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As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

Health Populi

Over the past decade the share of workers in plans with annual deductibles has grown from 59% in 2008 to 85% in 2018. Two approaches quantified in this year’s KFF survey are the use of lower-cost settings, such as retail clinics and telehealth, as well as workers generating health data shared via mobile apps and wearable technology.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

Dr. Fendrick was part of a team that wrote one of the first research articles on the effects of increasing patient cost sharing on health disparities — published in 2008 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. .” Out of the mouths of Mom’s, right?!

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

As we observed in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, more DIY care came to people’s self-care at home. Watch for the likes of Dollar General, Walmart, and other value-oriented retail storefronts to develop services expressly focused on medically under-served consumers.