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Dear Digital Healthcare: Let’s Do Better

HIT Consultant

Every healthcare transaction includes significantly more stakeholders than most industries. Even something as routine as an at-home test includes touchpoints with a primary care physician, insurance agent, pharmacy, testing clinic, specialists, and support staff. There’s less accountability involved.

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Consumers Don’t Know What They Don’t Know About Healthcare Costs

Health Populi

“Consumers are not disciplined about saving in general,” with saving for healthcare lagging behind other types of savings, Alegeus observes in the 2018 Alegeus Consumer Health & Financial Fluency Report. As patients continue to take on more financial responsibility for healthcare spending in the U.S.,

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Reduce Medical Costs by 5.3%: Active Member Engagement for Employers

HIT Consultant

These include the following: Can lower medical costs by 5.3% and reduce hospitalizations by 12.5%

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