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Americans’ Trust in U.S. Healthcare Lags Tech — and Women Are Particularly Cynical

Health Populi

I analyzed those general results with health/care implications here in Health Populi. In this study, the healthcare industry is comprised of five segments: hospitals and clinics; pharma; biotech (separate from pharma); consumer health (e.g., over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance.

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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Health Populi

“Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans,” the Wall Street Journal reported in today’s paper and on the WSJ.com website. health care. health care for privacy legislation and work flows that prioritize patient rights over their data.

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Personalized Medicine: Consumer Concerns About Coverage, Affordability and Privacy

Health Populi

These concerns fall into the buckets of health insurance coverage, or lack thereof; insurance denials; affordability for the breakthrough therapies; and, potential risks of future denials for insurance based on the patient’s personalized genomic or other health data. They are certainly inter-related.

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Emerging trends in the European HealthTech M&A market 2023

Lloyd Price

This growth is expected to create opportunities for M&A activity, as pharmaceutical companies look to acquire smaller, innovative biotech companies. Wearable devices: This includes companies that develop and sell wearable devices that track health data, such as fitness trackers and smartwatches.