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Health@Retail Update: Kroger and Hy-Vee Morph Grocery into Health, Walmart’s Health Center, CVS/housing and More

Health Populi

As patients continue take on financial risk for paying for health care, now as medical bill payers and health consumers, these are the UX-designed experiences for health care people want to frequent (when they choose to access health care services).

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Survey: U.S. Health System Leaders Embracing Remote & Virtual Care

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“Commonly even those health systems that do receive reimbursement for virtual care and/or telehealth report the rate is much lower than what they would receive for inpatient services or primary care visits ,” the report authors note. Yet, most of the executives choose to pursue the delivery of these services nonetheless.

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Why CES 2022 Will Be Keynoted by a Health Care Executive

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This news is a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives.

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“Apple announces effortless solution bringing health records to iPhone”

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mHealth Insights. At scale Apple should start supporting the training of Medics so that they can help the Patients and Carers who they have now empowered with information ( plenty of tips about that in the mHealth for Healthcare Professionals course that I developed for the Healthcare Informatics Society ).

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

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In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. increased by a relatively low 6.0% This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022.

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

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Focus on Workforce Development According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States will see a shortage of between 46,900 and 121,900 physicians by 2032, including both primary care doctors and specialists. Doctors rarely aware of online feedback from patients. by HIMSS TV June 12, 2019.

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The Persistent Rural/Urban Broadband Gap Is Bad for Health

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In the U.S., rural residents’ access to broadband at home continues to lag behind urban and suburban dwellers, the Pew Research Group noted in a May 2019 research note on Americans’ use of technology.