Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2018

But in the past year, the percentage of people using Facebook and its corporate sister YouTube has flattened, based on the survey report, Social Media Use in 2018 from the Pew Research Center. Health Populi’s Hot Points : Health is social: isolation is a social determinant for ill health. The Pew team researched U.S.

Digital Health 174

Digital Health Health Data Health IT Patient Experience 174

Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2018

Sleep, too, or lack thereof, is top-of-mind for so many consumers: there was a growing category of sleep-assisting digital health tools featured at the 2018 CES, which I covered here in the Huffington Post. One-third of people cite mental health as a goal, closely followed by improving finances.

Mental health 206

Mental health Primary Care Digital Health Patient Experience 206

In Hand Health

JULY 16, 2018

Largely because it gives the PT and patient more flexibility in how, when and at what pace they communicate. A study released by RAND in March, 2017, shows rapid growth in the use of telehealth. According to Eric Wicklund of mHealthIntelligence , “ A survey by UPMC’s Center for Connected Medicine of the nation’s largest health systems.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Patient Experience 40

Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Workers covered by health insurance through their companies spend 11.5% of their household income on health insurance premiums and deductibles based on The Commonwealth Fund’s latest report on employee health care costs, Trends in Employer Health Coverage, 2008-2018: Higher Costs for Workers and Their Families.

Medical Billing 272

Medical Billing Digital Health Patient Experience 272

Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Ever since the announcement last year that three of America’s biggest companies — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase — had united, Voltron-style, to fight for lower healthcare costs and forge “a better patient experience” for their combined 1.2 For the most part, we’re still waiting. It’s a win-win.”

Nursing 40

Nursing Leadership Life Science Patient Experience 40

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

To address that challenge, in 2017 PLM secured a $100 million (controlling interest) investment from iCarbonX , a Chinese company that is amassing patient data to discover cures for disease. A 2018 national survey found that 39% of U.S. And they invested in people because the communities they built require a human touch.

Pharmaceuticals 216

Pharmaceuticals HIPAA BioTech Patient Experience 216

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. This post updates my initial thoughts on the deal, given the morphing US healthcare market on both the traditional health services front and fast-evolving retail health environment.

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Medicare Pharmaceuticals Primary Care Patient Experience 147