Setting Sights

DECEMBER 31, 2022

But, we will never experience those great life lessons, if we never show up to stuff. I had dawdled, in somewhat a deep, drifting thought, up to the muddy cornfields behind the house, crops not yet budded, streaks of morning grey and damp brown for miles up ahead. In brutal honesty, 2022 turned out to be the hardest year yet.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

While venture funding for digital health technology declined globally by 35% in the first three quarters of 2022 compared with 2021, this marks a “return to normal” based on the assessment in the Global State of Digital Health Report from FINN Partners and Galen Growth, published today and launched during the HLTH 2022 conference.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

This report provides insightful context for the upcoming annual ATA Conference for 2022 , being held in-person in Boston kicking off May 1st. Most frequently, virtual care is being used for treatment or therapy, screening or diagnosis, and follow-up care, by at least 70% of clinicians. Hospital or emergency room follow-up.

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Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

between 2023 and 2024, according to the 2024 Milliman Medical Index. Milliman also calculated that the largest driver of cost increase in health care, accounting for nearly one-half of medical cost increases, was pharmacy, the cost of prescription drugs, which grew 13% in the year.

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A Young Doctor's Journey

DECEMBER 30, 2021

January 2022 will mark the return of desktop wallpapers. Download the January 2022 wallpapers here! Without further ado, here they are: DOWNLOAD the free PHOTO wallpapers here (new designs up!) new designs up!) And now onto the good stuff. You’ll see that my style changed/is changing a little bit.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The worry I have about medical science is that a lot of our experiments produce little to no knowledge. Actual cardiologists performed these visits, which included up-titration of meds, but, also, as Adam correctly notes, patients had MD-level assessments. It was presented at the 2022 AHA meeting to great celebration.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Medical insurance verification software is developed to automate the process of verifying patients’ insurance coverages. A medical insurance verification software checks for coverage benefits, copayments, deductibles, and other relevant information needed for the healthcare provider to proceed with the patient’s care.

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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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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

If a primary healthcare provider wants to refer his patient to a specialist for additional medical services then he puts in a recommendation for it. A patient needs a referral before getting medical care from any other physician. percent CAGR between 2022 to 2030 ). This eventually results in the growth of medical practice.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

On June 11, Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the agency’s vision to ban Americans’ medical debt from credit reports. He called out that, “In recent years, however, medical bills became the most common collection item on credit reports.

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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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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

adults in April 2023 to gauge peoples’ experiences with healthcare received in the past year (think back to April 2022 and the next 12 months for the time horizon). Patients most frequently make visits for primary or preventive care, followed by seeing a specialist, and seeking urgent care, the first bar chart illustrates.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

In October 2022 , the USPSTF recommended childhood anxiety screening starting at eight years old. The USPSTF claims "screening interventions" decrease the prevalence of depression at six-month follow-up by an odds ratio of 0.60. But in the real world, not everyone who screens positive for depression ends up in therapy.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (2022) estimated over 100,000 registered nurses left the profession and predicted that another 800,000 nurses would follow them by 2027. According to the Joint Commission (2022), 1,441 sentinel events were reported in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In this year’s update, the Deloitte Center for Technology, Media & Telecommunications found that most households use five key digital devices daily: above all, smartphones, followed by laptop and desktop computers, tablets, and computer monitors. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. adults in the second quarter of 2023.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2024

Credential theft was the most common method of breaching networks and was the initial access vector in 38% of all data breaches, followed by phishing (15%). 15% of data breaches involved third parties such as software supply chains, hosting providers, and data custodians, up 68% year-over-year.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 5, 2024

The medical billing market is growing fast. billion in 2022. This growth shows just how vital medical billing is becoming. Choosing the right medical billing software is crucial in healthcare management. In this article, we’ll make choosing the right medical billing software easy. The market was valued at USD 13.5

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Fast forward and we’re in the next-gen of direct-to-consumer models, with Lilly Direct and PfizerForAll launching programs that get up-close-and-personal with patients for medicines delivery and support services. Wade in June, 2022. This is not the first such vending machine Plan B scenario in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

My Zoom invitation to Stacy was a very convenient excuse for me to catch up with a friend in the field: we have known each other since Stacy started to grow her health-social media presence on Twitter. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. for herself and for her son, Emmett. I like business and people.

