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

Health Populi

What’s underneath that macro “healthcare” index number of 67 is a precipitous decline in the past year for Americans’ trust in hospitals, compared with biotech, pharma, consumer healthcare, and even health insurance — all of which grew in trust between 2018 and 2019, but not so with the hospital segment of U.S.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

When this occurred, it didn’t cause more than a ripple of interest outside biotech. She is the author of the recently-published book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. . She works with exceptional leaders seeking to build value in a transforming health care world. But the U.S.

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Americans Across Political Party Worry About Prescription Drug Prices – Especially to Deal with COVID-19

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The issue of drug and vaccine pricing for COVID-19 prevention and treatments has been under the media microscope since the start of the pandemic. Here’s one of many looks into the issue , in which I’m quoted on scenarios for Gilead’s possible pricing strategies for remdesivir.

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Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

Health Populi

There is one health care public policy issue that unites U.S. The macro-strategy for Optum is that, in their mission-words, “health care should be equally available to everyone, when and how they want it. In person, on the phone or online, quality health care is wherever you are,” their website informs us.

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Two-Thirds of Americans Say Healthcare Doesn’t Work Well, in RealClear Politics Poll

Health Populi

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: RealClear asked people to consult their forecasting tea leaves to consider which industries and organizations would improve the quality of health care for Americans 20 years into the future. That’s an interesting conundrum to consider.