Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

During the peak of the pandemic, along with other New York City health systems, NYC Health + Hospitals launched a 911 call diversion intervention with the New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. The 911 call volumes surged from an average of just over 4,000 calls per day to more than 7,000 calls per day.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2023

The sheer amount of competition between healthcare practices makes it difficult for small practices to beat out the rest and attract new patients. Weave found that 94% of providers agree that a text message reminder makes patients more likely to show up for their appointment.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

Since the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act in 2008, the U.S. healthcare system has been moving towards value-based care (VBC) which encourages health providers to improve care quality by reimbursing them based on successful outcomes rather than individual medical services.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

” Health Populi’s Hot Points : “Self-care is the new healthcare,” Monigle’s latest report on Humanizing Brand Experience, Volume 6, health care edition , called out. Discussing the firm’s latest research into patient experience, the study of 3,000 U.S.

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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.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

So health citizens came together to form ACT UP and the Gay Men’s Health Crisis , and publications like POZ and The Advocate published accessible and current information to inform and empower people diagnosed with AIDS and the evolving knowledge about HIV and prevention. ” In the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S.

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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? People travel further and wait longer for medical services than for veterinary care (second in this line-up), auto repair, banking, and household services.

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Health Populi

JULY 30, 2020

The Gallup-West Health poll reveals yet another lens on the differences in health services for people of color in the Age of Corona: that is, the patient experience of cost for both medical services and prescription drugs. The pandemic has revealed many cracks in the U.S. Today’s news that the U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The CTA report calls out that consumers recognize health is made beyond the health care system and medical services — that clean water, clean air, climate change, and green sustainable solutions all play into our wellness. CES explored perspectives on air quality (such as smoke and carbon monoxide), cleaning, communication (e.g.,

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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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Health Populi

JANUARY 3, 2022

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. Mental health spiked up for virtual visits and to this day, is among the medical services in highest demand for virtual platforms.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Most basic in the latter has been the lack of broadband connectivity preventing some people from the digital transformation from which other “have’s” in society benefited: the ability to work from home, attend school from home, exercise at home, and access medical services through virtual care platforms like telemedicine.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

patients are concerned about social needs than health citizens in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden — four countries that allocated resources for social care complementing medical services. — “an outcome of chronic underinvestment in primary care in the United States,” the Fund asserts.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As the third graphic illustrates, consumers can opt into one of four health care “bundles,” including components such as generic medications, primary care, vision and dental care, hearing and alternative medicine services. Programs range from $50 to $240 a year for the most complete plan.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Since AI is frequently used in healthcare, it needs to be used with a code of ethics to prevent bias. Patients prefer familiarity and personalized care, and research shows this can lead them to choose a provider of the same race or ethnic background. Nate Fox, co-founder and CTO, Ribbon Health.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 1, 2022

Instead of bouncing between applications, providers go to a single location to provide care and document a patient encounter, provide aftercare instructions, and view and share patient data, which is integrated into their main practice EMR and billing departments.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 26, 2023

billion agreement designed to provide optimized productivity and expanded analytics capabilities that ultimately contribute to a high-quality and consistent patient experience. The average patient dropout rate in clinical trials is 30%, a stat that can impact the outcome and quality of a study.

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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. Most patients have experienced frustrations – in the designer’s parlance, “friction” – when seeking routine care as well as during a routine medical appointment.

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Approximately 25% of patients experience an adverse event in US hospitals, with over 40% caused by preventable errors. Many automobiles have monitors that help the driver avoid swerving out of their lane or reversing into a wall or tell them to hit the breaks to prevent a collision. Why is this so important?

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