Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CVS Health/Aetna, Amazon, and Walmart rank in the next-most competitive group impacting hospitals, followed by new primary care models. The post New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

Primary Care 83

Primary Care Hospitals Ambulatory Care Integration 83

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2022

Behavioural Health and Telemedicine: The Behavioural Health subsector was down 18.4% Telemedicine leader Teladoc tumbled 54% in the quarter as the pandemic continues to subside and patients are no longer sheltering in place, electing instead to partake in in-person visits. The proposed changes would reduce the conversion factor by 4.4%

Life Sciences 98

Life Sciences Telemedicine Healthcare Biotechnology 98

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes.

Primary Care 174

Primary Care Home Care Integration Hospitals 174

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech.

Telemedicine 174

Telemedicine Health Data Hospitals Doctors 174

Health Populi

MARCH 30, 2021

Looking at the disruptive oval (grey), see telemedicine broken into physical and mental — with intent to use physical telemedicine post-COVID-19 among 50% of U.S. User growth rates for both telemedicine segments are forecasted over 60%. consumers, and for mental/behavioral health by some 54% of people.

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Telemedicine Healthcare Primary Care Home Care 127

Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2021

We must be mindful that hospitals, health systems and physicians quickly stood up and adopted virtual care, especially telemedicine programs, in March and April 2020. In 2019, J.D. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. Describing that low-utilization in their report, J.D.

Hospitals 156

Hospitals Life Sciences Telemedicine Primary Care 156

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Los Angeles-based Heal is among the in-home primary care providers working to “bring back the house call” in modern medicine. Launched in 2014 by husband-and-wife team Dr. Renee Dua and Nick Desai, Heal started out as an on-demand primary care company serving the general public instead of a targeted patient population. “We

Primary Care 98

Primary Care Medicare Telemedicine Doctors 98

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Doximity’s second report on telemedicine explores both physicians’ and patients’ views on virtual care, finding most doctors and health consumers on the same page of virtual care adoption. Telemedicine use did not vary much across physician age groups.

Telemedicine 83

Telemedicine Doctors Primary Care Quality of Care 83

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Unfortunately, there are many folks in Texas – and beyond – who utilize the ED as their primary care physician, essentially.”. MedArrive is a New York-based startup that both coordinates and delivers care in the home. “We are going into some of the poorest, most vulnerable communities in the state of Texas.

Medicaid 105

Medicaid Telemedicine Primary Care Home Care 105

Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2025

So my lens on #CES2025 looked out for specific point solutions for health, medical care, fitness and well-being, along with adjacencies for mobility/auto, environmental health (think: clean air, clean water), kitchen appliances and food-tech, and home care (not the medical aspect but the Martha Stewart home-making variety).

Secondary Care 62

Secondary Care Primary Care Home Care Health Data 62

Home Health Care

AUGUST 17, 2022

One of Florida’s largest not-for-profit public health systems — Lee Health — is beefing up its virtual- and at-home care capabilities. When looking for a strategic partner, Lee Health was focused on a variety of factors, according to John Witenko, the system director of virtual health and telemedicine at Lee Health. “We

Nursing 98

Nursing Telemedicine Hospitals Primary Care 98

Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Telehealth will help many people meet up with health care access — but not necessarily universally or equitably. Healthcare delivery will be omnichannel, featuring digital front doors and new primary care on-ramps. Mental health will continue to be the epidemic beyond the pandemic.

Primary Care 166

Primary Care Doctors Hospitals Nursing 166

Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2020

As we wrestle with just “what” health care will look like “after COVID,” there’s one certainty that we can embrace in our health planning and forecasting efforts: that’s the persistence of telehealth and virtual care into health care work- and life-flows, for clinicians and consumers alike and aligned.

Healthcare 153

Healthcare Telemedicine Hospitals Urgent Care 153

Health Populi

JANUARY 12, 2021

Increase in virtual telemedicine appointments increased ten times in 15 days. Consumers digitally transformed as a fast response to mandates to #StayHome, #WorkFromHome, go to school from home, and quarantine to avoid exposure to the tricky virulent coronavirus.

Telemedicine 91

Telemedicine Health Data Life Sciences Medical Technology 91

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 153

Medical Services Primary Care Prevention Integration 153

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. In the olden days, before hospitals and doctors’ offices were commonplace, most people were treated by doctors who made house calls.

Patient Experience 98

Patient Experience Nursing Primary Care Prevention 98

Health Populi

MARCH 31, 2020

Other research such as this report from Kaiser Health News identified the quick adoption of telemedicine services in the COVID-19 pandemic. [Sidebar: this has been a criticism of a digital health divide based on socioeconomic status for some time].

Telemedicine 116

Telemedicine Primary Care Prevention Home Care 116

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

Payors, both commercial and public sector (Medicare, Medicaid), have relaxed rules and regulations for telehealth across platforms (from purpose-built telemedicine programs to HIPAA-relaxed approvals for using FaceTime, Zoom, and other commercial channels), and have various plans to pay for virtual care visits between clinicians and patients.

