Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020. This is where testing and learning become a key part of adoption and ultimately the maturity of digital health,” said Kaveh Safavi, M.D., Use of mobile apps to track personal health activity fell from nearly 1 in 2 consumers to 1 in 3.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of the surprise bills were for charges associated with a physician’s service or lab test. adults 18 and over in August 2018. Most surprise charges were not due to the service being excluded from a health plans provider network. The poll was conducted among 1,002 U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

And maintaining good mental health and staying on-track with health goals come close to managing uncovered costs, Oliver Wyman’s 2018 consumer survey learned. But this time around, polling health-insured consumers in July 2018, Oliver Wyman perceives a change in consumers’ “willingness to try new kinds of health services.”

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

I’m blogging live while attending HXD 2018 in Cambridge, MA, the health/care design conference convened by Mad*Pow, 26th and 27th June 2018. Amy, Founder and Chief Experience Office of Mad*Pow, kicked off the conference with context-setting and inspiration. Today was Day 1 and I want to recap my learnings and share with you.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

Hy-Vee grocery pharmacy announced test-to-treat services for consumers shown positive for COVID-19 with the therapy Paxlovid to be delivered across the store’s eight-state footprint. billion in 2018. hot dog deal as well as its pharmacy, but for other consumer experiences as well…like value-priced gas.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

However, among patients that lived in low-income neighborhoods, “large concerning” high-acuity emergency department visits and inpatient hospital days significantly increased. The study was published in the January 2018 issue of Diabetes Care , the journal of the American Diabetes Association.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Kroger testing autonomous vehicle delivery. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Retail Tomorrow will be convening stakeholders in Toronto on 2nd-5th October 2018 collaborating with Google Sidewalk Labs, working in partnership to re-develop the city’s waterfront in Smart Cities mode. Small format stores accounting for $1 trillion in business.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept. These trends began to take hold in the U.S. Expanding value-based care, nationally. Geisinger plans to open more clinics for primary care, senior care, and convenient/retail care.

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2022

While several types of claims can be made for digital health innovations — such as patient engagement, economic benefits, or clinical impact on a patient’s health or well-being — only a small population of about 20% of the developments had rigorously tested solutions.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2018

Health Forum, held at the Lansdowne Resort on 7-8 May 2018. Onduo is focused on helping people with diabetes better manage daily living, from food choices and glucose testing to accessing care through coaches. analytics and artificial intelligence), and media which provides both content and platforms for conversations and support.

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Relias

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By the time they are seen, the visit might last for only a few minutes, and it may only be focused on taking her blood pressure, measuring her abdomen, and listening to the fetal heart rate, with very little communication between the midwife and the patient.” No compelling reason to return. Factors driving negative U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2022

OMRON’s HeartGuide earned FDA clearance for its blood pressure monitor worn on the consumer’s wrist, featured here in Health Populi in 2018. Withings expanded remote patient monitoring earlier in 2022, and began to collaborate on clinical trial data connections between consumers and researchers.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

In some ways the UHG/PLM deal is a bit of a Rorschach test for those intersecting with the health care field, be they providers, payers, researchers, or patients; one’s view of this deal is intrinsically intertwined with the pre-existing perceptions of the observer. A 2018 national survey found that 39% of U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This year’s Temkin Experience Index ranked health insurance among the lowest consumer-facing experiences, and Interbrands’ released their 2018 Best Global Brands report this week — which names only a couple of health-focused companies.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

We know that a top issue driving American voters to the 2018 mid-term polls was health care, in at least two dimensions: direct costs to the voters (as patients and taxpayers); and, personal and collective concerns about losing coverage due to pre-existing conditions.

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