Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Note that peoples’ faith in healthcare remained steady from 2019 to this year (just a 1 point decline in the index). In health care, these would be our honest-and-ethical front-line workers — nurses, physicians, and pharmacists, the latest Gallup Poll on the question learned (described here in Health Populi).

BioTech 261

BioTech Primary Care Public Health Mental health 261

Health Populi

MAY 4, 2023

One of the most concerning data points on health service avoidance is the drop in pediatric vaccinations which remain below pre-pandemic levels, IQVIA’s data revealed. Shown here in the third chart, note that adult vaccinations have returned to pre-COVID levels, but immunizations for kids were 20% lower than in 2019.

Public Health 156

Public Health Mental health Life Science Telehealth 156

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: When PatientsLikeMe was acquired by UnitedHealthcare earlier this year, my friends-in-health-tech Susannah Fox, Lisa Suennen and I wrote a response to the acquisition and situation on each of our blogs, and on Medium. Here’s the link to our post here on Health Populi, from July 1, 2019.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medical Billing HIPAA Health Information 160

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 160

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

rank prescription drugs, lab tests, emergency room visits, dental and vision care, preventive services, chronic disease management and mental health care as the “most essential” health care services, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted by The Physicians Foundation. People in the U.S.

Pharmaceuticals 136

Pharmaceuticals Medical Billing Medicare Mental health 136

Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

Heath Populi’s Hot Points: To complement the IQVIA Institute report, I wanted to provide some topline data from the first GoodRx Quarterly Report, published in late April 2019 based on data from the first quarter of 2019 (January 1-March 31, 2019). over all generics and brands.

Medicare 149

Medicare BioTech Pharmaceuticals Mental health 149

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

consumers trusted the biotech health industry segment compared with the pharmaceutical segment. Health Populi’s Hot Points: This cover from Bloomberg Businessweek’s Good Business Issue featured an article titled, “The World’s Most Loathed Industry Gave Us a Vaccine in Record Time.”

Life Science 386

Life Science Pharmaceuticals Public Health BioTech 386