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Gallup Reveals Americans’ Views on Industry Are the Lowest Since 2008 – Implications for Healthcare and Pharma

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In their latest look into consumers’ views on business in America, Gallup found that peoples’ ratings on business fell to their lowest ratings overall since 2008. Health Populi’s Hot Points : For some context, remember that 2008 was the advent of the Great Recession. have declined in the past year.

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The Growth of DIY Digital Health – What’s Behind the Zeitgeist of Self-Reliance?

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Furthermore, the DIY zeitgeist for home cooking and home-making also accelerated in the past five years (as it had during the 2008-9 Great Recession).

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The Patient As Payor: Workers Covered by Employer Health Insurance Spend 11.5% of Household Incomes on Premiums and Deductibles

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of their household income on health insurance premiums and deductibles based on The Commonwealth Fund’s latest report on employee health care costs, Trends in Employer Health Coverage, 2008-2018: Higher Costs for Workers and Their Families. Workers covered by health insurance through their companies spend 11.5%

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The Patient as Consumer and Payer – A Focus on Financial Stress and Wellbeing

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told the Gallup Poll in April 2022 that their financial situation has eroded in the past year, up to 1 in 2 people which is a statistic we haven’t seen since the Great Recession of 2008. in 2022, billing and medical payments are now embedded in patientsexperience, regardless of the type of payor.

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Trust Is a Key Social Currency for COVID-Embattled Consumers

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FYI, Press Ganey, a leading health care patient experience organization, has created an impressive library of resources addressing the pandemic, linked here.]. How do health care providers build trust? Press Ganey asks. The economic recession in the U.S.

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Everybody is Stressed in America, and It’s Not Good for Our Health: the 2023 Update from the American Psychological Association

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American health citizens are experiencing a deja vu in 2023 akin to their financial stress experienced in the APA 2008 Stress in America survey: money stress is a key factor in peoples’ overall mental health in 2023. As in 2008, in 2023 even more women than men feel that financial stress — and more generally, parents.

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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

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Since launching in 2008, Withings has developed a portfolio of well-designed, consumer-facing digital health tools such as weight scales, blood pressure monitors, and digital thermometers.