Healthcare is anything but relaxing once you're a patient. But what if you could look forward to your appointments as you look forward to a wellness visit?
This was among the guidelines designers of Tia - the next generation women's healthcare platform - are operating under in their product development.
As of 2017 healthcare is the leading category of the 78,5 billion in consumer debt collected each year, which is more than 40 times the size of credit card debt. While the number of uninsured is reducing, it is being replaced with the issue of underinsurance. 3 in 10 people reported costs caused them not to take their medicines as prescribed in the past year, writes law professor Christopher T. Robertson in his last book Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done About It.
Read MoreEntrepreneurs, policymakers and doctors are the most common commentators of medicine and healthcare. Patients are in the limelight much less often. Their stories, however, can be very powerful in bringing understanding of the faults of healthcare systems.
Read MoreAny time you read about efficiency in healthcare, you're also indirectly reading about how the lives of patients and people with chronic conditions are improving.
Read MoreHow to design new technological solutions that patients will use? Claire Kamoun believes no solution will ever fit everyone. In order to be used, a solution needs to be flexible from the start of development and constantly refined.
Read MoreMartin believes digital health support solutions are welcome, as many patients, especially men, feel looking for a psychotherapist would be a sign of weakness. Mental health still holds a certain level of stigma and publishing stories and support groups online can reach those that might have been unreachable otherwise.
Read MoreIn the last decade, healthcare has started moving to value-based care and so-called patient-centricity. Patients are increasingly seen as customers, that don’t just receive information and treatment but instead take an active part in it.
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