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Partnering Up in the Health Care Ecosystem to Drive Transformation – for Organizations and Health Consumers Alike

Health Populi

And that data will be generated from many sources, frequently siloed and decentralized which can prevent aggregation, mash-up, and analysis. In particular, the volume of health data from wearables, implantables, and other decentralized technologies is growing by 48% annually, according to a recent report from the Swiss Re Institute.

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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: PwC summarizes the “heart of the matter” at the front of the report: that the cost of treating patients is on the rise. More patients are coming back to health care, abandoning their personal health mitigation strategy of “medical distancing.” That’s history.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

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health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act. ” Small increases in cost-sharing can result in people cutting back death-preventing medicines.

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A Public Health Wake-Up Call: Reading Between the Lines in IQVIA’s 2023 Use of Medicines Report

Health Populi

health care: “Wake up, public health!” ” I’ve pulled out a few of the data points that speak to me about population health, prevention and early diagnosis (or lack thereof), and alarm bells on women’s health — notably, young women and girls.

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Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

Health Populi

This challenge covers hospital-acquired conditions and adverse events, clinician-related inefficiency, and lack of adoption of preventive care practices like administering vaccines and addressing obesity and hypertension. health care. That’s the Holy Grail and vision in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen.

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Spending on Medicines In and Post-COVID Say a Lot About Patients and Larger Healthcare Trends – an IQVIA Update

Health Populi

Population-level mental health addressing depression/anxiety, stress, and substance use/dependency will be in demand. Greater rates of chronic disease can be expected due to the pandemic era of postponing care or avoiding self-care and prevention, in particular obesity, type-2 diabetes, and heart disease, among other impacts.