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A Surgeon Turns Activist

Sensible Medicine

Jonasson lecture given by Joan Reede MD at the ACS Clinical Congress in 2018. The ACS appointed a Task Force on Racism to “to address the issue of structural racism within the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and within the profession of surgery.” It began with the Olga M.

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador. In 2018, Stacy launched her website, began blogging, and got social media traction when HIMSS appointed her a digital influencer. Why should this be an imperative?

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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

Patient-facing digital tools help patients with fairly basic tasks like making appointments, seeking doctors, and paying bills. The post Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. ” Yet it’s health care costs that rank top in U.S.

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Physicians Practicing in the Age of COVID-19: Lower Incomes, More Telehealth

Health Populi

Because a plethora of patients have postponed seeking medical care from their doctors, 43% of physicians have reduced staff; another 18% expect to do so in the next year, the chart also indicates. Two-thirds of doctors are also concerned about closure of practices due to COVID-19 causing great harm to patients. On the payor front, large U.S.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020. Six in ten people are open to health and wellness services via virtual channels, over half like the idea of remote monitoring linking with at-home devices, and 1 in 2 people would be open to routine appointments through telehealth.

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Time To Travel And Wait In Health Care: The Opportunity For Self-Care At Home

Health Populi

People travel further and wait longer for medical services than for veterinary care (second in this line-up), auto repair, banking, and household services. Sicker people also spend much more time traveling to health care appointments. That would be health care, a report from Altarum notes. Why should that be, in a physical sense?

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Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT

Health Populi

It takes a good nudge from a provider to motivate a patient to access online medical records, found by ONC in their latest research into consumers’ use of EHRs detailed in Individuals’ use of online medical records and technology for health needs , the ONC Data Brief No. 40, published April 2018.