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Feb 18, 2024·BenefitsPro

BuzzRx survey reveals 1/6 employees stay in disliked jobs due to health benefits. Financial sector has highest percentage (22%) retaining unliked jobs, compared to tech sector at 14%. Future health insurance priorities including low premiums (74%), copays, deductibles (70%), broad service coverage (50%), preventive care discounts (50%), and therapy, counselling coverage (38%). Gen Z shows considerable concern regarding future health coverage, with 55% worried. Over 10% of self-employed individuals predict being uninsured by 2024. Gen Z also demonstrated 121% more desire for psychiatric medication support than millennials. Millennials displayed better understanding of insurance system complexities. Both generations show interest in digital health management tools.

Feb 14, 2024·LinkedIn

US healthcare cost leads to unaffordable medical bills, causing major financial distress and bankruptcy. A 2022 study found 66.5% bankruptcies are tied to medical expenses. Despite health insurance, many face unexpected charges, large copays and inadequate coverage. Medical bankruptcy is a serious problem but can be managed with careful health insurance selection, bill review, negotiation, financial assistance, and professional help. Hospital visits can lead to hefty bills, draining savings and leading retired individuals into bankruptcy.

Feb 13, 2024·BeckersHospitalReview

Tampa General Hospital, under Dr. Peter Chang, focuses on patient-engaged transformation and care coordination. The hospital home program uses technology for patient-oriented treatment. Further plans include incorporating more home-based services like urgent care, and AI to expedite diagnosis and care planning. A multidisciplinary approach ensures careful technology adoption, embracing a growth mindset aiming for continued improvement in healthcare.

Feb 10, 2024·LinkedIn

Dave Chase from Health Rosetta promotes a Super Bowl ad demanding healthcare price transparency. Famous musicians rally against healthcare debt, now the main bankruptcy cause. Commenters defend insurance and hospital practices, call for other healthcare sectors' transparency, and acknowledge the need for patients' financial protection. Chase mentions an event and another lawsuit, advocating efficient, patient-centric health plans. He criticizes systems treating patients as mere billing vessels and recommends customizing healthcare approaches. He lauds companies improving their benefits, and acknowledges teams that contribute to successful health plans. The posts initiate discussions about ERISA fiduciary risks and opportunities to reduce them.

Feb 7, 2024·LinkedIn

Bipartisan Congressional Digital Health Caucus launches to inform and engage policymakers on #digitalhealth. Discussion included AI's impact on healthcare, like natural language processing improving machine learning accessibility, AI potential in research and improving administrative inefficiencies, and necessary public-private partnerships. AI seen as potential staff gap filler, not healthcare professional replacement.

Feb 7, 2024·LinkedIn

Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD, collaborates with GP for preventive health planning. Incorporates exercise routine, BMI, sleep patterns, mental health, genomic sequencing for chronic conditions, and other data into annual health strategy. Despite young age, high cholesterol and genetic factors warrant cardiac-CT for cardiovascular health assessment. Updated version of Meskó's book, The Guide to the Future of Medicine, discusses digital health, AI; New studio facilities enhance virtual keynotes, courses, YouTube videos. Explores patients paying extra for AI in their healthcare.

Jan 29, 2024·The Hill

Biden administration partners with Instacart, Rockefeller Foundation, and Feeding America for 'Food is Medicine' summit. HHS aims to leverage food for healthier living, focusing on nutrition to diminish health risks. Programs target marginalized communities' health improvement, access to nutritious food, and hunger issues.

Jan 25, 2024·LinkedIn

$16B spent on healthcare ads in 2018; poll reveals public skepticism towards healthcare organizations. 9% believe pharma companies prioritize patients, 16% for insurance, 23% for hospitals, and 36% for providers. Low trust levels present opportunity for new healthcare entities.

Dec 21, 2023·Fortune

Survey reveals happiest employees take 15 days PTO yearly, but 80% experience guilt over taking leave. Workers often work ahead and remain responsive on vacation. Of those 38% US and 23% UK workers with PTO didn't use it, half forfeited it. Some question unlimited PTO validity, with 43% considering it a scam. Guilt can derive from job insecurity, increased workload, or burdened colleagues. Employers addressing guilt offer check-ins, leadership training, open dialogues, and mental health resources.

Nov 28, 2023·Beckers Hospital Review

CEO role evolution in 2023: Burnout and isolation contribute to healthcare's high CEO turnover rate, leading to industry-wide leadership structure realignment for greater collaboration and integration. As hospital CEOs focus on excellence amid workforce shortages, recruitment and employee well-being are prioritized. Some health systems assign dual roles to executives to streamline leadership and respond more effectively.

