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Health Care and ESG on Earth Day 2022

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As health care industry stakeholders and policymakers have begun to recognize and address the underlying drivers of peoples’ health, there’s another acronym that is taking hold in health care beyond SDoH: that is ESG, standing for. The post Health Care and ESG on Earth Day 2022 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Like banks, healthcare will become digital-first in 2022, Zoom healthcare lead says

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That is the opinion of Ron Emerson, RN, global healthcare lead at Zoom, as he looks ahead at what he believes will be some developments in healthcare in 2022. In 2022 and beyond, we expect to see more innovation in this space as developers find ways to screen for more vitals and conditions without the need for specialized equipment.

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The Growing Pet Economy – What It Means for Human Health, Well-Being, and Healthcare Costs

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The report reviews the literature which has already recognized the link between pet ownership and improved health conditions and outcomes for pet owners, documenting the growth of pet ownership int he U.S. through the pandemic during which one-sixth of pet owners obtained a new pet. bn savings attributable to obesity reduction, s1.8

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Location, Location, Location – Understanding Health Consumers’ Evolving Definition of Convenience

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adults in April 2023 to gauge peoples’ experiences with healthcare received in the past year (think back to April 2022 and the next 12 months for the time horizon). We are witnessing patients-as-health-consumers’ shifting expectations for experience in health care to be convenient — for several aspects of that experience.

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A Public Health Wake-Up Call: Reading Between the Lines in IQVIA’s 2023 Use of Medicines Report

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” I’ve pulled out a few of the data points that speak to me about population health, prevention and early diagnosis (or lack thereof), and alarm bells on women’s health — notably, young women and girls. Women thus accounted for one-third of ADHD prescriptions as of December 2022.

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Weekly Roundup – July 2, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

Baha Zeidan, CEO at Azalea Health, discusses how automation can lessen the administrative burden and offset the impact of the labor shortage that’s hitting rural hospitals hard. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Manager – Enterprise Applications role at Mental Health Partners in Lafayette, Colo.

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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

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The chart on the median price of newly marketed drugs between 2008 and 2002 shows the cost in 2022 reaching $222,000. CMS) and commercial/private side of health plan strategies. Take prescription drugs pushing medical trend upward. Since 2019, we can see the hockey-stick increase in the price of specialty drugs fast-growing.