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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

As such, the team has been involved in digital health financing and innovation for 24 years, well before the kind of platforms, APIs, and cloud computing now enabling telehealth and care, everywhere. Telehealth is the sub-set of delivery methods and tools used to deliver health care services.

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Is getting people off weight loss medications the right move?

The Healthcare Blog

By RICHARD FRANK Demand for GLP-1 medications soared last year and shows no signs of stopping in 2024. Employers and health plans are understandably anxious about how long they should expect to pay for these pricey drugs. While GLP-1 medications produce nearly miraculous outcomes in some people, they’re no quick fix.

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Telehealth Is Just Healthcare Now – One Post-COVID Certainty, Three Reports

Health Populi

2% of tech-enabled home medication administration (think: specialty drugs come home). with most wellness and well-being care shifting to virtual, and a bulk of outpatient and preventive services going virtual. .” Those estimates include, 20% of diverted emergency department visits. 35% of home health services, and.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. As a nurse, I have worked in an acute care setting caring for lung transplant patients.

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LPN vs. RN – Key Differences and Career Paths

MedQuest College

A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides basic nursing care under the supervision of Registered Nurses and physicians. LPNs often serve as a patients primary caregiver in long-term care settings, helping with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication administration. What is an RN?