Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

He called out that, “In recent years, however, medical bills became the most common collection item on credit reports. That rivaled 31% of consumers who delayed going on vacation — an example of the inner-household rivalry between spending priorities.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The median PDEI score in 2023 was only about 14 out of 100, which means that most patients are not taking full advantage of the digital tools that are available to them. For example, white and Asian patients are more likely to use digital tools than Black and Latino patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Urgently Ortho in San Francisco, California, had an overarching goal: to create a tech-enabled orthopedic urgent care facility that provided a seamless patient experience using technology that could scale with leadership’s growth ambitions. ” Most hospital EHRs did not offer a great patient experience.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And we realize there’s also more inter-play between the north and south parts of this diagram with, for example, CVS Health’s acquisition of Signify Health earlier this year as health care to the home and closer-to-home begins to take shape. For example, the chart tells us that Walmart welcomes 37 million U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Patients-as-consumers increasingly expect retail-enchanting service levels from health care – especially as patients pay medical bills increasingly out-of-pocket. Convenience can take the form of time: for example, time to drive to an appointment and/or time required to be away from work to attend to that appointment.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to a recent report, 57 percent of patients see fast and easy digital payments as an important part of their healthcare experience. percent of patients would be interested in using payment plans in the future. Blake is obsessed with how people experience the world. Provide enhanced support. About Blake Walker.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, capitalizing on increased activity demands that leaders streamline their operations—including around patient financial engagement and payment—so they can make the investments needed to set themselves apart from the competition. But finding the right approach is key.

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Mend

JULY 19, 2022

According to the same statistics, approximately one in five American households has “bad medical debt.” These numbers are concerning, as they indicate that many Americans are struggling to keep up with their medical bills. How Many Healthcare Organizations Still Rely on Paper Bills.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

And they have helped people co-create health outcomes as quantified in the cancer care experience slide shown here. Individuals and their families are overwhelmed with the information, tasks, steep medical bills and the ‘unknown’ that cancer brings and are trying to manage everything with limited to no support.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

.” As you filter these findings through your own business operations, plans, and innovations, consider how to address supporting the Bedrock of Society, women and their health, through your work and in your personal lives: this could involve, Thinking omni-channel, meeting women where they “are,” in person, at home, closer-to-home, (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Ninety percent of patients surveyed said that provider loyalty depends on the patient financial experience. adults with unpaid medical bills say they’ve had a provider deny them care due to that medical debt, leading many to put off care. Both can impact outcomes, costs, and the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 20, 2022

It takes about three paper statements , on average, for consumers to pay their medical bills. Just three years ago, 90% of healthcare organizations relied on paper-based billing statements. Has insurance already paid its portion of the bill?”. And, what do they not include (for example, physician services)?”.

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Mend

JULY 12, 2022

They can also access their health information online, schedule appointments, and manage bills. When it comes to digital payment options, a recent Instamed study showed that 91% of consumers prefer an electronic payment method for their medical bills. Patient portals are an example of this.

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

We have a “responsibility to imagine unintended consequences,” Sara believes, and in 2018 we are not at a loss for examples — like autonomous cars as a risk factor for accidents and possibly mortality. I regularly cover Fidelity’s annual study on retirement healthcare cost sticker shock; here is my latest take on this important report].

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Mend

AUGUST 22, 2022

If a patient experiences technical issues before an appointment, this could lead to a decrease in both staff and provider productivity, as well as further patient no-shows. In fact, sixty percent of consumers expect their digital healthcare experience to mirror that of retail. No guidance for technical issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2024

The study found that six out of 10 also focus on improving patient experience, with 55% combining both goals by targeting enhancing the patient payment experience. Patients often find medical bills confusing and difficult to understand, making them hesitant to pay.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Digital payment innovation offers an effective way to strengthen patient collection rates by eliminating one of the biggest barriers to payment: payment confusion. Text-based payment, for example, provides a seamless avenue for alerting patients when their out-of-pocket balance is ready.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

The growth of wearable technology, need and desire for real-world evidence and patient feedback, and especially patients’ growing role in paying for health care (think: high deductibles, co-insurance, and the challenge of medical debt) all drive the need to enhance the health care experience for patients in consumer and retail grades.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Look to examples like The Rise to Health Equity Coalition bringing together industry stakeholder organizations to build capacity, influence policy and payment, and transform mindsets and narratives around racial justice – including the AHA, the AMA, Genentech, and other organizations under this important umbrella.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

And, as we’ve seen with the diagnostic tools coming online across the medical landscape, AI brings ancillary benefits that extend beyond their fundamental clinical utility. Take, for example, a community that lives in a food desert and is unable to reliably access high-nutrition food, or lacks the time to shop and prepare nutritious food.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Its mission is to assist patients and their families in finding the best path through the healthcare maze: “understanding a difficult diagnosis, finding the best treatment options, assisting with doctor visits and subsequent care, deciphering complicated insurance plans and medical bills.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While not every aspect of medical care is shoppable, many factors are research-able and in doing so, bolsters a persons health literacy and empowerment. The category of food, for example, is a major focus for most consumers related to their health, medical conditions, and overall well-being.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This change is occurring as the result of clinical innovations, patient preferences, financial incentives, electronic health records, telemedicine, and an increased focus on improving quality of care and clinical outcomes. Some ways to do this are to offer better patient portals, expanded hours, improved access, and clear procedure pricing.

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Health Populi

APRIL 4, 2022

About 3 in 5 people worry about unexpected medical bills, followed by one-half concerned about their home’s utility bills and grocery store spending. The cost of filling up a car’s gas tank ranked first among U.S. householder’s worries of household budget items among 71% of U.S. voters across political party.

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