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Low-income patients face uphill battle when fighting health insurance denials, Umass research finds

Medical Economics

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

In the August 2020 National Poll on Heathy Aging , the University of Michigan research team found a 26% increase in telehealth visits from 2019 to 2020, March to June 2020 year-over-year. In May 2019, 14% of older patients’ health care providers offered telehealth visits, growing to 62% in June 2020 during the pandemic.

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The Expectation Gap Between What Patients Want Vs What They Get

Health Populi

Four in five patients say that talking to “me” means they want personalized recommendations to their unique needs – but only one-third of patients say they’re getting that level of service from their healthcare providers. Satisfaction outweighs loyalty.

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Healthcare Providers’ Consumer Experience Gaps – Learnings from Kaufman Hall’s 2019 Index

Health Populi

The most prevalent convenient access points providers offer are walk-in clinic hours, “save-a-spot” urgent care, and same-day appointments, with online schedule, evening and weekend clinic hours, and online-self scheduling for new patients falling behind.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. This is continued evidence that in 2019 and the near-term future, Amazon continues to “prime” consumers for experience. These facets of consumer experience are bleeding over into peoples’ expectations for health care.

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

Health Populi

In 2019, J.D. Power called telehealth, “the best consumer healthcare experience you’ve never tried.” We must be mindful that hospitals, health systems and physicians quickly stood up and adopted virtual care, especially telemedicine programs, in March and April 2020.

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Telehealth Update from J.D. Power, Amwell, Cigna, GoodRx, and a Trio of Smart Doctors

Health Populi

Safety was the key driver for utilization at a rate of 46% of people using telehealth in 2020, and only 13% in 2019. Amwell also began allying with TytoCare this week, to enable home-based physical exams using med-tech designed for patients’ at-home use. This is the second year that J.D.