Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

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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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

It is not about remote patient monitoring or adopting electronic health records or tools to help patients view their charts. We’ve seen that the patient experience, cost control and human capital considerations all improve with real-time connectivity.

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Mend

JULY 19, 2022

According to the same statistics, approximately one in five American households has “bad medical debt.” These numbers are concerning, as they indicate that many Americans are struggling to keep up with their medical bills. How Many Healthcare Organizations Still Rely on Paper Bills.

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NiftyHMS

MAY 11, 2023

From scheduling appointments, tracking patient records, managing billing and payments, to providing automated reminders for regular checkups these software solutions offer a range of features that can improve patient care and efficiency. Month – *Source from Capterra.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Historically, many practices operated primarily with paper and spreadsheets to track patient bills and capture payments. Patient payment tools have evolved over the years and now offer an improved user experience. Improves the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They must also think carefully about what it takes to deliver an outstanding patient experience—including digitally—in a post-COVID world, where consumers expect digital access and support at each stage of their care journey. But finding the right approach is key.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

And they have helped people co-create health outcomes as quantified in the cancer care experience slide shown here. Individuals and their families are overwhelmed with the information, tasks, steep medical bills and the ‘unknown’ that cancer brings and are trying to manage everything with limited to no support.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

What drives people to engage on their patient journeys has a lot more to do with practical matters of care like convenience, cost, and bedside manner, Deloitte says, than what the firm terms “bells and whistles. Specifically, 50% of health consumers search to see their providers are in-network, to avoid surprise medical bills.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Take Care Clinic concept into a service with private clinic rooms enabling consumers to meet with pharmacists to discuss prescription drugs, digital health tools (which Walgreens customers can score points from using via the Balance Rewards program), Becker’s reports from a Business Insider story.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Was this due to the growing experience and reporting of surprise medical bills? The media coverage of hospitals suing patients for late payments? health care. Out-of-network costs?

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. As consumers, people have great expectations from the organizations on the supply side of health care — providers (hospitals and doctors), health insurance plans, pharma and medical device companies.

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Mend

OCTOBER 18, 2022

While many industries have already gone digital, healthcare is still catching up when it comes to billing. Paper mail still leads for medical bills. Fifty-one percent of patients receiving a billing statement via the mail in 2021. Patient clicks the secure link, verifying their identity with their DOB.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Most patients have experienced frustrations – in the designer’s parlance, “friction” – when seeking routine care as well as during a routine medical appointment. Clearly, patients’ experiences as consumers of healthcare lack the service levels they expect as payors based on this MITRE-Harris Poll.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

When selecting patient-facing digital tools, health systems should evaluate platforms on their ability to engage all patient populations. And, as we’ve seen with the diagnostic tools coming online across the medical landscape, AI brings ancillary benefits that extend beyond their fundamental clinical utility.

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Mend

JUNE 8, 2022

Staff and patients must complete several tasks before a medical encounter. In the past, patients had to complete some of these steps by telephone or in a doctor’s waiting room. The standard tools were archaic: a clipboard, a pen, and dozens of often repetitive paper forms. This improves workflows and patient experience.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

Now consider what happens when consumers (the noun chosen by the authors of the second paper I’m adding to the mix) access data, information and tools for self-management in health care. Karandeep Singh of the University of Michigan (GO BLUE!

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This change is occurring as the result of clinical innovations, patient preferences, financial incentives, electronic health records, telemedicine, and an increased focus on improving quality of care and clinical outcomes. Some ways to do this are to offer better patient portals, expanded hours, improved access, and clear procedure pricing.

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