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Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Risk management vendor Censinet, KLAS Research, the AHA, and others are launching Wave 3 of The Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study.

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Will Trade Data for (Cheaper) Health Care – USC’s View of the Future

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As such, American health consumers are wrestling with sticker shock from surgical procedures, surprise medical bills weeks after leaving the hospital, and the cost of prescription drugs — whether six-figure oncology therapies or essential medicines like insulin and EpiPens. Patients are now front-line payors in the U.S.

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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

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. In this week’s edition, one story is, let’s just say, a little foolish.

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Most Workers and their Employers Want to Receive Digital Healthcare On-Demand

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Mercer’s study was global, analyzing companies and their employees in both mature and growth economies around the world. Four in ten consumers would also welcome wearable tech for medical and fitness, telemedicine for chronic conditions, AI-baked personalized treatment, and virtual mental health counseling.

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As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

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Thus, the main takeaway from the study, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman noted, is that rising health care costs absolutely remain a burden for employers — but a bigger problem for workers in America. Three in four large firms covers telemedicine in 2018, KFF found. in the same period. Given that wages in the U.S.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

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are living omnichannel lives : whether in retail via ecommerce, buying online and picking up in store, or banking online, or studying for college degrees via Coursera, people live, work, play, pray, and learn offline and on-, in real-time and asynchronously. In fact, most people living and working in the U.S.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

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Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics]. Mark Fendrick, and has an active and innovative advisory board. Some of the most important areas of the Center’s impact include initiatives addressing low-value care, waste in U.S.