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

Health Populi

“For patients and their employers, the increases have meant higher health-insurance premiums, as well as limiting wage hikes,” Melanie Evans explained. This chart from WSJ’s reporting illustrates the >2x change in the CPI for hospitals vs the overall rate of price increases.

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TikTok Reveals Consumers Want Engaging Healthcare Content

HIT Consultant

John Vivoda, Senior Director of Patient Strategy at Wolters Kluwer Health, Technology has drastically changed the way we consume information in our daily lives. Historically, a lack of patient empowerment has been a struggle in healthcare. That goes for healthcare information, too. According to the U.S.

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Riding the digital wave through COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Layla McCay As the first wave of infections arrived, we saw near-instant digital innovation that might otherwise have taken years: the rapid roll-out of remote working platforms, shared care record projects, electronic patient record configurations, and virtual clinics and consultations.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enhancing the patient experience with technology. This month, our coverage will continue a special focus on the patient experience. We'll talk to the thought leaders and first-movers reimagining the how and where of patient-friendly tech, and report on ways to activate, if not delight, the people they treat. Collection.

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The Evolution of Self-Care for Consumers – Learning and Sharing at CHPA

Health Populi

But the value that little pill brings to a person-patient-consumer-payor is much greater than a nickel. If you follow the Vagisil brand and others in the Combe portfolio, you will see the company’s support of women’s health, engagement and empowerment. Doing so would cause us to pay a lot more for it than we do today.”.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. Bardy Diagnostics.

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Three More Signposts on the Road to Retail Health – Weight Loss Drugs, OTC Birth Control and Fashion-Meets-the-Flu

Health Populi

Thus, GoodRx put together this table comparing several weight loss drugs, from the most mature to the new-new things, as interested patients wearing healthcare payor hats need to understand the differences across the various choices — from dosage form to pricing. who started with the question, “What does Mucinex do?”

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