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The Increasing Need for Ambulatory Care During COVID-19

The Beryl Institute

In recent days, with two teenagers who are back in school, I have started to catch up on scheduling their doctors’ visits, dentist checkups and orthodontist appointments that have been suspended these last few months. To further support the growth of this community, we are excited to announce the creation of an Ambulatory Care Council.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. health care. The elimination of health care inequities will require effective integration of health care systems with communities and the social safety net.

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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

Health Populi

Dowling pointed to the benefits of being a large integrated health care system with multiple hospitals, ambulatory care services and a broad portfolio of capabilities that enabled Northwell Health to be responsive to the needs of the pandemic and deal with the crisis. What is the doctor of the future?

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New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops

Health Populi

This observation has not gone unnoticed by both new entrants and existing industry stakeholders such as health plans and pharmacies, many of which have added health care to their core businesses or have been vertically integrating their health care portfolios.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Deloitte presented this graphic for an integrated data and analytics platform supporting remote patient monitoring data feeds in a June 2020 report noting that remote patient monitoring could trigger a multi-channel data tsunami.

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More Evidence of Self-Rationing as Patients Morph into Healthcare Payors

Health Populi

Consumers make personal clinical decisions that can be against “doctor’s orders” and shop for health care at another provider site that can be less costly and/or have better consumer reviews or word-of-mouth (with 4 in 5 consumers traveling past the closest hospital to one further away due to a better reputation).

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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?

Health Populi

Whether retail clinics, telehealth, or asynchronous physician visits via mobile health apps — consumers’ adoption of these sites, away from traditional brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices and ambulatory care clinics, has hovered around 10%, Oliver Wyman gauges in this report. health-insured adults in July 2018.