Health Populi
MARCH 10, 2020
Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Yet with that bullish supply side of digital health, there was a marked decline in peoples’ use of them in the past two years, found by Accenture in their latest health consumer survey, Digital is Transforming Health, So Why is Consumer Adoption Stalling?
The Beryl Institute
MARCH 27, 2020
As I watch the national news and talk to my friends working in hospitals, the two main themes are PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) and ventilators. I am not sure most citizens know what we mean when we talk about these things. As a CF/lung transplant patient, I know what it means to be on a ventilator because I’ve been on one for ten days out of my 46 years, and those ten days will never be forgotten.
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Medbridge Education
MARCH 25, 2020
Seattle-based healthcare company launches new Telehealth software to help clients virtually manage patient care throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Seattle, WA – MedBridge, the industry-leading online education and patient engagement solution that enables healthcare organizations to improve outcomes and optimize care delivery, announced today that it has released Telehealth Virtual Visits.
Cloud Blogs
MARCH 12, 2020
The healthcare industry is undergoing an enormous transformation. This transformation is being driven by one core idea; expectations of patient care and wellness are changing. Technology is enabling healthcare organizations to reimagine how care is delivered and managed for the long term. From delivering highly personalized patient experiences and empowering care teams to coordinate care and collaborate in real-time to optimizing data insights for improving operations and clinical protocols, to
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Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D
MARCH 12, 2020
Global, natural, and man-made disasters have become a painfully common occurrence. In the last two years, the world has faced hurricanes and earthquakes, mass shootings, terrorists driving trucks into crowds, and a recurrence of measles, whooping-cough, and tuberculosis. Now, we have COVID-19 , a virus that remains unknown while it spreads throughout communities.
Turner Healthcare Quality
MARCH 14, 2020
Exactly one week ago, in communities across the United States, people were participating in mass gatherings of all types without much of a thought.
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The Beryl Institute
MARCH 9, 2020
The other day I went for an iron infusion, and because I have a history of anaphylaxis with iron, I am required to receive pre-meds of IV Solumedrol and Benadryl. Taking these two medications together feels like someone has strapped my body to an electric fence and then put a spell on me so that my limbs are too heavy to move. It takes a lot of mental concentration to ride the sensations.
Osf Healthcare
MARCH 29, 2020
Are your kids tired of the same at-home activities? Check out these fun STEAM experiments created by Jump Simulation.
Healthy Debate
MARCH 17, 2020
The post Is it time to implement one national license for Canadian doctors? appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Health Dialog
MARCH 18, 2020
While taking medications long-term requires strong discipline and motivation, patients often cite time management – most commonly, forgetfulness – as their number one barrier to medication adherence. There are other time-related distractions that get in the way of taking medications as prescribed: lack of a medication-taking routine, complex medication regimen, no pill box or planner, or a busy schedule.
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Turner Healthcare Quality
MARCH 30, 2020
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Health Populi
MARCH 17, 2020
The hashtag #StayHome was ushered onto Twitter by 15 U.S. national healthcare leaders in a USA Today editorial yesterday. The op-ed co-authors included Dr. Eric Topol, Dr. Leana Wen, Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Dr. Jordan Shlain, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Andy Slavitt, and other key healthcare opinion leaders. Some states and regions have already mandated that people stay home; at midnight last night, counties in the Bay Area in California instituted this , and there are tightening rules in my area of greater Phi
Health Populi
MARCH 12, 2020
Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated.
Health Populi
MARCH 31, 2020
As people conform to the #StayHome lifestyle to #FlattenTheCurve of the coronavirus pandemic, technology is transforming peoples’ home lives for working, playing, and socializing. The Consumer Technology Association has conducted the COVID-19 Impact Study assessing the use of technology at home , exploring U.S. households’ changing behaviors for consuming content, stocking the pantry, engaging with social media, and using online health and fitness tools.
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Health Populi
MARCH 27, 2020
Gallup has estimated 11 Million in U.S. at Severe Risk If Infected With COVID-19 in research published today. And the health citizens of West Virginia would be at greatest risk for having a severe reaction to the coronavirus. A “severe reaction” here means being critically ill or dying. The forecast doesn’t focus on the whole number of people in the US. who would be at-risk of contracting the coronavirus; the 11 million is the total number of Americans who have a “very hi
Health Populi
MARCH 25, 2020
There’s evidence in this week’s JAMA of a dose-response relationship between peoples’ steps and lower mortality. In other words: more steps done daily is statistically significantly associated with death from all causes. Furthermore, step intensity didn’t make a difference in mortality rates, shown in the JAMA -published study, Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults.
