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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

Doctors see patients in rushed 15-minute appointments, often without a cursory physical exam. healthcare quality since the survey began in December 2019.” Losing Touch In far too many provider-patient encounters, the art of communication is lost, seemingly forgotten in the rush of things to do.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

In the August 2020 National Poll on Heathy Aging , the University of Michigan research team found a 26% increase in telehealth visits from 2019 to 2020, March to June 2020 year-over-year. In May 2019, 14% of older patients’ health care providers offered telehealth visits, growing to 62% in June 2020 during the pandemic.

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Telehealth Update from J.D. Power, Amwell, Cigna, GoodRx, and a Trio of Smart Doctors

Health Populi

Safety was the key driver for utilization at a rate of 46% of people using telehealth in 2020, and only 13% in 2019. Amwell also began allying with TytoCare this week, to enable home-based physical exams using med-tech designed for patients’ at-home use. This is the second year that J.D.

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Healthcare Costs Inspire Employer Activism and Employee Dissatisfaction – What PwC Found Behind the Numbers

Health Populi

As the first chart shows, trend will grow 6% from 2019 to 2020. for 2019, which was flat from the previous year. At worksite clinics, 43% of employers offer physical exams and urgent care, 36% do annual preventive exams, and 11% offer chronic care management. This is an increase of 0.3

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

the health/care ecosystem warmly embraced social determinants of health as a concept in 2019. A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. Flash forward to Walmart, and their 2019 moment of business-and-community responsibility.