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Consumers Intend to Invest in Technology — With Budget and Value in Mind

Health Populi

The 24th Annual Technology Ownership & Market Potential Study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) tells us that Americans in 2022 will have to manage challenging economic headwinds, shopping for technology is preparing people for their new normal — with household budgets and value in mind. 24% of U.S.

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McKinsey’s Six Shifts To Add Life to Years — and One More to Consider

Health Populi

.” This is akin to our pointing out over the past years that every company is a health company. This graphic illustrates that about one-half of companies listed on the S&P have a direct impact on people’s health: think pharma, life sciences, medical technology, health insurance, food, and transportation.

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What Person-Centered Interoperability Looks Like: Seqster

Health Populi

This capability is attracting pharmaceutical and life science companies, health care providers and research organizations to take a closer look at Seqster’s offering. In summing up the patient-centered interoperability goal, Ardy summarized: “We’ve created the Mint.com of health data.”

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The ROI on Virtual Care – Thinking About Value and Future Prospects With the AMA

Health Populi

To help us think this through, just in time, the AMA has published a report on the Return on Health: Moving Beyond Dollars and Cents in Realizing the Value of Virtual Care. Those virtual care stories were based on interviews with a range of providers and industry representatives, shown in the graphic labelled “collaborators.”

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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Health Populi

And as the RWJF/NPR/Harvard Chan study shows, these social determinants risks travel in groups and double-down on those health risks for people who rent, people of color, those without access to healthy food, and folks who earn lower incomes.

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Why health care costs are making consumers more afraid of medical bills than an actual illness

Henry Kotula

Meanwhile, 40 percent said they skipped a recommended medical test or treatment. Also, the study found most people who are delaying or skipping care actually have health insurance. In addition, the health system is also pushing ahead with advances in medical technology, which may help bring down costs in the future.

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Can the U.S. Improve Health System Performance with Digital Health Tools? Pondering A Big Question for #HIMSS21

Health Populi

Compared with the ten other countries studied, the Commonwealth Fund placed the U.S. Otherwise, America ranked dead last in the four other categories, placing it in overall last place for health system performance among other wealthy countries. health care system, “was designed to work this way.” ” True, U.S.