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The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated Our Demand for Wellness – Learning from Ogilvy

Health Populi

In The Wellness Gap , the health and wellness team at Ogilvy explores the mindsets of consumers in 14 countries to learn peoples’ perspectives on wellness brands and how COVID-19 has impacted consumers’ priorities. ” The COVID-19 crisis exacerbated consumers’ financial stress: in the U.S.,

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Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Health Populi

In the Age of COVID, over 90,000 new health apps were released, as the supply of digital therapeutics and wearables grew in 2020. The second graphic, titled Exhibit 1 from the report, illustrates the patient journey during COVID-19 and the digital tools supporting people at different points in that journey.

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To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Although the digital divide existed long before 2020, the shift to virtual work, school and healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic deepened the issue even further and exposed just how vulnerable millions of Americans are when it comes to connectivity and digital access. This stark inequity is known as the digital divide.

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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

As the first line chart illustrates, the peak of medical trend in the last 18 years was in 2007 when the U.S. Here’s a link to PwC’s 2007 study looking behind the numbers, noting that the 11.9% saw double-digit cost growth of nearly 12%. We’ve reached a new phase in health care in the U.S.,

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Physicians Beware! Groups Providing DME, Prosthetic Devices, and Other Medical Supplies to Their Medicare Patients Risk Violating the Strict Liability Stark Law Since the Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Health Law Advisor

During the COVID-19 PHE, CMS issued temporary waivers, including a waiver of the “location requirement” of the In-Office Ancillary Services (“IOAS”) exception. 3] As indicated above, the temporary waiver that allowed mailing or home delivery of DME during the COVID-19 PHE expired May 11, 2023 and is no longer available.

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Analysis: Seeking Balance in the Hyperactive Mental Health Tech Market

HIT Consultant

While Covid-19 initially exacerbated difficulties in access, the swift public emergency declarations that led to the easing of regulations proved a catalyzer for remote models that had previously struggled to gain adoption. With increased competition, companies in the space are eyeing FDA approval as a key point of differentiation.

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In 2024 U.S. Consumers Will Mash Financial Resolutions With Those For Physical Health and Mental Health, Fidelity Finds

Jane Sarashon

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Here in Health Populi since launching in 2007, we’ve tracked the growth of patients-as-consumers’ financial wellness as part of overall health. That’s due to one-third of people expecting to have significantly less money due to feeling the pinch of higher costs-of-living.