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Everybody is Stressed in America, and It’s Not Good for Our Health: the 2023 Update from the American Psychological Association

Health Populi

is “a nation recovering from collective trauma,” the according to the latest survey on Stress in America 2023 from the American Psychological Association (APA). As in 2008, in 2023 even more women than men feel that financial stress — and more generally, parents. adults 18 and over in August 2023.

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The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

Health Populi

There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills. Dr. Robert Pearl has recently written about this, and the phenomenon has been a major recurring theme in this Health Populi blog since its inception in 2007 – when I launched this site in the midst of The Great Recession.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

According to the hospital’s most recent employee engagement survey, the hospital’s overall employee engagement score was 89 percent and its employee retention rate is 92.6 Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas). The health system offers employees pet insurance, counseling, tutoring and child care.