Opinion | People Have Stopped Going to the Doctor. Most Seem Just Fine. (Published 2020)
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Opinion | People Have Stopped Going to the Doctor. Most Seem Just Fine. (Published 2020)
Preventing diseases is better than treating diseases, but: “The problem is… prevention doesn’t pay”
Andrew Weil • Collective Insights - Andrew Weil, MD - Stress Reduction, Psychedelics and Breathwork: Exploring Integrative Medicine on Stitcher
This is bad for everyone: avoiding care means hospitals don’t get paid, patients are potentially getting sicker, and insurers will end up paying for more serious diseases that weren’t caught earlier.
Nikhil Krishnan • The Upfront Pricing Phenomenon | Out-Of-Pocket
While it remains to be seen what the telemedicine regulatory landscape will look like post-pandemic, telemedicine visits as a fraction of total doctor visits spiked in Q2 2020, and remain at an elevated level from the start of the year.
Nikhil Basu Trivedi • Consumerization of Healthcare
The rapid and deadly spread of COVID through nursing homes will increase demand for home-based care as patients and families avoid shared spaces and stricter regulations drive up costs. Pre-COVID, the primary telehealth use case was for more convenient urgent care. Now that so many patients are comfortable with telehealth, there is the potential to... See more