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What Walmart’s Look at Ozempic Users Tells Us About Health/Care Consumers

Health Populi

We definitely do see a slight change compared to the total population, we do see a slight pullback in overall basket,” the CEO of Walmart US is quoted in Bloomberg. We know that health, overall, is made where we live, work, play, pray, learn…and shop. “Just less units, slightly less calories.”

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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

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Susannah has fashioned this history and these powerful stories into what she terms is a “field guide to the patient-led revolution in medical care:” Rebel Health. If you can get to see her in person, what a treat you have in store. I often eat dessert first, and in this book the 2.5

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Telehealth helps stop suicidal ideation for many patients, study finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This is noteworthy because telehealth has not traditionally been equipped to treat those with the most severe symptoms of mental health due to the oversight necessary to actually provide safe, effective treatment, said Dr. Mimi Winsberg, chief medical officer at Brightside Health, which led the study. What kind of care did they receive?

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Attendees report in on 'next chapter in virtual care' at ATA conference

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Equally crucial is the thoughtful delivery of telemedicine, treating it with the same consideration as in-person appointments," Bury added. "We must offer patients diverse modalities of care, meet them where they are, and empower them to choose their preferred methods.

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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

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Since 2019, we can see the hockey-stick increase in the price of specialty drugs fast-growing. What NPR coined as a 20-year $200 bn monopoly for AbbVie could quickly bottom out. We’ve reached a new phase in health care in the U.S., Take prescription drugs pushing medical trend upward. for 2024 medical trend.

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Health is Everywhere, and Telehealth Is Health – And It’s Personal

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If health is nurtured and made where we live, work, play pray, learn, and shop, the healthcare should be everywhere. We are in the middle of Telehealth Awareness Week , an advocacy program launched by the ATA (American Telemedicine Association) whose mission I share — that #TelehealthIsHealth. Ten years later (ten years!),

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Depression doesn't look alike for everyone – so why should the treatments for it?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"I've always been perplexed at how we are supposed to treat all these manifestations with the same treatment," said Dr. Hans Eriksson, chief clinical development officer at HMNC Brain Health, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. "But we believe that it can be done in many cases."