Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

live under a broadband monopoly, explicitly pointing to Comcast as a prime example of an obstructive force in building out broadband to the last mile and citizen’s home. The combination of market failure, lack of political will, and anemic regulations have undermined U.S. Federal-level fixes to the nation-wide connectivity gaps.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In the U.S., the highest levels of unemployment are in places that often have the lowest access to broadband connectivity.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In the wake of COVID-19, one key learning of people living through the public health crisis is gaining a greater understanding of and appreciation for the work of the FDA and other regulators who aim to ensure public safety and health produce efficacy.

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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.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2019

can’t benefit from telehealth and other digital health connections that can bolster self-care, home care, and lower cost care. One in three Americans does not have a broadband connection, according to a new report from the NPD Group. This means that about 100 million people in the U.S.

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Health Advances

MARCH 9, 2023

Alternative care models have long presented an opportunity to help alleviate these problems. With the pandemic already accelerating the adoption of alternative care models like telehealth, virtual care, and in-home care, another potential solution may also help address some of these challenges: task shifting.

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Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

For telehealth, that S-curve has had a very long and fairly flat front-end of the “S” followed by a hockey stick trajectory in March and April 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic was an exogenous shock to in-person health care delivery.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2020

Healthcare is getting serious at #CES2020, blurring into the medical and FDA regulated turf which Omron pioneered last year launching its 80+-patented blood pressure watch, the HeartGuide. Connected Health and the ATA Conference – covering digital health and value-based care, reimbursement, home care, and clinician/technology partnerships.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

For more context on Philips’ pivot to hospital-to-home care in the wake of pandemic, see my post here on Health Populi published on the company’s commitment to connected care across the continuum]. Hygiene and the clean home. The deal has not yet been approved by the U.S. Justice Department.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Living in an urban area typically offers greater access to a wider range of home care services than living in a rural area. Care Advantage provides both home care and home health services in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Delaware.

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Health Populi

MAY 11, 2023

Watch, too, for more online medical weight loss programs such as Calibrate which combines telemedicine with medication prescriptions; one of the company’s investors is Optum Ventures, telling us that payors are closely eyeing this lucrative and growing market.

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