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Employers Take on Health Activism, Embracing Behavioral Health, Virtual Care, AI, and Transparency

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employers are growing activist roles as stakeholders in the healthcare system, according to the 2019 Large Employers Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH). One of the most concerning rising cost components in medical trend come from the pharmaceutical supply chain.

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The Post-COVID 19 Health Consumer: Ready for DIY Health Care and More Open to Telehealth

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The COVID-19 pandemic has re-shaped consumers for work, school, fitness, cooking, and certainly for health care. In addition, the research also surveyed 153 provider executives, 124 pharmaceutical execs, and 128 health plan executives. PwC’s HRI team polled 10,003 U.S.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

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The new era of virtual care has begun and is here to stay, Accenture expects in its latest look at How COVID-19 will permanently alter patient behavior , a patient survey conducted in May 2020. 45% in pharmaceutical companies, and 44% in large retail pharmacy chains. and the U.S.

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“Seeing Is Not Believing:” Consumers Concerned About the Accuracy of Online Health Information

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patient organizations, online patient forums, and pharmaceutical companies? consumers believe that health-related information on the internet is as reliable as information from medical professionals. adults’ use of online search for health information, along with perspectives on the U.S. But social media influencers.

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Technology Is Playing a Growing Role in Wellness and Healthy Aging – AARP’s Latest Look Into the 50+ Tech Consumer

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[Spoiler alert: in the Hot Points, below, I add a fifth consideration: health equity + dignity]. To gauge older Americans’ views on technology, privacy and trust, AARP conducted an online survey among 3,229 U.S. adults ages 18 and over in September and October 2023.

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The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

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As these latter technologies developed and generated lots of digital data, researchers, clinicians, and third parties have mashed up the information for wellness and medical and other reasons that have had nothing to do with the context of health/care. A new Ipsos survey of U.S.

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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

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The key findings in the survey of 136 health care executives were that: Digital health tools are a priority for half of the health system leaders. Even trust with pharmaceutical companies increased that year. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The HIMSS-CCM research focused on “digital patient experience.”