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Disruption in healthcare is coming

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America’s profit-riddled healthcare-industrial complex consumes 17% of GDP, equivalent to $3.6trn a year. However, changes are slowly being implemented that could lower healthcare costs. Healthcare is ripe for disruption, but any attempt to disrupt our state of healthcare has been met with pushback and challenges.

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Get ready for HUGE healthcare changes

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There is going to be more coverage for virtual doctors’ visits in new employee health plans along with expanded mental health benefits and access to on-site health clinics. Some 91% of large employers said they would offer virtual mental health services in 2021, up from 73% in 2019. What does this mean for DTC marketers?

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The need for mental healthcare is great

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In 2019, 24.7% Every new doctor and therapist a patient visits must be given a copy of those laws that the patient must read and sign. Healthcare in the U.S. The post The need for mental healthcare is great appeared first on World of DTC Marketing.com. Even in Vermont, the top-ranked state in the U.S.,

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Disruption my ass! Tech companies want healthcare dollars

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SUMMARY: Amazon has set its sights on healthcare as it smells another profit opportunity. Google has signed an agreement with the Mayo clinic to help analyze data as they want a slice of healthcare dollars but what’s missing from these tech companies is “the human touch” that patients want. We are heading that way.

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No digitization with HCP’s is not permanent

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IN SUMMARY : When patients return to doctor’s offices will HCP’s have time to go online with every drug company that requests an online detail? However, in both surveys, telehealth visits were perceived as more convenient than office visits (47% in May 2019 vs. 56% in June 2020). As for patients?

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Telehealth will be worth about $25 billion in 2021

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SUMMARY: Deloitte predicts that the percentage of virtual video visits to doctors will rise to 5% globally in 2021, up from an estimated 1% in 2019. billion doctor’s visits, worth a total of approximately US$500 billion. The question is what percentage of healthcare visits can be replaced with telehealth? Opportunities?

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Gun violence is a national health issue

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There was nearly a 30 percent increase in homicides between 2019 and 2020, making it the most significant one-year increase in six decades. Healthcare must play a more significant role in preventing gun violence. Still, gun violence is one of America’s deadliest and longest-running epidemics. It is nothing less than an immediate need.

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