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In another post for contextualizing #CES2025 for health, , Ill detail some of the barriers, obstacles, and concerns on health consumers minds related to the adoption and ongoing use of digital health technologies with Trust being an over-arching issue on peoples minds.
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Americans used to believe they enjoyed the “best health care system in the world,” but this has eroded due to challenges of access, high costs that can be an access barrier for patients, and medicalbills that have recently motivated a market among patients to launch GoFundMe campaigns to help fund families’ health care costs.
So too have calls for increased exercise and proper nutrition, including restrictions on sugary sodas and fast foods. In contrast, these GLP-1 medications are highly effective. As prices climb ever-higher, at least half of Americans can’t afford to pay their out-of-pocket medicalbills, which remain the leading cause of U.S.
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Prior to the event occurring, we might have classified this as a wild card event in scenario planning exercises; now that sort of event shifts into the category of uncertainties, as it is now part of our real lives, not imaginary theoretical exercises. Wishing everyone well on your individual and collective journeys in 2025.
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