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Pharmacies Grow for Primary Care On-Ramps – And J.D. Power Says Consumers Like That

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More use of primary care services also drove greater satisfaction and spending per consumer at a rate of $11 more spending per person. But Walmart has been expanding its primary care services — so we’ll watch to see in 2021’s J.D. The post Pharmacies Grow for Primary Care On-Ramps – And J.D.

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Ten Forces Shaping Health Care in 2021: A View from CVS Health

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We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes.

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How We Spend Versus What We Get: America’s Healthcare Spending Makes for Poor Health

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had the highest pharmaceutical spending per capita of $1,443 versus $749 for the other nations, roughly double. Access and quality of care in the U.S. varied, with that 10% of health citizens lacking coverage for basic health care. The report hints at the different (read: lesser) emphasis on primary care in the U.S.

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The Post-COVID 19 Health Consumer: Ready for DIY Health Care and More Open to Telehealth

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Still, more provider executives are more open to providing certain types of care via telehealth –namely mental health (especially useful for younger health citizens during the pandemic), OB/GYN, and primary care such as family medicine and pediatrics. PwC’s HRI team polled 10,003 U.S.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

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That a pharmaceutical company executive is speaking on the main stage at CES speaks to digital health’s mainstreaming beyond elite athletes and smartwatches that track activity.

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Health Care Planning for 2022 – Start with a Pandemic, Then Pivot to Health and Happiness

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Telehealth will help many people meet up with health care access — but not necessarily universally or equitably. Healthcare delivery will be omnichannel, featuring digital front doors and new primary care on-ramps. Mental health will continue to be the epidemic beyond the pandemic.

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Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

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Pay more than the residents of any other country on Earth for health care, and get less in terms of outcomes and service levels for many key medical metrics: infant and maternal mortality, access to primary care, and those growing deaths of despair from suicide, accident and overdose.