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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

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What enables those deflating cost-reducers is the growing adoption of digital health tools, from telehealth and virtual care to self-care in patients’ hands at home and on-the-go via mobile health apps. As we ponder health care utilization and medical spending in 2022, the wild cards that could increase PwC’s 6.5%

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Consumers’ Health Concerns Grow in the Pandemic Across All Categories – And More Trust Virtual Care

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Family and friends dropped from 5th place to seventh, product labels fell from 7th to 8th place in trust, and Fitness trainers or coaches declined from 8th place to 10th — perhaps a sign that we were less dependent on the traditional in-person fitness trainer in the physically-distanced pandemic compared with our 2020 normal exercise routines.

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In the Pandemic, We’re All About Food

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consumers’ food habits in the organization’s annual 2020 Food & Health Survey , the fifteenth year of the study. Furthermore, two-thirds of people using that digital health tool said the device led to healthy changes in their life. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S.

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Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association

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Beyond health, the report also addresses a landscape of sectors, including retail and eCommerce, fitness, commuting (for work), and travel, along with various lifestyle areas. CTA conducted a survey among 2,000 U.S. Telehealth, too, is embraced by 3 in 5 people for both physical and mental health services.

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For Health Consumers, Trust, Privacy, & Good Experience Must Be Baked Into Digital Health Care

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In Accenture’s words, “COVID-19 forced a surge” in virtual health care following a stalling of consumers’ adoption of digital health in late 2019: by December 2019, 35% of consumers had been using mobile health apps on phones and tablets, down from 48% in 2018; and 18% of consumers int he U.S.

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A Breakthrough, Sobering Report on Teens and Young Adults, Digital Health and Social Media Use: Implications for Mental Health

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The study is based on a survey of over 1,300 U.S. As I write up my read on the survey results, I will use the acronym “TYAs” alternating with the phrase “young adults,” to refer to the cohort of 14-22 year old’s surveyed in this study. adults, found in other studies.

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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?

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Instead, attending to health and wellbeing, staying true to an exercise regime, maintaining good nutrition, and managing stress top U.S. And maintaining good mental health and staying on-track with health goals come close to managing uncovered costs, Oliver Wyman’s 2018 consumer survey learned.