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5 Ways AI Is Innovating Preventative Care

HIT Consultant

Urgent care and ER visits can help patients with urgent matters, but these visits can cost a lot of money for those with less pressing needs. AI chatbots trained with medical and patient data can help provide 24/7 basic care for patients who have questions about their health outside of clinic hours.

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Nurses Earn Highest Grade for Care Far Above All Other Health Care Workers — Including Doctors — In Latest Gallup Poll

Health Populi

The pharmaceutical industry and health insurance companies garnered 3 in 10 people rating them as excellent/good, with nursing homes at the bottom a 2.5/10 The second chart arrays the historical trend downward for all healthcare players (except walk-in/urgent care clinics) looking back to 2003 to 2023. health system.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

Six in 10 patients said their trust/believe in health care providers increased as a result of COVID-19, followed by 50% of patients finding increased trust in urgent care clinics, 49% in public health institutions, 48% in independent pharmacies. 45% in pharmaceutical companies, and 44% in large retail pharmacy chains.

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Wheel Launches Next-Gen Virtual Care Platform

HIT Consultant

In just three years, the company has delivered care to over four million people, built a customer portfolio of leading digital health brands such as GoodRx, and is powering large enterprises and Fortune 50 companies in retail, health plan, and pharmaceutical and life science industries, including as a third-party provider for Amazon Clinic.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Health insurance, pharmacy and urgent care all under one roof. Meanwhile, many traditional primary care providers are running scared. There are, of course, other approaches available, such as direct primary care. There are, of course, other approaches available, such as direct primary care.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Health insurance, pharmacy and urgent care all under one roof. Meanwhile, many traditional primary care providers are running scared. There are, of course, other approaches available, such as direct primary care. There are, of course, other approaches available, such as direct primary care.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

Health insurance, pharmacy and urgent care all under one roof. Meanwhile, many traditional primary care providers are running scared. There are, of course, other approaches available, such as direct primary care. There are, of course, other approaches available, such as direct primary care.