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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The following 10 predictions that we have made for the global healthcare will define new ways of rethinking business and growth opportunities in 2021, and will help determine the future direction of the industry. By the end of 2021, about 4 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses will be delivered globally.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

2021 is the 20th anniversary of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID). health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act.

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

Payors, both commercial and public sector (Medicare, Medicaid), have relaxed rules and regulations for telehealth across platforms (from purpose-built telemedicine programs to HIPAA-relaxed approvals for using FaceTime, Zoom, and other commercial channels), and have various plans to pay for virtual care visits between clinicians and patients.

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Still Time For a Healthcare Industry Reinvention (Part 2)

Henry Kotula

year drop in life expectancy in 2021 and the 1.8-year The more visits to a physician or hospital parallels greater demand for pharmaceuticals and devices/implants. The same with telemedicine. People live longer, happier and healthier lives when productivity improves and costs decrease. The current decline — 77.0

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

As we noted, this was due to such factors as higher-than-normal expenses for staff, supplies, and pharmaceuticals and lower revenues. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to focus federal resources and attention on reducing health disparities.

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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Health Populi

Between 2017 to 2021, there was also significant movement in a few other areas: identity and self-esteem (up 11 points from 2017), as well as control and reality (up 7 points between 2017 to 2021). KFF’s 2021 Employee Health Benefits report , published in November, calculated that the cost for a health plan for a U.S.