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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

.” Incredible Health’s 2023 State of US Nursing Report found that 80% of nurses plan to remain in the healthcare industry until retirement – though an even greater number, 84%, worry that the industry isn’t doing enough to address poor pay, understaffing, and burnout.

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Sicker Consumers Are More Willing to Share Health Data

Health Populi

People dealing with chronic conditions are keener to share personally-generated data than people that don’t have a chronic disease, Deloitte’s 2018 Survey of U.S> Specifically, 50% of health consumers search to see their providers are in-network, to avoid surprise medical bills. Deloitte surveyed 4,530 U.S.

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Flurry of AI, Partnerships, and New Features Announced at Epic UGM

Healthcare IT Today

Explaining Medical Bills. An AI-powered chatbot will be available in the future through Epic’s Hello World platform that will help explain complex medical bills to patients. Early response has been positive with some patients commenting how the generated responses are more empathetic than prior communications.

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The Patient As the Payer: Self-Pay, Bad Debt, and the Erosion of Hospital Finances

Health Populi

In the YouGov survey, most patients said they would be willing to pay more for quality of care, and nearly one-half would pay more for choosing the medical team for their care. Dr. Pearl’s perfect storm of 3 mega forces include, Healthcare inflation, expecting medical costs to grow by double-digits in 2023.

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How the Coronavirus is Reshaping Consumer Trust – The Edelman Trust Barometer Lens and Health Impacts

Health Populi

Edelman conducted survey research in twelve nations to gather insights on trust and global consumers; these were Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, the UK, and the U.S. .” These findings have special implications for health and health care. But the situation still gets worse.

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Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Nearly half (46%) of providers already have or plan to deploy large language models in their call centers , according to a survey from Hyro. According to an AdvancedMD survey of providers, 84% of patients are reporting stress levels that are higher today than they were in 2020. Value-based care platform Privia Health named David S.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

One culprit is staffing in post-acute care – 87% of nursing homes report moderate to high staffing shortages. consumers rate medical billing as challenging to understand , according to a recent survey from HealthLock. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.