Health Populi
MARCH 30, 2020
Today, March 30, is National Doctors Day. We honor doctors annually on this day. But every day, we must honor physicians for bolstering the health and wellness of our fellow Americans, our beloved families and friends, and our selves. The Coronavirus Pandemic reminds us of the precious and scarce resource that is our national supply of physicians in America — numbering about 750,000 active clinicians in the U.S. according to the U.S.
Health Populi
MARCH 8, 2020
March 8 is International Women’s Day. In the U.S., there remain significant disparities between men and women, in particular related to financial well-being. The first chart comes from the new OECD “How’s Life?” report published today (March 9th) measuring well-being around the country members of the OECD. This chart focuses on women versus men in the United States based on over a dozen key indicators.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Healthy Debate
MARCH 12, 2020
The post Can artificial intelligence predict emergency department crowding? appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Healthy Debate
MARCH 4, 2020
The post Inside quarantine: from SARS in Toronto to coronavirus in Wuhan appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Health Dialog
MARCH 10, 2020
Health Dialog is full of devoted employees committed to our mission of helping clients improve population health, reduce costs, and engage patients to make the best decisions about their health. In this series, we spotlight the hard-working healthcare professionals who help us realize that mission each and every day. On National Registered Dietitian Day , we celebrate our hard-working registered dieticians who engage patients to develop and sustain healthy eating habits, and in the process, redu
Health Dialog
MARCH 10, 2020
Health Dialog is full of devoted employees committed to our mission of helping clients improve population health, reduce costs, and engage patients to make the best decisions about their health. In this series, we spotlight the hard-working healthcare professionals who help us realize that mission each and every day. On National Registered Dietitian Day , we celebrate our hard-working registered dietitians who engage patients to develop and sustain healthy eating habits, and in the process, redu
Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA
Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
Healthy Debate
MARCH 9, 2020
The post Ontario’s patient ombudsman needs to be a patient appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Healthy Debate
MARCH 23, 2020
The post Why business hours are bad for hospitals appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Healthy Debate
MARCH 26, 2020
The post When will we have a COVID-19 vaccine? appeared first on Healthy Debate.
Health Populi
MARCH 26, 2020
U.S. health care spending will grow to 20% of the national economy by 2028, forecasted in projections pre-published in the April 2020 issue of Health Affairs, National Health Expenditure (NHE) Projections. 2019-28: Expected Rebound in Prices Drives Rising Spending Growth. NHE will grow 5.4% in the decade, the model expects. But…what a difference a pandemic could make on this forecast.
Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend
Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.
Health Populi
MARCH 17, 2020
In the midst of growing inpatient admissions and test results for COVID-19, Congress is working as I write this post to finalize a round of legislation to help Americans with the costs-of-living and (hopefully) health care in a national, mandated, clarifying way. Right now in the real world, real patients are already being treated for COVID-19 in American hospitals.
Health Populi
MARCH 4, 2020
The coronavirus has shaken U.S. consumer confidence, both in terms of financial markets and personal health risks. COVID-19 is re-shaping peoples’ behavior and daily choices, from using public transit to choosing where to shop, based on Morning Consult’s National Tracking Poll #200276 conducted February 28-March 1, 2020. Morning Consult surveyed 2,200 U.S. adults, finding that 3 in 4 Americans were concerned about the coronavirus outbreak.
Health Populi
MARCH 20, 2020
The number of diagnoses of people testing positive with the coronavirus topped 14,000 today in the U.S., Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map told us this morning. As tests have begun to come on stream from California on the west coast to New York state on the east, the U.S. COVID-19 positives will continue to ratchet up for weeks to come, based on the latest perspectives shared by the most-trusted expert in America, Dr.
Health Populi
MARCH 24, 2020
“Act fast and do whatever it takes,” insists the second half of the title of a new eBook with contributions from forty leading economists from around the world. The first half of the title is, Mitigating the COVID Economic Crisis. . The book is discussed in a World Economic Forum essay discussing the economists’ consensus to “act fast.” As the U.S. curve adds new American patients testing positive for the coronavirus, the book and essay illustrate the tension betwe
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