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Will Trade Data for (Cheaper) Health Care – USC’s View of the Future

Health Populi

One-third of Americans would opt into using a personal monitoring system 24/7 by an insurance company or health care provider in exchange for lower-cost insurance. 1 in 4 people would work with an artificial intelligence (AI) technology for lower health care costs.

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Add Behavioral Data to Social Determinants For Better Patient Understanding

Health Populi

Alphabet (Google) company Verily is looking to drive down health insurance costs through the savvy use of data. Surely, Google can wrangle SBDoH data in a health insurance model for uninsured people, right?

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When Buying a Pair of Jeans Competes With Filling a Prescription at CVS in Target

Health Populi

InStyle magazine featured Macy’s news, saying that the line, “is unique because it includes easy-to-wear items like tops, pants, cardigans, and dresses that are aimed at both Muslim and non-Muslim women.” Oh, and health insurance, too, before there was the Affordable Care Act.

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The Patient As the Payer: Self-Pay, Bad Debt, and the Erosion of Hospital Finances

Jane Sarashon

The bottom line in this analysis is that, “the increased number of high0-dedutbiel health plans…has changed the makeup of what it means to have health insurance coverage,” Crowe explains. ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Another interesting study was published this month from AKASA on what U.S.

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Universal Health Care and Financial Inclusion – Not Mutually Exclusive

Health Populi

Two weeks in a row, The Economist , the news magazine headquartered in London, included two special reports stapled into the middle of the magazines. Universal health care was covered in a section on 28 April 2018, and coverage on financial inclusion was bundled into the 5th May edition.

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To Avert a GLP-1 Cost Tsunami, Add Lifestyle Interventions: Learning from Virta Health

Health Populi

” That quote is shown here with two magazine covers that punctuate the point Dr. Frank is making. [An Paul Frank was quoted, saying that, “Other than Viagra and Botox, I’ve seen no other medications so quickly become part of the modern culture’s social vernacular.”

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ChatGPT And Healthcare Privacy Risks

Healthcare Law Blog

With these changes, the growing publicity surrounding ChatGPT, and the expected growth of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry, entities and individuals in the healthcare industry will need to carefully consider and evaluate their use of ChatGPT to ensure their compliance with applicable privacy laws.

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