Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2024

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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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2025

As Weight Watchers prepares to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, I file the news event under “thinking the unthinkable.” ” “Thinking about the unthinkable” is what Herman Kahn, a father of scenario planning, asked us to do when he pioneered the process.

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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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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 7, 2025

We’ve seen this in other studies that focus on medical bills and healthcare spending as a negative influence on seeking health care. Finances in general — not just health care costs — can motivate people in a negative way to delay health care, which is a form of self-rationing health care.

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