Telemedicine 77

Telemedicine Hospitals Doctors Prevention 77

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

One-half of doctors uses telehealth for continuous monitoring of patients, Overwhelming, medical and chronic disease management are the workflows for telehealth, followed by one-half of physicians using virtual care for specialty visits and 44% for mental and behavioral health. Specialty care. Care coordination and continuity.

Doctors 62

Doctors Telemedicine Urgent Care Primary Care 62

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Most consumers using digital health devices felt more trust in the technology when coupled with doctors’ office reviews — another lens on the importance of trust-equity between patients and physicians.

Doctors 71

Doctors Hospitals Nursing Medicare 71

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

Among people 50 and over, the doctor’s visit for routine care is the top reason for using virtual care, among 2 in 3 older people. That’s an important behavior change to take into future planning for primary care services targeted to older peoples’ chronic care management and remote health monitoring.

Doctors 126

Doctors Primary Care Medicare Quality of Care 126

Health Advances

MARCH 9, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted many disparities in the healthcare system, and inequitable access to care is viewed as a significant problem, with many populations disadvantaged by their social or economic status, geographic location, and environment. [2] In other professions, shifting tasks downward is a common practice.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Nursing Telemedicine Healthcare 52

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

This second graphic diagrams a patient journey map for the coronavirus, across the continuum of care settings from the community and home to primary care, emergency, hospital, and post-acute. But the company is also working on solutions for the longer term, learning through the pandemic.

Hospitals 149

Hospitals Urgent Care Prevention Primary Care 149

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 30, 2021

Based in Los Angeles, CA, Axle Health enables any healthcare company to offer in-home visits to their patients. mcare enables remote delivery of wrap around care coordination and integration of existing virtual care and remote patient care solutions, promising real medication adherence defined as right med, right time, right person.

Nursing 52

Nursing Telemedicine Integration Prevention 52

Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2022

.” McKinsey is talking about Medicare’s spending that could be shifted home in just two+ years, ranging from $180 to a quarter of a trillion dollars. There’s a convergence and blur in the center here, with primary care and ambulatory care getting the attention they merit as lower-cost and more appropriate sites of care.

Primary Care 62

Primary Care Ambulatory Care Hospitals Urgent Care 62

Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2021

.” Then add in “sweet teams are made of this,” and you have the making of telehealth enabling health/care across the continuum, as I show in my drawing here. Sweet teams are increasingly inter-disciplinary, including primary care, bundling in mental health, health coaches and nutritionists.

Primary Care 71

Primary Care Doctors Medical Technology Patient Experience 71

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“Do personal health trackers belong in the doctor’s office?” ” Software Advice wondered. “Yes,” the company’s latest consumer survey found, details of which are discussed in a report published on their website.

Health Data 164

Health Data Doctors Health Technology Patient Experience 164

Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In October 2021, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, would give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry.

Pharmaceuticals 162

Pharmaceuticals Prevention Doctors Health Technology 162

Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2023

Enter Atrium Health into this mix: the hospital system has had a successful entry into hospital-at-home care, and with Best Buy as partner, will grow the consumer-digital-health front-end capabilities through a trusted retail brand’s Geek Squad expertise. This is a major focus of my work these days in the U.S. and Europe.

Pharmaceuticals 62

Pharmaceuticals Hospitals Home Care Primary Care 62

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This news is a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives.

Pharmaceuticals 147

Pharmaceuticals Doctors Health Technology Medical Technology 147

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting.

Hospitals 144

Hospitals Remote Care Medicare Doctors 144

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

Health care access is a challenge in rural and urban areas, cities and suburbs, and across more demographic groups than you might realize, as we see wait times grow for appointments, primary care shortages, and delays in screening plaguing health systems around the world.

Patient Safety 71

Patient Safety Nursing Hospitals Primary Care 71

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

That’s the supply side of HLTH.

Primary Care 62

Primary Care Hospitals Medical Technology Patient Experience 62

Health Populi

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Wearing a consumer-centric lens, Dan Clarin of Kaufman Hall and Charlotte Brown-Zalewa of Sg2 tracked the patient-journey from lower-acuity virtual health and primary care through to imaging, specialty care, hospital outpatient and high-acuity large hospital inpatient services.

Healthcare 71

Healthcare Ambulatory Care Hospitals Primary Care 71

Health Dialog

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

When a sudden healthcare issue arises, patients aren’t always sure where to seek care. Scheduling an appointment with their primary care provider may take too long. If your health plan offers rides through a third-party service or a telemedicine vendor as a resource, nurse lines could connect them seamlessly.

Nursing 40

Nursing Urgent Care Medicare Medicaid 40

Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

“Why is a real estate services company doing research into consumers’ views on health care? The definition of “convenience” in the eyes of patients, consumers, and caregivers is multi-faceted, with the concept of “location” shifting both physically and digitally.

Urgent Care 118

Urgent Care Life Sciences Prevention Hospitals 118

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. increased by a relatively low 6.0% This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022.

Urgent Care 116

Urgent Care Doctors Healthcare Population Health 116