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Americans Come Together in Worries About Medical Bills, the Cost of Health Care, and Prescription Drug Costs

Health Populi

there is still a negative feeling about the economy in a personal context, revealed in the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll for February 2024. The third chart tells an important story about solidarity on these health care cost issues across the 3 main political party members in the U.S.

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Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 more

Healthcare IT Today

Although 45% of healthcare finance professionals said autonomous coding works well and 16% place complete trust in it, a majority of those surveyed (52%) said they don’t know what it is, according to a report from HFMA and AGS Health.

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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 deal only appears to involve the trade show – next slated for March 11-15, 2024 in Orlando – and makes no mention of smaller HIMSS events (in-person or online) or the Healthcare IT News or MobiHealthNews publications that HIMSS Media owns. News HIMSS is planning to sell its annual conference to Informa.

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The Cost of Medical Care, Long-Term Care, and Prescription Drugs Top Older Americans’ Health-Related Concerns – With Social Security and Medicare Top of Mind

Health Populi

The first chart from the study arrays the top 10 concerns for the 50+ health citizen, with over 50% concerned about costs and financial scams/fraud — with just under one-half worried about the cost of dental care. adults between 50 and 101 years of age. The study was conducted online and by phone.

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