Health Populi

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years.

Hospitals 109

Hospitals Medicaid Primary Care Secondary Care 109

Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2022

That report spoke to the importance of connecting the disconnected health care landscape, including primary care, pharmacy, diagnostics, secondary care/hospitals, health technology providers, insurers, and information stewards, among other stakeholders in the fragmented health/care ecosystem.

Life Sciences 117

Life Sciences Secondary Care Prevention Primary Care 117

Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2025

One of the limiting factors or barriers to achieving continuity of care from hospital-to-home in a streamlined, omnichannel way has been the lack of interoperability of health data and devices.

Secondary Care 62

Secondary Care Primary Care Home Care Health Data 62

Health Care Leader News

MAY 11, 2021

Ruth Rankine, director of primary care at the NHS Confederation, discusses the key priorities for the sector as the country moves into the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. We have been talking to primary care leaders about their challenges and what they need to deliver services safely and sustainably.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Secondary Care General Practice Integration 52

Health Care Leader News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

But to do that, we need to transform the outpatient model of care as set out in the NHS Long-Term Plan. A conservative estimate is that at least 30% of ophthalmology outpatients could be seen and managed closer to home in primary care in a sustainable way. IT connectivity also plays a role.

Secondary Care 91

Secondary Care Primary Care Prevention Pharmaceuticals 91