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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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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

I’ve recently had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time as a patient, and from my perspective, the patient experience is often sadly lacking. Losing Touch In far too many provider-patient encounters, the art of communication is lost, seemingly forgotten in the rush of things to do.

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

Health Populi

There’s a gap between the supply of digital health tools that hospitals and health systems offer patients, and what patients-as-consumers need for overall health and wellbeing. This chasm is illustrated in The future of the digital patient experience , the latest report from HIMSS and the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM).

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

The new era of virtual care has begun and is here to stay, Accenture expects in its latest look at How COVID-19 will permanently alter patient behavior , a patient survey conducted in May 2020. Accenture polled 2,700 patients around the world, 450 participants each from China, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K.,

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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. I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador.

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Consumers’ Growing Use of Portals and Apps: People Embracing Their Patient Journeys

Health Populi

As of 2022, three in four consumers were offered online access to their medical records by a health care provider or health insurance plan, and well over one-half accessed their medical record or portal — growing by 50% over the two years, 2020 to 2022 (from 38% to 57%).

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Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO)

Health Populi

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Together, the two reports from J.D. With more digital contact as well, J.D.