Tue.Aug 18, 2020

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The Latest Health Technology Vision and Consumer Behavior Insights From Accenture

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic hastened digital transformation for both the health care industry and for individuals — as health consumers, patients, caregivers, and health citizens. Two new reports from Accenture update our understanding of the changed health consumer in the context of both “home: and the health care ecosystem. These reports are Accenture’s annual Digital Health Technology Vision 202 0 , and an analysis of the firm’s Wave 7 of consumer research, answering the que

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NIMBYism? We’ll take that hospice, thanks!

Healthy Debate

Recently, I was dismayed to read an article about plans for a hospice in North York being challenged by some local residents. In the article, the residents claim “in venomous terms” that “they should build it some other place, and not in our place.” These objections led to a local planning review panel.

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Benefits Brokers: Are Your Clients Paying for Inappropriate Care?

Healthcare Highways

THREE QUESTIONS TO SLASH HEALTH BENEFIT COSTS. If your clients are like 93% 1 of employers, affordable and cost-saving health benefits are important to them. On average, about a quarter, or $760 billion of US healthcare spend is wasteful or inappropriate. 2.