Health Populi

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Note that potential for a second wave/outbreak was the close 4th ranking concern among CFOs, for this study which was published in 2020. This trend couples with one in another research question in the study finding that the pandemic increased interest in work automation this year compared with last year.

Public Health 254

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

While telehealth and virtual care stood up quickly in 2020, questions remain about how it will/can persist in terms of funding, regulation, and business models. We also expect innovation to come out of pharma and biotech labs, and who will pay for new-new therapies?

BioTech 270

BioTech Pharmaceuticals Public Health Telehealth 270

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

84% of Americans told the Foundation that they were concerned about how much health care costs will affect them in the future, with 42% of patients saying they couldn’t afford to pay over $500 for an unexpected medical bill. Hospital costs contribute to rising medical costs to 49% of health consumers. Exacerbating U.S.

Pharmaceuticals 136

Pharmaceuticals Medical Billing Medicare Mental health 136

Health Populi

MAY 4, 2023

IQVIA’s national prescription data revealed that prescriptions for mental health drugs grew 8% since 2019 — with a 33% rise among girls under 19. There is another data point in the study on women’s health and prescriptions — for ADHD drugs.

Public Health 156

Public Health Mental health Life Science Telehealth 156

Henry Kotula

JULY 1, 2019

After figuring in health plan changes such as increased employee cost sharing and network and benefit changes, PwC’s Health Research Institute, which conducted the study, projects a net growth rate of 5 percent. The trend has implications for employers, payers, providers and even pharmaceutical and life science companies.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

A study in JAMA published this week analyzed research reports that have measured waste in the U.S. health care system, calculating that 25% of medical spending in America is wasted. economy is wasted spending by the health care system and its stakeholders. If spending is gauged at $3.8 of the U.S.

Pharmaceuticals 271

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Clearly, privacy of our health and other personal data must be weighed by consumers and their caregivers in balance with the convenience and utility that the growing health data ecosystem can provide well people, those managing chronic conditions, and very sick folks who could be aided with knowledge scraped together form other patients.

Digital Health 194

Digital Health Public Health Life Science Patient Experience 194

Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study. consumers and 277 Castle Connolly health care professionals.

Life Science 156

Life Science Telemedicine Health Data Primary Care 156

Health Populi

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In this 14th year of the publication, PwC polled executives from payers, providers, and pharma/life science organizations. Internally, health industry business leaders are prioritizing several workforce strategies in the new year, first and foremost to confront digital transformation.

Life Science 194

Life Science Medical Billing Health Data Primary Care 194

Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2021

Do mine the full global study linked above, as I segue into some of the U.S. In America, trust truly crashed by December 2020, falling to a low Richard Edelman said he had never seen in the 21 years conducting this study. specific findings here. This chart illustrates that while trust precipitously fell in the U.S.

Public Health 199

Public Health Life Science Digital Health Medical Technology 199

Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2025

How will we know if the life sciences sector is advancing in 2025? This is the question asked at the start of the report, a Research Brief: 2025 Indicators of Progress for the Life Sciences Sector, from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science (IQVIA). For more on this study, see my post on the study here.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, could set the stage for another public health emergency given eroding trust in institutions — especially in media, government, and public health officials. I base this sobering forecast on the latest study from the Pew Research Center which polled people in the U.S.

Public Health 177

Public Health Life Science Patient Experience Connected Health 177

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2020

By demographics, more women than men are concerned about rising costs for the three health care spending categories the survey studied: drug prices, insurance premiums, and healthcare costs (medical care services spending). A majority of people across political party share this concern: overall, 88% of U.S. 84% of Republicans.

BioTech 199

BioTech Medicare Life Science Telehealth 199

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The study was written up by Beth Snyder Bulik in FiercePharma. Surprising, because technology [and health] underpin virtually all of the fastest-growing brands in 2020, shown in the second chart from Morning Consult’s study of U.S. Among the top 20 in this study were two pharma brands — Pfizer and AstraZeneca.

Life Science 386

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Health Populi

JUNE 9, 2020

Across all four aspects of “doing a better job handling” health care” — reducing cost, providing health insurance coverage, improving quality, and driving innovation — more Democrats give government higher ratings than Independents or Republicans do.

Life Science 194

Life Science Pharmaceuticals Public Health Health Policy 194

Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The last chart from the study (Figure 8) underscores the universality of the finding that lowering the price of prescription drugs is one of the very few issues in the U.S. 65% of Independents and. 57% of Republicans. that bring voters together.

Medicare 177

Medicare Life Science BioTech Pharmaceuticals 177

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: RealClear asked people to consult their forecasting tea leaves to consider which industries and organizations would improve the quality of health care for Americans 20 years into the future. That’s an interesting conundrum to consider.

Life Science 159

Life Science BioTech Medicare Medical Billing 159