Nov 22, 2023·Modern Healthcare

Healthcare's trend of regarding patients as customers is problematic, it risks ethical dilemmas, trust erosion, and service fragmentation. Reframing patient experiences instead of trapping them as customers can evade these issues and positively leverage opportunities.

Nov 10, 2023·Medium

ChatGPT, an AI program, can answer a variety of health questions, explain medical terms, and suggest potential queries for a doctor. It's not a substitute for professional medical advice. To use it, introduce yourself without personal identifying details, share relevant health info, ask clear and specific health related questions while ensuring your privacy. Note that it can clarify medical documents and test results (without sharing sensitive data). Review and save your discussions with ChatGPT and respect that it’s not a professional medical practitioner.

Nov 7, 2023·Walmart Corporate News

Walmart Health partners with Ambetter from Sunshine Health, providing insurance via Florida health insurance marketplace, and Orlando Health, a hospital network in Florida, to extend affordable healthcare options. The collaboration emphasizes patient engagement through care coordination and referral management. Walmart Health and Ambetter Health enhance Medicaid awareness and marketplace insurance accessibility. The Ambetter from Sunshine Health’s Value Plan now includes Walmart Health Centers as a preferred provider. Second collaboration with Orlando Health streamlines patient's healthcare journey via effective care transitions and robust communication. Walmart Health also expands in Florida with 17 new health centers, providing diverse services, open seven days a week.

Nov 4, 2023·Children's Hospitals Today

In 2019, Seattle Children's pledged to combat systemic racism actively, leading to structural changes and increased diversity in the workforce. The hospital’s three-phase Health Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan has delivered measurable improvements, with employee diversity up 6%, managerial diversity up 3%, executive diversity up 9%, and board diversity up 8%. Policies were examined and amended to address existing disparities, and the hospital pursued initiatives for equity in patient care outcomes. No-show rates at the Odessa Brown Children's Clinic reduced through more accessible reminder systems and responsive scheduling. Human resources altered procedures to ensure affected parties receive follow-up support after racially or ethnically insensitive incidents. Diverse perspectives were included in recruitment processes, and job descriptions were revised for inclusivity. Existing policies were audited to remove discriminatory practices. A publicly available dashboard tracks progress towards being an anti-racist organization and a 2022 workforce survey displayed a positive staff response to these efforts.

Oct 25, 2023·HC Innovation Group

Kaufman Hall's report highlights staffing, outpatient care shift, patient experience as key challenges for hospital performance. Workforce shortages, complaints about physician access, and running under capacity are major concerns. Recruitment, retention strategies, and increased salaries are being used to tackle issues. There is improved utilization of contract labor and increased pursuit for outpatient care. Supply chain issues persist, but mitigation measures are in place. Increased claim denials and distribution delays affect revenue and supply chain respectively.

Oct 3, 2023·Beckers Hospital Review

Healthcare systems upping spending on revenue management, clinical workflow, patient engagement; 80% increased tech spend last year. Boost in IT expenditure expected for emerging tech, labor shortages, cost pressure reduction.

Oct 3, 2023·PR Newswire

Notable, a healthcare automation platform, launches "Notable Assistant", an AI-based healthcare assistant that uses large language models to broaden healthcare access and services. The assistant can perform administrative tasks such as appointment scheduling, locating service providers, and bill settlements. Customizable to match brand guidelines, Notable Assistant supports over 130 languages, learns from patient feedback, and is HITRUST certified.

Sep 30, 2023·MedCity News

Hospitals must emulate Netflix and Amazon and know their patients better for successful digital transformation, says Providence’s chief strategy and digital officer Sara Vaezy. Arguing the need to consider patient behavior and preferences as healthcare consumer uses multiple brands, she suggests personalizing care and innovating at value chain ends. Recognizing privacy concerns, she recommends responsibly collecting more patient data to facilitate effective engagement strategies. Providence has started collecting online data from its patients using their own trackers, ensuring informed consent.

Sep 26, 2023·Fierce Healthcare

Deloitte's report reveals women incur higher out-of-pocket healthcare costs than men, reducing benefit value. Factors include higher-cost services and frequent checkups. Suggestions for insurers and employers include benefit reexamination and strategies to reduce high-cost service impact. Small changes could greatly reduce women's financial burden.

Sep 24, 2023·LinkedIn

LinkedIn post by Joey Meneses provides tips to retain valued employees contemplating resignation: Encourage honest conversation, make respectful counteroffer addressing their concerns, highlight their value to the organization, explore growth opportunities, assure meaningful changes to workload or conflicts, and appeal to their loyalty to the organization. Accept gracefully if they decide to leave.