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Addressing Patient Health Information In-Security at HIMSS 2018

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Privacy and cybersecurity ranked the second highest priority to hospitals and healthcare providers polled in HIMSS 2018 Healthcare Leadership Survey. In January 2018, over 400,000 patient records were breached. In January 2018, over 400,000 patient records were breached. Providers put patient safety as #1.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

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Consumers Overpay for Generic Drugs , a new paper from the Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics asserts, with recommendations to address the intermediaries who benefit from the way Americans currently pay for medicines. health citizens access to high-value and lifesaving meds. Now: consider Costco.

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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

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Workers receiving health insurance through their jobs have seen their portfolio of benefits changing over the years. In 2020, KFF found that 89% of large companies offered a telemedicine benefit, compared with 82% in 2019 and 74% in 2018. 2016 – Employer Health Insurance Costs Reach $18,142.

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What Person-Centered Interoperability Looks Like: Seqster

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In summing up the patient-centered interoperability goal, Ardy summarized: “We’ve created the Mint.com of health data.” ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Many of my beloved and brilliant colleagues are convening this week at HealthDataPalooza and the National Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC.

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Finances Are the Top Cause of Stress, and HSAs Aren’t Helping Much

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It’s no shock, then, to find that 59% of employees said they consistently carried balances on their credit cards in 2019, a huge jump from 49% who did so in 2018. in December 2018 to 6.2% Nonetheless, Americans’ credit card balances are growing and savings rates stagnant, at best. Louis Federal Reserve.

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Multimorbidity In the US – Obesity As A Key Driver of Health Spending

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The line chart come from a new study into Multimorbidity Trends in United States Adults, 1988-2014 , published in the July-August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. ” Unless this trajectory reverses, multimorbidity trends will continue to drive up healthcare costs in the U.S.

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Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

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Spending on medical care costs crowded out other household spending for millions of Americans in 2018, based on The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis , a survey from West Health and Gallup. Americans borrowed $88 billion in 2018 to pay for health care spending, West Health and Gallup estimated. Gallup polled 3,537 U.S.