Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2020

It’s déjà vu all over again for Americans’ well-being: we haven’t felt this low since the advent of the Great Recession that hit our well-well-being hard in December 2008. As COVID-19 diagnoses reached 200,000 in the U.S. in April 2020, Gallup gauged that barely 1 in 2 people felt they were thriving. In the past 12 years, the percent of Americans feeling they were thriving hit a peak in 2018, as the life evaluations line graph illustrates.

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CiscoHealth

APRIL 14, 2020

The New World of Healthcare. “By enabling an innovative telehealth program, Cisco collaboration is helping us positively impact the health of our community and state.” NYC Health + Hospitals. At its core, healthcare is about people taking care of people. When the transmission of the disease is a concern, the meaning of caring for each other and staying close means keeping our distance.

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Michele Late

APRIL 30, 2020

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you! Have a question you want answered? Send an email to getready@apha.org. Q: People on the news are going to restaurants, beaches and hair salons. Why I am still sitting inside? I’m ready to quit this and go back out! A: We hear you: Staying at home to protect yourself from coronavirus isn’t fun.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 28, 2020

“Stay focused on the fight,” we are told, as now is “not the time” to ask why we are so woefully unprepared as a healthcare system nor is it the time to demand fundamental policy changes. In fact, now is exactly the right time to demand change that advocacy groups and community leaders have been asking for long before elected officials suddenly remembered marginalized and vulnerable communities.

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The Beryl Institute

APRIL 13, 2020

I have started almost every email, conversation, webinar or call in the last few weeks with a simple wish that you, your families and colleagues are safe and well. Each morning as I hear my two boys rustle themselves awake, I am reminded of how precious our lives are, how important the people around us remain and how every moment we have is one to appreciate for its essence and to contribute to making better with our every breath.

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Health Dialog

APRIL 1, 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 professionals who help us realize that mission each and every day. Meet Renee Gulotta: As the Director of Analytics, Renee is our data whiz.

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CiscoHealth

APRIL 29, 2020

Follow along with our new blog series #HealthcareNow and #PublicSectorNow , where we’ll addresses healthcare innovation around the world and how to maintain business continuity in today’s health climate. . The healthcare landscape is quickly changing and we’re entering a new era of patient-centered care delivery – one that is not bound by location.

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Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically disrupted every aspect of life for everyday people, ratcheting up stress across all families: The mandate to #StayHome, being physically distanced from work colleagues, beloved family and friends, and our community touchpoints. The fear and risk-management of contracting the COVID-19 virus, for ourselves and our families.

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Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic’s curve of infected Americans ratchets up in the U.S., people are seeking comfort from listening to Dolly Parton’s bedtime stories , crushing on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s science-wrapped-with-empathy , and streaming the Tiger King on Netflix. These and other self-care tactics are taking hold in the U.S. as most people are “social distancing” or sheltering in place, based on numbers from the early April 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation health trac

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2020

Beyond the physical and clinical aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic are financial hits that people are taking in the shutdown of large parts of the U.S. economy, impacting jobs, wages, and health insurance rolls. Some 1 in 2 people in the U.S. who have had their income impacted by the coronavirus have either fallen behind in paying off credit card debt or other bills, had problems paying for utilities, have lagged in paying for housing (rent or mortgage), been challenged paying for food, or other

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2020

Everyday factors can make a big difference in a person’s current and future health risks and needs, we’re learning in the COVID-19 pandemic, detailed in a new Welltok research report, Social Determinants of Health Matter: Voice of the Consumer. “The current public health crisis underscores the importance of leveraging SDOH as a way to effectively provide timely, relevant support that is truly going to make a difference for people’s total wellbeing,” Bob Fabbio , We

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2020

Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, said, “Variety of form and brilliancy of color in the object presented to patients are an actual means of recovery.” We all need some #ArtTherapy in this #StayHome COVID-19 era, #AloneTogether to #FlattenTheCurve. Yes, I’ve been spending too much time connecting on social media. Can you tell I’m in dire need of some art therapy?

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2020

U.S. consumers were re-shapen by the 2008 Recession in two key ways: people took on more self-service DIY daily life-flows, seeking self-sufficiency and less dependence on institutions; and, consumers became more value-sensitive both in terms of financial value and personal values. As Americans confront the clinical and fiscal realities of the coronavirus in the U.S., the trust people feel with organizations, brands and information sources is shifting, a special report from Edelman explains.

