Health Populi

JULY 31, 2018

There’s a load of anecdotal data about teens and young adults (TYAs) and their always-on relationship with mobile phones and social networks. There are also hundreds of stories written in both mass media outlets and professional journals on the topic of TYAs and mental health: especially relative to depression and suicidality. In a breakthrough study, Hopelab and the Well Being Trust have sponsored the first deep-dive into the many dimensions of young people, their relationship with social

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Osf Healthcare

AUGUST 2, 2018

Much like the common phrase, “It takes a village to raise a child,” OSF HealthCare has determined there’s no better way to improve the health of a community than to give that community the opportunity to be part of the solution.

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Health Dialog

AUGUST 3, 2018

It may sound like a simple task to take medications on time and as directed. However, medication non-adherence is more common than you may expect. Today, a staggering 50 percent of patients with chronic conditions do not take their medications as prescribed, and up to 66 percent of the medication-related hospitalizations in the United States are the result of poor medication adherence.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 1, 2018

There are health facts that are based on rigorous scientific evidence. And, there are people who, for a variety of reasons, make irrational healthcare decisions without regard to those health facts. An important new report discusses the all-too-human aspects of people-as-patients, who often make health decisions based more on emotions than on the cold, hard truths that could save their lives and protect the well-being of loved ones.

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Health Dialog

JULY 31, 2018

Today, 82 percent of adults in the United States regularly take at least one medication, while 29 percent take five or more. Unfortunately, many aren’t taking them as prescribed. Research shows that than 90 million adults across the country lack the ability to understand the healthcare information needed to make appropriate decisions and take their medications as directed.

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Health Populi

JULY 30, 2018

**While Amazon and Google get lots of positive PR and media attention as major healthcare industry disruptors, don’t forget about the two big “W’s,” Walgreens and Walmart, in the healthcare innovator mix. I recently read The Four in which Scott Galloway explains the dominance of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook in consumers’ everyday lives. These four tech-behemoths each have their particular designs on healthcare innovation, or disruption in the eyes of, say, Epic and Cerner working on health

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