Health Populi

Safety was the key driver for utilization at a rate of 46% of people using telehealth in 2020, and only 13% in 2019. The study was fielded in June-July 2020 among 4,302 U.S. The study was fielded in June-July 2020 among 4,302 U.S. This is the second year that J.D. adults who had done a telehealth visit in the past year.

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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

Doctors see patients in rushed 15-minute appointments, often without a cursory physical exam. The article states: “Overall, just 40% of those surveyed rated the quality of healthcare in the United States as very good or good, down six percentage points since March 2022 and nearly 20 points from the high-water mark in March 2020.

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Healthcare Costs Inspire Employer Activism and Employee Dissatisfaction – What PwC Found Behind the Numbers

Health Populi

a year, PwC notes in their annual report, Medical cost trend: Behind the numbers 2020 from the firm’s Health Research Institute. As the first chart shows, trend will grow 6% from 2019 to 2020. In that decade, Americans’ median wages rose 1.8% This is an increase of 0.3 percentage points up from 5.7%

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Inside Pitt Med School: Innovations in Medical Education 

Accepted Blog

From the beginning they learn how to take a history, do a physical exam. Well, our Dean, who came in 2020, he came up with this little mnemonic, called, you know we have this phrase, Hail to Pitt! Once they take the step, once they start their clinical rotations. That’s pretty good. And what is the difference between them?

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Accepted: Your Guide to CU School of Medicine [Episode 599]

Accepted Blog

He has been an assistant dean for admissions at the University of Colorado School of Medicine since 2020. So, biochemistry, anatomy, organ systems, how to interview a patient, how to do a physical exam, all those types of things. You became a director of admissions in 2020. Dr.SooHoo welcome to Admission Straight Talk. [1:38]

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

As I pointed out in my 2020 Health Populi trendcast , the private sector is taking on more public health initiatives as policy progress at the Federal level feels frozen. We gathered data through health risk appraisals and physical exams in government clinics for selected employees who opted into the research from the three agencies.