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Shelly Palmer De-Hypes CES 2019 & Has Lessons for Health/Care

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As my friends at #JPM this week are hearing in San Francisco, AI is part of virtually every biotech and med-tech story. The rest of the CES story for 2019 is positive, Shelly optimistically continued. The post Shelly Palmer De-Hypes CES 2019 & Has Lessons for Health/Care appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

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. From 2003 to 2019, the theory that prices are the primary driver of America’s spending more on health care than any other country is still the case.

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Pharma’s Future Relevance Depends on Empathy, Messaging, Partnering, and Supporting Patients and Providers

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Top-line, Accenture points to four pillars on which the pharma industry can “reinvent its relevance,” as the report title suggests: To express greater empathy, understanding the patient experience of delaying treatment, financial impacts, and mental health challenges the pandemic has caused.

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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Health Populi

Here’s the link to our post here on Health Populi, from July 1, 2019. The post was titled, “A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty — the Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions.” Let’s talk about Technology and Trust. health care.

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The Hospital CFO in the Anxiety Economy – My Talk at Cerner’s Now/Next Conference

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Her remarks meshed with my talk the previous day about fiscally-challenged and value-and-experience-demanding health consumers. ” Surprise medical bills are a key factor underlying a dramatic decline in Americans’ trust in hospitals, identified in the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer. .” Look at the line graph on U.S.

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Most Americans Across Party ID Favor U.S. Government Negotiation to Lower Rx Drug Costs

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There’s little Americans, by political party, agree upon in 2019. The Kaiser Family Foundation has been tracking this topic for a few years, and this month, their March 2019 Health Tracking Poll shows vast majorities of Democrats, Independents and Republicans all share these sentiments.