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Record Numbers of People in the U.S. Putting Off Medical Care Due to Cost – A New “Pink Tax” on Women?

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This was the highest level of self-rationing care due to cost the pollster has found since its inaugural study on the topic in 2001. ” If so, it goes well beyond the difference in retail price for a pink razor versus a blue or black one. Gallup conducted the annual Health and Healthcare poll U.S.

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Inovalon Acquires VigiLanz, a Leading Clinical Surveillance and Patient Safety SaaS and Data Company

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Founded in 2001, VigiLanz is focused on advancing clinical surveillance, patient safety software, and related clinical data connectivity, helping hospitals, clinical facilities, clinicians, and life sciences companies identify opportunities to avoid or minimize harm, improve safety, and provide the highest quality healthcare. “We

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“Complexity is Profitable” in U.S. Healthcare – How to Save a Quarter-Trillion Dollars

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health care employment since 2001, today accounting for twice as many staff as physicians and nurses. As it turns out, the health plans that served up the best digital experiences via well designed apps and websites garnered higher experience scores.

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Service Dogs Can Help Veterans With PTSD and Anxiety: Study

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million Americans deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 are experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. As many as 1 in 5 of the roughly 2.7 PTSD, a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening traumatic event, is a complex condition and can be hard to treat.

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Primary Care 2.0 – How Crossover Health is “Re-Bundling” Health Care

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published in 2001. These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend. Fragmentation is a hallmark of the U.S. health care system, or more aptly “non-system” as my old friend J.D. Kleinke noted in his book titled Oxymorons ….published

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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians

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From physicians’ point-of-view, telehealth has emerged crucial for delivering patient care and enabling a collaborative culture among doctors, but there remain concerns about the experience of using virtual care platforms for both clinician-to-clinician care as well as clinician-to-patient care. Today, 9/11.

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The High Cost-of-Thriving and the Evolving Social Contract for Health Care

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23% of households had zero or negative net worth in 2017, up from 16% in 2001. So we return to the social contract for health, which is rooted in financial wellness and education. A further datapoint in the McKinsey social contract report is that over half of individuals in wealthy countries, including the U.S., In the U.S.,