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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. The cohort enrolled patients from 2008 to 2022.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

In today’s digital age, medical billing software plays a vital role in streamlining the billing process and improving patient care. The industry experienced 1,410 cyberattacks a week in 2022, an increase of 86%. The industry experienced 1,410 cyberattacks a week in 2022, an increase of 86%.

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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. Note that #2 and #3 were new questions added to the 2022 study wave].

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2022

An hour after the Morning Consult session, I brainstormed the topic of consumers-as-payers of medical bills and prescription drugs with GoodRx strategy leaders. Physical health, comprising 33% of well-being, followed by. Emotional health, making up 27% of well-being. in Hong Kong the week of 20 June 2022). in the U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 1, 2023

consumers say they can’t afford to pay their medical bills on-time, based on the 2023 Consumer Survey from Access One, a financial services company focused on healthcare payments. Furthermore, one-third of consumers are not confident they could pay a medical bill of $500 or more. Two-thirds of U.S. Note that U.S.

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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. Health services utilization in the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study. Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care. would use virtual care to receive medical services in the future, J.D.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

For Labor Day 2022, I’m thinking about health, vaccines, work (especially returning-to-work), and art. This history of art lesson has a specific reason as the inspiration for today’s Labor Day 2022 Health Populi post: because one of the 27 frescoes illustrates vaccination in the context of innovation, economics and politics.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 9, 2023

SVB notes that venture funding in healthcare fell in terms of both deals and dollars each quarter of 2022 after hitting records in 2021. Dx/Tools, where early-stage investment set records in 2022 notwithstanding declines for some of the sub-categories (R&D tools investments especially), and.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America. told the Gallup Poll in April 2022 that their financial situation has eroded in the past year, up to 1 in 2 people which is a statistic we haven’t seen since the Great Recession of 2008.

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Setting Sights

MAY 2, 2022

I can still remember my last day of Medical School, though it was never meant to be the last. It was early March 2022. All medical students were sent home. That was the last time I saw the hospital, where I lived and learnt as a medical student, for a very long time. And then there was 2022. The honest truth ?

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Show Summary The 2024-25 medical school application cycle is looming. Would you like to learn how to craft a quality application to medical school, a compelling persuasive application? Are you considering using an admissions consultant at any point during your medical school application journey? registration is required.

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Practice Index

JUNE 13, 2024

She referred to the 2022 Fuller review of primary care. The region was the latest to be hit by IT problems following the cyber-attack in London. Dr Michelle Drage, Chief Executive of the Londonwide local medical committees, said: “This is the latest in a long line of London hospital trust IT failings.

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Accepted Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Dr. Wherley gives an overview of the 17 competencies identified by the AAMC as essential for success in medical school and beyond. She leans into her expertises as an Assistant Dean, medical school program director, and advisor to present practical tips on how to develop these traits and demonstrate them in an application. 2:27] Sure.

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By focusing on specific vital components, medical practices can successfully navigate the complex landscape of healthcare finance. According to a Mad*Pow research report , 61% of patients are confused by their medical bills. At Health Prime, we serve as the point of contact for all patients regarding their medical billing services.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The bottom chart arrays data on feelings of discrimination by various factors: most notably, discrimination based on race or ethnicity yields the highest level, followed by the factors of age, finances, gender, and class. in a 2022 essay , weaving data from several studies that quantified the cost of health disparities using various methods.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit). Telehealth and virtual care are here to stay, opening new on-ramps for greater access, system expansion, and pressure on the supply of medical real estate. adults in the first half of January 2022 for this study.

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ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

Engagement in Prior Authorization: Duties and Training INTRODUCTION: The prior authorization (PA) process is critical in providing some patients with their medically necessary products. It ensures that what the patient receives is medically appropriate for their situation.

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