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Health Populi

APRIL 22, 2020

Stress is up, smoking increasing, drinking more alcohol… Americans are tapping into a variety of coping mechanisms in the coronavirus outbreak, with health on their collective minds. Toluna and Harris Interactive are collaborating on the COVID-19 Barometer , publishing biweekly data on consumers’ views on the coronavirus pandemic. The data here are a snapshot of consumers taken through the Toluna-Harris poll conducted among 1,047 U.S. adults between 9-20 April 2020.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 28, 2020

Canadian health care providers are putting much thought into the question of when and how to resume non-emergency, or so-called “elective” surgeries.But they readily acknowledge it will be a delicate balancing act. The health-care system must be able to cope with a potential wave of new COVID-19 activity while, at the same time, dealing with the growing backlog of delayed medical procedures.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 21, 2020

Since its election, Alberta’s government has taken steps to aggressively contain healthcare costs, including the imposition of changes to physician pay. On April 9, failed negotiations regarding these changes culminated in a lawsuit between the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) and the government that has the potential to both affect patient care and further strain the relationship between the parties.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 16, 2020

Public health recommendations amid the COVID-19 pandemic to ‘stay home’ are valid and necessary, but what should patients be doing when they get sick?Last week I had a family member in Ontario call me in BC seeking medical advice because they felt socially obligated to avoid health care facilities. It was great to see Canadians doing their part to practice physical distancing recommendations.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 13, 2020

The research community has experienced a sudden and deliberate shift away from research that is not directly focused on the fight against COVID-19 and toward research relevant to the pandemic. While this is no doubt necessary, it is worth considering the ramifications. On March 17, the University of Toronto announced that in accordance with government guidance, within a few days all onsite, lab-based research would be limited to research related to COVID-19 and time-sensitive critical projects.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 9, 2020

Our hospital ward is only half full. We have not consistently seen, in more than a decade of training and practice, so few patients in hospital as in the last two weeks. And we are not alone - this experience is being shared by our colleagues across the province. Hospital occupancy in Ontario is just 77 per cent, down from 97 per cent a year ago. We do not expect this situation to last, as the number of patients with COVID-19 is increasing.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 6, 2020

Welcome back Rounds Table listeners! This week we interview Dr. Robbie Goldstein to find out how Mass General Hospital (MGH) in Boston has prepared, and adapted, to a massive influx of patients with COVID-19. Dr. Goldstein is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Infectious Disease physician at MGH. He is also the Medical Director of the Transgender Health Program at MGH.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 6, 2020

The post Should hospitals reuse N95 masks during the COVID-19 pandemic? appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 1, 2020

The post Will COVID-19 affect my cancer surgery? appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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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.

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Healthy Debate

APRIL 20, 2020

The post Will I be able to see my doctor virtually after COVID-19? appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2020

In a matter of several weeks, people living in the U.S. have endured massive personal social, emotional, physical and fiscal disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. State mandates to shelter at home, the adoption of wearing face masks and covers in public, and re-making dining tables and dens into home-working spaces for kids in school or parents telecommuting, American homes have morphed into petri dishes of people undergoing dramatic changes in a very short time.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2020

On Monday, 6th April 2020, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has determined that the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are essential workers in our age of the coronavirus pandemic. The PM has posted an Easter egg coloring project on her Facebook page to support children (and people like me who like to color) in the #StayHome era. In the U.S., the day before on Sunday 7th April, Dr.

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Health Dialog

APRIL 14, 2020

Year after year, CMS Five-Star Ratings are becoming harder to both achieve and maintain. Knowing what strategies to implement and prioritize in order to maximize the return on investment (ROI) associated with your patient outreach programs can be challenging. However, by focusing efforts on improving medication adherence and statin utilization across your diabetes population, you can maximize your success by targeting multiple Star Rating measures at once. .

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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

APRIL 10, 2020

“Covid-19 exposes America’s racial health gap,” asserts The Economist , the weekly news magazine based in London, UK, in an advanced essay dated 11 April 2020. The subtitle of the piece: “African-Americans appear more vulnerable to the virus.” The phrase, “your ZIP code is more important than your genetic code” has become the common mantra for public health people communicating the concept of the social determinants of health : those factors outside of m

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2020

One in three working age people in the U.S. lost their job as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of whom lost health insurance and others anxious their health coverage will be threatened, revealed in a survey from The Commonwealth Fund published on April 21, 2020. 2 in 5 people in America who are dealing with job insecurity are also health insurance insecure, the study found, as shown in the pie chart.

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Health Populi

APRIL 20, 2020

The spread of infectious disease is the new terrorism in the eyes of Americans. The most significant major threat to the U.S. is infectious disease, four in five Americans said in March 2020, closely followed by terrorism (in general), the spread of nuclear weapons, and cyberattacks from other countries. For the study, the Pew Research Center commissioned a telephone survey conducted among 1,000 U.S. adults in March 2020.

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Health Populi

APRIL 23, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is dramatically impacting and re-shaping our health and wealth, simultaneously. Today, I’ll be brainstorming this convergence in a “collaborative health conversation” hosted by Carium’s Health IRL series. Here’s a link to the event. Jeanne founded ClearHealthCosts nearly ten years ago, having worked as a journalist with the New York Times and other media.

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