Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

Patient experience and engagement were a trending topic at the recent HIMSS 2021 conference, a growing portion of panels and presentations focusing on patient billing, revenue cycle management, and health consumers’ financial literacy. ” Another talked about the concept of “patient-centered billing.” Two-thirds of U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

healthcare system is broken and there is a strong sense of distrust,” Lavidge asserts right at the top of the study’s press release. The Lavidge consumer study bolsters this mandate, further inspiring us to build trust in one another, with science, and with our health care providers. The erosion in trust among U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Digital health funding has dropped to levels not seen since 2016 , with just $3 billion in global funding announced in Q3, according to the latest report from CB Insights.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2023

That’s followed by making access to “my” health records easier, and granting access to me to providers who align well with my preferences and personal values. The post Personalizing Health Means Personalizing Health Insurance for Patient-Members – Learning from HealthEdge appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Thus, the main takeaway from the study, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman noted, is that rising health care costs absolutely remain a burden for employers — but a bigger problem for workers in America. These two trends combine for a 212% increase in workers’ deductibles in the past decade. in the same period.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

are living omnichannel lives : whether in retail via ecommerce, buying online and picking up in store, or banking online, or studying for college degrees via Coursera, people live, work, play, pray, and learn offline and on-, in real-time and asynchronously. In fact, most people living and working in the U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Note that hospitals garnered only about one-half of people in this study, and pharma and health plans fell to one-third of Americans’ responses to the question. health care. Was this due to the growing experience and reporting of surprise medical bills? Out-of-network costs?

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Mend

JULY 12, 2022

Trend #1: The Rise of Digital Health. More and more healthcare providers are moving towards digital health. With digital health, patients can save time and money. They can also access their health information online, schedule appointments, and manage bills.

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

I regularly cover Fidelity’s annual study on retirement healthcare cost sticker shock; here is my latest take on this important report]. Julie discussed the Cleveland Clinic’s project on designing a better medical bill, detailing the organization’s design thinking on the inpatient journey and commitment to patient-centered care.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Partnerships Fintech company Cedar is working with Google Cloud to build AI-powered tools to hep patients understand medical bills.

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Mend

AUGUST 22, 2022

Patients are now expecting digital health processes to be seamless. In fact, sixty percent of consumers expect their digital healthcare experience to mirror that of retail. Another recent study shows that 91% of consumers prefer an electronic payment method for their medical bills.

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Mend

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The study shows that employees who prefer to work strictly from the office prioritize personal productivity, access to technology, and better opportunities for collaboration. Mend starts by integrating with your organization’s medical billing software. Podcast: Get’n Down w/ Digital Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Compliance with digital health regulations will drive tech modernization. Over 60 countries have now enacted digital health regulations and/or Ministry of Health digital mandates which include unique device identification (UDI) and medication serialized marking.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 8, 2019

In April, at Fortune’s Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego, Bruce Broussard, CEO of health insurer Humana, said he believes technology will help patients receive help during medical crises, citing the benefits of home monitoring and the ability of doctors’ visits to be conducted by video conference.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The first chart illustrates patients’ use of tech and tools for health and fitness by country studied. Across each line item, note that more Americans use these tools, with the exception of Singaporeans, more of whom use tech for health and fitness improvement, and monitoring issues like blood sugar.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies. Only 38% of Americans have a dedicated savings fund for healthcare emergencies.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Business Group on Health’s survey into large employers’ plans for health benefit designs in 2023 has a strong focus on value, concurring with employee benefit consulting studies from Mercer, SHRM, and WTW, among others. Growing adoption of “broad-spectrum” self-care – including digital health tools.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Five in six (84%) Atrium Health clinicians reported an improved documentation experience using Nuance DAX Copilot. Intermountain Health chose ClearSense for data archiving.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2024

They write, Patients are more engaged in their health than ever beforewith a growing awareness of the impact of lifestyle choices on overall well-being, individuals are taking proactive steps to manage their health. AARP has been watching the uptick of people 50 years of age and older leveraging digital health innovations.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Partnering, too, will be important on the road to digitization in health care across the three industry segments. specialty medicines), and people expect greater levels of retail-enhanced service from health care providers, plans, and pharma companies.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

Now consider what happens when consumers (the noun chosen by the authors of the second paper I’m adding to the mix) access data, information and tools for self-management in health care. agency responsible for monitoring claims and the use of personal data out-of-health-context.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 3, 2018

A CNBC LinkedIn search finds that Apple’s employee health clinic unit called AC Wellness has hired at least 40 people recently, most of them focused on wellness rather than healthcare services delivery. The program is rumored to be led by Sumbul Desai, MD, previously of the Stanford Center for Digital Health.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

health care micro-economy and how health costs will crowd out other household spending in 2024 Consumers’ financial health blurs (or sometimes bleeds) into their personae as patients: CivicScience has tracked a direct relationship between peoples’ perceptions of financial health and one’s overall well-being.

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

This poll from RealClear Politics , conducted in late April/early May 2019, makes my point that the patient is the consumer and, facing deductibles and more financial exposure to footing the medical bill, the payor. For more on that phenomenon, see HealthConsuming ‘s chapters on digital health and the new retail health.

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