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“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

Health Populi

consumers say the “important things in life today” are health and financial security, according to the latest study from the Retirement Security Survey conducted by Principal in Q4 2020. Health Populi’s Hot Points: While the 2007-8 Great Recession was considered more of a “He-Cession,” this round of U.S.

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Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

Health Populi

That’s a sad fiscal fact, especially as more Americans gained access to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPA). In the 2007 analysis, a roughly similar proportion of U.S. of debtors contacted responded to the survey.

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Dr. Burnout – The 2021 Medscape Physician Burnout & Suicide Report

Health Populi

What factors contributed most to clinician burnout in this year’s survey? At the top of the list of stressors was the same issue hurting physician well-being last year: too many bureaucratic tasks, felt by 58% of the surveyed doctors. And 8 in 10 doctors felt burnout before the start of COVID-19. Four in ten U.S.

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Mental Health at CES 2022 – The Consumer’s Context for Wellbeing in the New Year

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: In this first week of January 2022 with CES kicking off its show of digital health innovations, along with other consumer categories of electronics at home and in connected cars ( which I covered here in Health Populi back in 2007 before I began to attend CES!),

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The Grocery Store As Health Destination: Publix Produce for Kids and the Social Determinants of Health

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The USDA Report on Household Food Security in the U.S. The prevalence of food insecurity for children in 2017 was equal to that of the 2007 pre-recession level of 8.3%. The latest 2019 BrandZ survey conducted by Kantar and WPP found that among the top 100 most valuable U.S.

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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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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). Eskenazi Health (Indianapolis). NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City).