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Patients-As-Health Care Payers Define What a Digital Front Door Looks Like

Health Populi

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care.

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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

With the end of the public health emergency, DEA is proposing a rollback on flexibility for remote prescribing. If the DEA’s proposed rules become final, ATA warned in a statement , patients “will fall through the cracks, creating a significant and avoidable public health crisis.”

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Call It Deferring Services or Self-Rationing, U.S. Consumers Are Still Avoiding Medical Care

Health Populi

.” Nearly a decade ago, I cited the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Security Watch of May 2012 here in Health Populi. adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. The first chart here shows that one in four U.S.

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Consumers Expand Their Definition of Well-Being to Include Food-As-Medicine

Health Populi

This is the theme of a new report from the FMI Foundation called The Power of Health and Well-Being in Food Retail. The consumer-as-medical-bill-payor is now looking at foods with health benefits, first and foremost for heart health. One-third of stores in FMI’s survey have in-store retail health clinics.

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Lockdown Economics for U.S. Health Consumers

Health Populi

On the medical spending front, Bankrate’s survey noted that 1 in 3 Americans did not seek healthcare in the past year due to costs. Without assurance that these medical bills would be paid, there are people in the U.S.

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Making Healthcare Accessible: Empowerment This Medicaid Awareness Month

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, and access to healthcare services has become a critical issue for many Americans. Medicaid also covers certain groups of people automatically, such as those receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and some individuals who have high medical bills.

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

Health Populi

Dr. Wallensky and other public health officials acknowledged “vaccine fatigue” and the relatively low uptake of vaccinations for fending off the coronavirus and the flu as well as other infectious diseases. Getting to health equity is a team sport and requires collaboration. healthcare system. BDO found that 3 in 5 U.S.