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3 in 4 U.S. Patients Say the Healthcare System is Broken — But Technology Can Help

Health Populi

American patients believe doctors and nurses are working hard to delivery care — it’s with health care institutions where trust falls apart. For the latter, people most-trust primary care providers, nurses, pharmacists, and friends and family, then followed by medical scientists. The erosion in trust among U.S.

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Elation Health Acquires Medical Billing Company Lightning MD

Healthcare IT Today

The company recently announced the strategic acquisition of Lightning MD , a cloud-based medical billing and claims management company. ” Lightning MD is a convenient billing solution focused on user experience for independent medical practices. . Their goal was to make billing easier for practices.

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Bonus Features – November 3, 2024 – 95% of consumers want an easier way to pay medical bills, 90% of medical devices aren’t running anti-malware software, plus 35 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Reports and Other News Nearly all consumers (95%) want an easier way to pay medical bills , and 75% of consumers say their doctors don’t take an intuitive approach to billing, according to a Flywire survey. Only 10% of Internet of Medical Things devices are running anti-malware software , according to a Forescout report.

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Think Quintuple Aim This Week at #HIMSS25

Health Populi

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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Sicker Consumers Are More Willing to Share Health Data

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Specifically, 50% of health consumers search to see their providers are in-network, to avoid surprise medical bills. Expertise in the form of researchers, doctors, nurses and pharmacists remains highly valued in the eyes of health consumers. 31% want to know prices they have to pay for out-of-pocket expenses.

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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

.” Incredible Health’s 2023 State of US Nursing Report found that 80% of nurses plan to remain in the healthcare industry until retirement – though an even greater number, 84%, worry that the industry isn’t doing enough to address poor pay, understaffing, and burnout.

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Health Care Nation – How to Inspire a Rosa Parks Moment for Healthcare in America?

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when fed up patients, families, physicians, nurses and health citizens all find their voices. But she was fed up with a system that ignored her needs. With that one act, a Butterfly Effect was put in motion. And thats what Tom hopes can happen in the U.S.