Health Policy, Patient Experience, Primary Care and Survey

Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2022

Thus, millions of Americans continue to lack access to primary care compared with peers in other nations, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. The 2022 Fund report, P rimary Care in High-Income Countries: How the U.S. have a PCP relationship, compared with 71% of health citizens in Germany and the Netherlands.

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Most Virtual Care Consumers, Satisfied With Visits in the COVID Era, Expect It for Future Care

Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

Three months into the COVID-19 crisis, how have patients felt about these telehealth visits? In Patient Perspectives on Virtual Care , Kyruus answers this question based on an online survey of 1,000 patients 18 years of age and older, conducted in May 2020.

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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The survey informing the report was conducted between August 2 and September 7, 2021, among 3,616 adults 18 and older (in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Vietnamese based on consumers’ language preferences). That’s the supply side of HLTH.

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Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2019

Spending on medical care costs crowded out other household spending for millions of Americans in 2018, based on The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis , a survey from West Health and Gallup. Americans seem to have a sense of civic duty for healthcare costs considering the survey found that 19% of people were satisfied with the U.S.

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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

Among people 50 and over, the doctor’s visit for routine care is the top reason for using virtual care, among 2 in 3 older people. That’s an important behavior change to take into future planning for primary care services targeted to older peoples’ chronic care management and remote health monitoring.

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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels. A survey of Surescripts users found an 8% increase in the use of electronic prescriptions for specialty medications in the first five months of 2022 compared to 2021. Partnerships.

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Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Mental and behavioral health. Specialty care.

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

Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study. consumers and 277 Castle Connolly health care professionals.

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

would use virtual care to receive medical services in the future, J.D. Power found in their Study which was conducted among 4,306 health care consumers who had used a telehealth service in the 12 months preceding June and July 2022 when the survey was fielded. “Patients really like telehealth,” J.D.

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Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The pharmacy is all these things, and increasingly digital-first, we learn in The Rx Report: A new day in retail pharmacy , a consumer survey from CVS Health. CVS Health, one of the two largest pharmacies operating in the U.S. in 2021 along with Walgreens, worked with Morning Consult to poll 2,210 U.S.

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

Power,” your mind probably imagines reviews of automotive performance, retail shopping experiences, or perhaps even health insurance plan customer service. Expanding its report-card role in the health ecosystem. health care system.

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Self-Care is Healthcare for Everyday People

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Self-care is a growing part of the larger health ecosystem, and trust me: health plans, hospitals, pharma, and clinicians are all sorting this out and the implications for their industry segments as consumers/patients are already on their self-care journeys. As for that “A”-word?

Medicare

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

In fact, a survey conducted by Pearl found that 71% of patients are more likely to trust their dentist’s diagnosis when their dentist is aided by AI software. This technology not only allows for more accurate diagnosis, but it also enables patients to better visualize what their providers are trying to communicate.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

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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

JULY 1, 2019

And it has become increasingly clear that people/consumers/patients are generally interested in sharing information that would help others and/or help themselves. A 2018 national survey found that 39% of U.S. It is impossible to paint them with a one-color brush.

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Hospitals Suffer Decline in Consumer Satisfaction

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

ACSI noted in the report that the health plans are transforming as health/care companies, pointing to Humana’s investment in pharmacy and primary care underpinned by technologies and a relationship with Microsoft for digital transformation.

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CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Just before CVS announced its plans to bring Aetna into its corporate fold, CVS published the results of a consumer survey , conducted in October 2017, about the state of U.S. As Adam told the New York Times this week , “These are going to be mammoth organizations.”. healthcare.

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Nurses Continue to Rule in Honesty and Ethics in U.S. Professions – Healthcare Professions Still Top Gallup’s Annual Poll

Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2022

While there was an 8-point gap between Republicans and Democrats for honesty/ethics for military officers in this year’s survey, the ethics-perception drop among GOP voters over one year was much greater than for Dems. Respect for military officers also showed a significant drop among Republican voters.

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Connected Health Pulse

Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Most Virtual Care Consumers, Satisfied With Visits in the COVID Era, Expect It for Future Care

Trending Sources

Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

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

Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Consumers’ Trust In Pharmacists As Providers Grows Along with Omnichannel Health Care

Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Self-Care is Healthcare for Everyday People

Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

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

Hospitals Suffer Decline in Consumer Satisfaction

CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

Nurses Continue to Rule in Honesty and Ethics in U.S. Professions – Healthcare Professions Still Top Gallup’s Annual Poll

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