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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

She spoke out to help others on how to fight for a PET scan, how to get your patient data when denied access, and how to advocate for yourself, among other self-taught and peer-to-peer honed skills. By 2017, she was finishing active treatment and emerging victorious against pretty big clinical odds, only an 8% chance of five-year survival.

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PicnicHealth Acquires AllStripes, Fortifying its Role as the Leader in Patient-Centered Healthcare Evidence Generation

Healthcare IT Today

PicnicHealth , a patient-centered healthcare evidence generation company, today announced the acquisition of AllStripes , a platform dedicated to generating evidence about the rare disease community. “PicnicHealth will continue both companies’ work to harness the power of patient data to support biomedical research.”

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Healthy Living Trends Inspired by COVID-19: Retailers, Food, and Consumers’ Growing Self-Care Muscles

Health Populi

Regarding the one-half of people who would be interested in an exercise class at a retail store, note that Hy-Vee grocery began collaborating on that concept with Orangetheory fitness in 2017. ” Consumers-as-patients are seeking and hungry for help and support to get healthy and stay that way.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. ” the report read. “Quite a bit, it turns out.

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

Health Populi

That post was written in tandem of CES 2017 when I did a deep dive into the potential for autos to bolster wellness and promote safety and hygiene (well pre-COVID).

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The Next Evolution of Digital Health – Welcome to the ‘Med-averse’

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sheetal Chawla, VP and Head of Life Sciences at Capgemini Americas. The promise of innovation and efficiency in the new era of medicine could change patient experiences forever. Accessible healthcare for the future .

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Healthcare is a $3 trillion+ industry wrought with waste and middlemen.Two insurers, UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, are among America’s largest firms by revenue, bringing in $200 billion and $185 billion respectively in 2017. That is more than any tech firm except Apple.