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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

Older people, in particular, would be more likely to use digital health tools if their clinicians recommend these technologies. Thus, Philips asserts that health care professionals are becoming “true digital collaborators,” seeing positive impacts on the way they and their patients experience health care.

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Real-Time Versus Store-and-Forward Telehealth Technology

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In instances where patients are consulting with specialists, live consultations can help practitioners render immediate, on-the-spot diagnoses or treatment suggestions, rather than patients having to transfer to different facilities for second opinions or consults.

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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

Health Populi

Cybersecurity and privacy of personal health information will be top-of-mind, as well, along with issues of the larger healthcare microeconomy and health policy issues such as telehealth reform and mental health payment parity, techquity and connectivity access, among others.

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Re-Imagining Healthcare – a Lesson from Von Clausewitz in the Fog of War

Health Populi

I summarize the lessons learned from Governor Leavitt, along with insights from Tan Le, Dr. Andrew Chacko, and Dr. Donald Rucker in this third of my three posts served up on the Medecision blog site here.

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

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: When PatientsLikeMe was acquired by UnitedHealthcare earlier this year, my friends-in-health-tech Susannah Fox, Lisa Suennen and I wrote a response to the acquisition and situation on each of our blogs, and on Medium. Here’s the link to our post here on Health Populi, from July 1, 2019.

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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

Get a cup of coffee and sit back, because this is a long one – not the usual short and sweet entry that each of us endeavors to craft on our respective blogs. Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is a health economist focused on the patient’s challenges as payer and consumer – with the promise of morphing into a health citizen.

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A Portrait of the Health Consumer as Confused, Cost-Challenged, and Out of Control

Health Populi

I wrote “What If Marie Kondo Reorganized Health Care in the U.S.” ” here in Health Populi after reflecting on the useful advice she gave me for downsizing my own home. health policy circles. ’ Today, e-business is just stuff done via ecommerce or online or via cloud computing….just