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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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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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Real-Time Versus Store-and-Forward Telehealth Technology

AMD Telemedicine

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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And the Oscar Goes To….Power to the Patients!

Health Populi

When I say “Oscar” here on the Health Populi blog, you’re conjuring up an image of the health plan insurance innovator founded in 2012. And this year’s Oscar winner for leading actor, Anthony Hopkins, played The Father, who with his family is dealing with dementia.

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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

Here is a snippet of how I explained the Accenture research here in Health Populi when it was published: “Making healthcare more human begins with a step in the patient’s shoes,” Rich Birhanzel wrote in Accenture’s Humanizing Healthcare blog in July 2021.

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Value Comes to Healthcare: But Whose Value Is It?

Health Populi

Three reports published in the past few weeks give us some useful perspective on that question, woven together in today’s Health Populi blog. Let’s start with the Philips Future Health Index , which assesses value to 16 national health systems through three lenses: access, satisfaction, and efficiency.

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Navigating Healthcare Industry Challenges: Privacy, Access, & Patient Satisfaction

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Ongoing collaboration and innovation are necessary to overcome the challenges in the health industry and ensure that patients have access to the care they need. Patient Experience In the US healthcare system, providing high-quality patient care is a top priority for healthcare leaders. Health Equality In the U.S.,