Health Populi
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
There’s a gap between the supply of digital health tools that hospitals and health systems offer patients, and what patients-as-consumers need for overall health and wellbeing. This chasm is illustrated in The future of the digital patient experience , the latest report from HIMSS and the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM).
Health Populi
MAY 30, 2022
Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America. The American Psychological Association study I cited in that post from 2020 found that financial stress was indeed contributing to Americans’ sense of anxiety and depression.
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Health Populi
APRIL 1, 2019
For mainstream Americans, “the math doesn’t add up” for paying medical bills out of median household budgets, based on the calculations in the 2019 VisitPay Report. With high health spending and lower life expectancy dollar for dollar, financial and health in-security will surely be voters’ priorities in 2020.
Health Populi
JUNE 26, 2023
are now delaying care is due to cost , not concerns about exposure to COVID-19 which created the phenomenon of “medical distancing” between 2020 and 2022, resulting in some patients avoiding preventive screenings and necessary care in face-to-face medical settings. “If The top reason people in the U.S.
Mend
JULY 19, 2022
According to the same statistics, approximately one in five American households has “bad medical debt.” These numbers are concerning, as they indicate that many Americans are struggling to keep up with their medical bills. How Many Healthcare Organizations Still Rely on Paper Bills.
Health Populi
JUNE 6, 2022
And they have helped people co-create health outcomes as quantified in the cancer care experience slide shown here. Individuals and their families are overwhelmed with the information, tasks, steep medical bills and the ‘unknown’ that cancer brings and are trying to manage everything with limited to no support.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 18, 2022
Without the liquidity to make higher monthly payments for healthcare premiums, an increasing number of patients are opting for plans with lower monthly costs and higher deductibles. In 2015, high-deductible health plans were the choice for less than 40% of the population; by 2020, that number was above 50%.
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