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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Though this is a significant increase from 2012, numbers haven’t budged much since 2015. A survey from Turquoise Health found prices for “shoppable services” in healthcare are increasing roughly at the pace of inflation , though some vaccines have seen price increases of more than 20%.

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Call It Deferring Services or Self-Rationing, U.S. Consumers Are Still Avoiding Medical Care

Health Populi

have been self-rationing medical care for many years, well before any of us knew what “PPE” meant or how to spell “coronavirus.” ” Nearly a decade ago, I cited the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Security Watch of May 2012 here in Health Populi. Patients in the U.S.

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California Doctors Support ACA

ACA Times

Researchers at UCLA found that about 59% primary care and specialty physicians in California support the Affordable Care Act, and 61% believe the law will either help their practice or have no effect on it. The survey of 525 doctors, conducted online in mid-2014, was just published in the peer-reviewed journal Family Medicine.

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

Power has undertaken a survey on consumer satisfaction with 31 telehealth providers across 15 measures, which will be published in November 2019. health care system. Power,” your mind probably imagines reviews of automotive performance, retail shopping experiences, or perhaps even health insurance plan customer service.

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Study Finds Telehealth Virtual Visits ‘Vastly Preferred to Office Visits by Patients’

care innovations

To that end, the outcomes of the survey were striking, revealing that telehealth virtual visits “were vastly preferred to office visits by patients for convenience and travel time.”. Among surveyed patients, the study found that: 79% found that scheduling follow-ups was easier using telehealth virtual video technology.

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A Fresh Look at Telehealth Patient Demographics in 2019

Enzyme Health

Recent patient surveys shed light on who is using telemedicine, why they are using it, and how benefits and barriers to telehealth use are rapidly shifting as adoption grows. Telehealth services are growing in popularity, and they are keeping patients from delaying medical care. Demographics of Telemedicine Users May Surprise You.

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How Millennials are Reshaping the Entire Healthcare Sector

Advanced Medical Reviews

Especially since millennial satisfaction with the healthcare system is lower – only 32 percent report being treated well , according to an Accenture survey – than it is for preceding generations. Millennials exhibit stronger preferences for retail clinics than older generations, according to a PNC Health survey.

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