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Why Is So Much “Patient Experience” Effort Focused on Financial Experience?

Health Populi

Financial Experience (let’s call it FX) is the next big thing in the world of patient experience and health care. Patients, as health consumers, have taken on more of the financial risk for health care payments. One category of household spending expected to inflate is out-of-pocket health care costs.

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Does DTC Digital Health have a future?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Digital health direct-to-consumer (DTC) refers to healthcare products and services delivered directly to consumers online, bypassing traditional intermediaries like doctors or hospitals. Overall, the future of DTC in digital health is promising, but it requires adaptation and addressing current limitations.

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Prescription delivery via drone is coming to more cities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Texas-based Memorial Hermann Health System will also work with the autonomous delivery and logistics company to integrate drone-based transport for specialty prescriptions and medical supplies directly to patient homes in the Houston area beginning in 2026, the health system said.

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How RPM can scale and sustain CMS' hospital at home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As funds are depleted and patient numbers rise, without scalability, the initiative risks stagnation and may fail to meet the demand for home-based care services. Home-based care services are expected to surge in the coming years, with the home care market projected to reach $272 billion by 2026.

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Healthcare’s Profits Will Be Dramatically Redistributed as Care Shifts to Consumers: Accenture

Health Populi

Compare the 2016 profit pools to those forecasted for 2026: in the current environment, the profit pools for PBMs, distributors, and payers fall ( colored in blue ). Software and IT, and provider-outpatient which, Accenture posits, will be very consumer-facing and -engaging by 2026. Over the same decade, see who wins?

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The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic CEO points to telehealth's future

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Clinic is a transformative joint venture between Cleveland Clinic and telehealth vendor Amwell that brings innovative digital health solutions to a new level with ease of use, advanced technologies and powerful outcomes. billion by 2026. These are the beliefs of Frank McGillin, CEO of The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic.

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Fabric Acquires Conversational AI Startup to Streamline the Patient-to-Clinician Journey

Healthcare IT Today

million by 2026, underscores the urgent need for a solution, especially amid deteriorating patient experiences. Fabric’s mission is to empower physicians and health organizations to provide more efficient care and better patient access—maximizing clinical capacity and improving health outcomes.