HIT Consultant

AUGUST 31, 2021

What You Should Know: – Hoy Health , a bilingual digital primary care platform today announced the acquisition of HomeFront Health , a San Antonio, TX-based service-driven mobile healthcare organization that delivers frontline medical services to patients in their homes as an extension of hospital- and provider-centric care models.

Primary Care 96

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The response: A health plan is a comprehensive package of healthcare services and coverage that helps individuals or groups manage and finance their healthcare needs. Health plans are designed to provide a range of medical services, preventive care, and financial protection against the costs of healthcare.

Primary Care 85

Primary Care Medicare Prevention Medicaid 85

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found. Four in ten older people who had experienced telehealth also said they would be interested in telehealth for mental health care in the future.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.

Medical Services 151

Medical Services Primary Care Prevention Integration 151

Home Health Care

APRIL 26, 2022

HCR Home Care names new president. New York-based HCR Home Care has named Suzanne Turchetti as its new president. HCR Home Care provides home health, palliative and personal care services to residents in the western part of New York. Turchetti has been with HCR Home Care since 2005.

Home Care 52

Home Care Medicare Integration Primary Care 52

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

What industry compels its “consumers” to wait longer and travel further for services more than any other in a person’s daily life? That would be health care, a report from Altarum notes. The annual opportunity cost for travel and wait time in health care is $89 billion, Altarum estimated.

Medical Services 112

Medical Services Primary Care Prevention Patient Experience 112

Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

Since then, the firm expanded internationally and covers every industry segment — including healthcare, per se, but also sectors immediately adjacent to medical services such as life sciences, senior housing technology, retail, and hospitality.

Urgent Care 118

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care. would use virtual care to receive medical services in the future, J.D. That’s because 9 in 10 users of telehealth in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 3, 2022

Mental health spiked up for virtual visits and to this day, is among the medical services in highest demand for virtual platforms. The COVID-19 pandemic certainly accelerated the fast-adoption of telehealth for all kinds of patient questions and needs starting in the late second quarter of 2020. CTA wondered in the consumer study.

Medical Services 119

Medical Services Patient Experience Primary Care Prevention 119

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

These include remote monitoring tools for virtual check-ins addressing chronic conditions, more home-based care, emails and texts that nudge patients over time, digital pricing tools to support shopping for medical services, and better-designed portals that serve up more welcoming digital front doors.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

These players are honing in on at-home medical services and primary care, extending their reach deeper into the care continuum and blurring the lines between who owns what part of the space.

Patient Experience 98

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NASHP

JULY 25, 2022

Preventing these types of visits by providing community-based care can help states reduce Medicaid costs and improve outcomes. The MIH program in Crawfordsville similarly began as a partnership to reduce heart failure readmissions, and EMS follow ups and in-home care led to zero readmissions in a two-year post-hospital engagement review.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

That purchaser takes the form of both the employer-sponsor of health care insurance for workers, and the patient-as-payer herself. In healthcare, patients and health consumers are looking for more convenient, accessible, less-costly health care services in light of their growing health economic awareness.

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Health Technology Primary Care Patient Experience Healthcare 62

Health Populi

JULY 10, 2022

The virtual/digital services people would more likely use post-pandemic would be online shopping, by far the most popular service that would persist beyond COVID, followed by video chatting with friends and family, using curbside pickup at stores and restaurants, working from home, and receiving virtual medical services — i.e., telehealth.

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