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Inflation, Health, and the American Consumer – “The Devil Wears Kirkland”

Health Populi

Hospitals are not alone in price cliffs, with health insurance premiums spiking last year at the fastest rate in a decade, the Labor Statistics data showed. “For patients and their employers, the increases have meant higher health-insurance premiums, as well as limiting wage hikes,” Melanie Evans explained.

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. I wanted a robust career in healthcare management, but it just so happened that my career got disrupted…twice,” she recounted.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal, Day 2 – Letters “F” through “J”

Health Populi

Welcome to Day 2 of my #COVID19 holiday break, welcome to my ABCovid Journal , letters “F” through “J. Click the link to back-track and catch up with us… I should explain why I’m sharing this project in the Health Populi blog this week. health citizens into hygiene shoppers.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

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health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Address social determinants of health.

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“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

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Goolsbee and Jason Furman, former Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tag-teamed the U.S. As Uwe Reinhardt, health economist guru , is whispering in my ear from his heavenly perch, “It’s the virus, stupid.” Americans share caution looking at the national economy for the next year.

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Challenging Innovators to Design for Older Adults: 2014 -2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In 2014, AARP’s Health Innovation @50+ sponsored a report, Challenging Innovators: Matching Offerings to the Needs of Older Adults. This was exactly a decade prior to this year’s What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit. Or reading the wrong tea leaves or basing a product on personal experience (“My grandmother fell down.”)

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2020 rings in new decade at Penn Medicine, closes chapter of big change

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There has been a remarkable amount of change, growth, and learning that has occurred both within my organization and in myself during this time. Through these contributions and collaborations, my organization has changed in ways we never dreamed of at the beginning of this past decade.