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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

The key findings in the survey of 136 health care executives were that: Digital health tools are a priority for half of the health system leaders. ” Yet it’s health care costs that rank top in U.S. health citizens’ minds in 2020 leading up to the election.

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mHealth guide to Mobile World Congress 2019

mHealth Insight

Best Mobile Innovation for Health and BioTech c. But it also has significant implications for our mental and physical health. Apps are designed to grab and keep our attention, causing us to check our phones up to 200 times per day (TechMark) and a recent survey found that 46% of us “could not live without our smartphones.” (Pew

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

When this occurred, it didn’t cause more than a ripple of interest outside biotech. A 2018 national survey found that 39% of U.S. 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.