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American healthcare is too profitable

World of DTC Marketing

healthcare system is bedeviled by greed, with drug companies, device manufacturers, hospital organizations, physician groups, and insurers scrambling to grab a slice of the more than $3 trillion we spend on medical care each year. The bifurcation within our healthcare system is poised to get worse. (FT.COM) The U.S.

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Healthcare stories in the news

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“New weight loss drugs help patients lose significant weight,” but very few are telling the whole story. An app called Calibrate offers personalized coaching and access to physician-prescribed GLP-1 agonists for $1,649 per year or $138 per month. Patients in nonprofits had more nursing, social worker, and therapy visits.

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Physician Opinions on Burnout in 2022 – Blog

InCrowd

In November of 2022, InCrowd surveyed 500 US physicians to track burnout. In 2022, reports showed that physician burnout had risen to frightening levels. Compared to data from 2021, physicians reported increases in challenges managing work-related stress and burnout.

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American healthcare is unsustainable

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In Gallup’s 2019 survey of potentially worrisome issues among Americans, healthcare topped the list for the fifth straight year. Most other developed countries control costs, in part, by having the government play a stronger role in negotiating prices for healthcare. Healthcare Practices Defensive Medicine.

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Insurance companies putting profits ahead of patients

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Five of America’s largest health insurers reported more than $11bn in profits in the second quarter – a decline from the same period last year when the Covid-19 pandemic helped drive sky-high profits yet they are having more of a say on patients’ treatments even when HCPs disagree. Then there is prior authorization.

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Get ready for HUGE healthcare changes

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Some 91% of large employers said they would offer virtual mental health services in 2021, up from 73% in 2019. And 65% said they would provide virtual emotional well-being services next year, up from 45% in 2019. Finally, the increase in healthcare insurance premiums will continue to force customers to be consumers of healthcare.

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A New Era for Healthcare Delivery: The Impact of Telemedicine on the Concept of “Point-of-Care”

PM360

is facing an aging population, a mounting physician shortage, and increasing demands for a more equitable healthcare system. Surgeon General, burnout among healthcare workers has reached crisis levels. physicians, including three-fourths of oncologists, have restricted access to pharmaceutical representatives.