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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study. The post What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor?

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Urgency-driven innovation in healthcare

Healthcare It News

” “Transformation was slower than many would have liked,” agreed Ryan Hodgin, CTO, Global Healthcare and Life Sciences, IBM. The classic example is the explosion in telemedicine, which was advanced by the need for remote care during lockdown. Patients, doctors like telehealth. References. Bestsennyy, O.,

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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as peoples’ daily lives shifted closer and closer to home, and for some weeks and months home-all-the-time, health care, too, moved beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and doctors’ offices. In 2019, J.D. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services.

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The Growing Pet Economy – What It Means for Human Health, Well-Being, and Healthcare Costs

Health Populi

Now consider Walmart’s announcement this week that the company would offer pet telehealth collaborating with Pawp, a veterinary telemedicine provider, in an effort to expand its value-bundle of omni-channel things consumers appreciate — competitively positioning it against Amazon Prime subscription.

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Tencent-Backed Wedoctor Is Going Public: What Are the Next Steps for Chinese Digital Health Companies?

Health Advances

Big Chinese players including Ping An Good Doctor and JD Health successfully went public in recent years, raising billions of dollars from the public market. Ping An Good Doctor , on the other hand, has grown into a strong telemedicine / internet hospital platform. China alone accounted for $5B USD or 80% of all APAC funding.

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Health Populi

.” I was particularly keen to dig into this study based on its sponsoring organization: JLL is a real estate services company serving over a dozen vertical markets — including health care, life sciences, senior housing, and retail, among other industry sectors.

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Pharma’s Future Relevance Depends on Empathy, Messaging, Partnering, and Supporting Patients and Providers

Health Populi

This new work-flow for clinicians led to fast-adoption of virtual care platforms – telemedicine, tele-conferencing with patients via apps like Zoom and Skype along with commercially-built telehealth channels, and the prescription and use of remote health monitoring devices placed in patients’ homes.