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The 2023 Health Economy – The Evolving Primary Care and Retail Health Convergence Through Trilliant Health’s Lens

Health Populi

I’ll be referring to the research, with gratitude, over the coming months for my own work with clients spanning the health/care ecosystem. health care financing. The line chart here illustrates one piece of the Report’s section on “Unraveling Health,” showing that primary care volumes in the U.S.

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Call It Deferring Services or Self-Rationing, U.S. Consumers Are Still Avoiding Medical Care

Health Populi

adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. Fast-forward to 2020, a few months into the pandemic in the U.S.: adults delayed or avoided care based on a CDC report. adults delayed or avoided care based on a CDC report.

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A Tale of Two Americas as Told by the 2019 OECD Report on Health

Health Populi

health care corresponds to the nation’s tremendous waste baked into the system when it comes to administration, fragmentation and dis-continuity of care, unsafe prescribing regimens, and under-investment in a strong primary care backbone. Our OECD peers generally invest more in primary care access than America does.

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Health@Retail Update: Kroger and Hy-Vee Morph Grocery into Health, Walmart’s Health Center, CVS/housing and More

Health Populi

With our HealthConsuming “health is everywhere” ethos, this post updates some of the most impactful recent retail health developments shaping consumers’ health/care touchpoints beyond hospitals, physicians, and health plans. Roz really channels the scene in front of the pharmacy counter, from Q-tips to vitamins and tea.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The announced noted that M*Modal parent company 3M Health Information Systems, virtual primary care provider Babylon, and ScribeEMR are early adopters of HealthScribe. One culprit is staffing in post-acute care – 87% of nursing homes report moderate to high staffing shortages. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.

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Jasper, Scaling a Human Touch for People Dealing with Cancer, Now With Walgreens

Health Populi

In 2019, Find Care expanded services for consumers to manage chronic health conditions addressing asthma, COPD, and diabetes. And they have helped people co-create health outcomes as quantified in the cancer care experience slide shown here. These data came from a JAMA Oncology article published in April 2021).

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Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the Virus)

Henry Kotula

While most of those individuals expected to receive care within the next three months, about a third said they planned to wait longer or not seek it at all. While the survey didn’t ask people why they were putting off care, there is ample evidence that medical bills can be a powerful deterrent. “We