Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Patient-facing digital tools help patients with fairly basic tasks like making appointments, seeking doctors, and paying bills. The key findings in the survey of 136 health care executives were that: Digital health tools are a priority for half of the health system leaders. ” Yet it’s health care costs that rank top in U.S.

Billing

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Assumption 2: Providing transportation to/from health care services will bolster patients’ appointment-making. adults miss medical appointments each year due to transportation challenges, many of whom earn lower incomes. million U.S. versus 36.7%. versus 36.7%. lower costs.

Appointments

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This blog appears today as part of a #HIMSS18 primer series for attendees, and the industry at large, to discuss major health IT issues that will help move health and healthcare delivery forward in 2018 – and beyond.

HIPAA

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

territory of Guam, was investigated after a complaint was received about a December 2018 ransomware attack. The data was exposed online between August 2015 and July 2018. The first breach involved unauthorized access to the ePHI of 197,986 individuals betweenSeptember 25, 2018, and November 30, 2018. Warby Parker, Inc.,

HIPAA

Relias

JUNE 28, 2023

Appointments are then scheduled one week later to focus on behavioral health with a mental health practitioner. If a physician builds rapport, arranging for a follow-up appointment – including a warm hand-off to a bi-lingual psychiatric professional during accessible hours – can facilitate this patient’s appointment compliance.

Follow-Up

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador. In 2018, Stacy launched her website, began blogging, and got social media traction when HIMSS appointed her a digital influencer.

Patient Advocacy

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

Ranking top for great or high harm, three in four physicians said that the, “loss of health insurance because of employment changes caused by COVID-19” would cause great harm to patients. Two-thirds of doctors are also concerned about closure of practices due to COVID-19 causing great harm to patients.

Patient Care

Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2020

lost their job as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of whom lost health insurance and others anxious their health coverage will be threatened, revealed in a survey from The Commonwealth Fund published on April 21, 2020. One in three working age people in the U.S. The Commonwealth Fund commissioned the poll among 1,001 U.S.

Insurance

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As consumers, people have great expectations from the organizations on the supply side of health care — providers (hospitals and doctors), health insurance plans, pharma and medical device companies. 40% of consumers found insurers’ communications to be relevant to “me.” On the demand side of U.S.

Follow-Up

Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In 2017, she was appointed Assistant Dean of Admissions at the Boston University School of Medicine and became Associate Dean in 2018. In 2017, she was appointed Assistant Dean of Admissions at BUSM and became Associate Dean in 2018. So 98% of the population of Massachusetts is insured. 1:57] Thank you so much.

Admissions

Health Populi

JULY 30, 2018

Think of this program as the pharmacy chain’s expansion of existing programs in telehealth, married to a ZocDoc-style platform that enables the consumer to shop for and schedule an appointment in one digital encounter. households shopped at retail in January and February 2018.

Collaboration

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain signed a deal to combine with one of the top three health insurance companies. The legacy healthcare system — hospitals, insurance companies, and pharma — haven’t delivered on that expectation. The deal is valued at $69 billion. as the first chart shows.

Insurance

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

As a payor, the insured patient in 2019 is likely to be managing a high-deductible health plan, responsible for first-dollar costs until s/he reaches that threshold. Why can’t appointments be made online like I do with restaurants on OpenTable? Health insurance plans? across income cohorts. Not so much.

Insurance

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 24, 2025

The health system’s board of directors has appointed President Eduardo Conrado to succeed Impicciche, effective Jan. New CEO Conrado joined Ascension in 2018 and has served as president since 2023, according to the release. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Sign up A valid email address is required. Please select at least one newsletter.

Follow-Up

The HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was signed into law in 1996 and while there have been some significant HIPAA updates over the last two decades, the last set of major HIPAA updates occurred in 2013 with the introduction of the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule.

HIPAA

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This month, my reporting revealed that since 2018, the policy at Boston Children’s Hospital has been to provide kids a single two-hour assessment appointment. Mr. Lipfert is correct that the transgender population is profoundly vulnerable and is burdened with high rates of mental and physical illness.

Follow-Up