HealthyThinkerJSK
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HealthyThinkerJSK
@healthythinkerjsk.bsky.social
Health economist, advisor across the health/care ecosystem, Trend Weaver aka Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. Since 2007 founding blogger at Health Populi (www.healthpopuli.com). All about #digitalhealth #healthequity #sdoh #healtheconomics #publichealth #journaling
To garner patient loyalty #healthcare must address issues of attrition (patient turn-offs) & #healthaccess barriers

Huron Consulting study shows #AI can help in the patient journey

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Need for #privacy- & equity-by-design

Trust is data's only real currency @pymnts.bsky.social
To Garner Patient Loyalty, Focus on Convenience, Availability, and Affordability. Consumers Trust AI to Help the Journey. - HealthPopuli.com
U.S. health consumers are roughly split 40/40 when it comes to AI analyzing personal health data to provide personalized advice, with 21% feeling neutral about that. But using AI for regular health up...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
What does it mean when a brand becomes "cultural shorthand?"

Harris Poll ID'd Gen Z adults' fave brands Q-t-Q like Poppi & Timberland, followed by #Ozempic

How do #prescriptiondrugs fit into consumers' brand-love?

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How 1 product can become synonymous with an entire category
August 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As #retiree #healthcare costs hit $172,500 for 65 yr old retiring in 2025, the patient is surely the medical payor

#Healthconsumers update at Health Populi featuring @Fidelity @MadaketHealth @Roche going #DTC & #tariffs impact on #medicalspending

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#healthcosts #medicalbills
The Patient as Consumer - Updates from Fidelity on Retiree Health Care Costs ($172,500), Delaying Care, Tariff Impacts on Spending, and Roche Going DTC for Rx's? - HealthPopuli.com
As of August 2025, U.S. patients of all demographics and geographies face many uncertainties with respect to their care. Issues such as health plan coverage, prescription drug costs, and access to ser...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How our pets can inspire us to take better care of ourselves

#PetPartners #petinsurance survey of HR mgrs finds supporting employees' love of their fur families bolsters productivity #wellbeing & #mentalhealth among workers

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#publichealth #hcsm

cc American Heart Association
How Taking Care of Our Pets Could Inspire Us to Care Better for Ourselves (and Each Other) - HealthPopuli.com
In a recent study which was part of the American Heart Association’s Healthy Bond for Life initiative, two-thirds of Americans told the AHA that they took better care of their pets than themselves. So...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Time is a more important #luxurygood than a luxe watch or handbag we learn via @duckbillai

In "Permission to Ask" we find #healthconsumers self-ration #healthcare due to time constraints esp onerous for #womenshealth & #parenting

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#retailhealth opps

#telehealth #selfcare
As Time Becomes More of a Luxury Thing, Consumers Ration Visits to Health Care Providers - HealthPopuli.com
When it comes to luxury goods, forget about that Rolex watch, a Louis Vuitton bag, or Porsche. The top luxury item among U.S. consumers in 2025 is time, and with many luxury goods, time is in short su...
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July 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Consumers trust brands > than institutions in 2025 via @EdelmanPR #Trust Barometer

People want brands to "do good" in terms of biz & mission and to help them "feel good" as well - dual expectations

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Implications for #healthcare esp #retailhealth

#hcsm #healthbenefits #health
Consumers Look to Brands to Both "Do Good" and Help Me "Feel Good" - Another Riff on the Edelman Trust Barometer and What This Means for Health Care - HealthPopuli.com
With consumers the world over feeling greater financial stress and social chasms in 2025, people are trusting brands more than institutions to help them both feel good and expecting them to “do” good,...
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July 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If we listen to children, we can learn a lot about #AI for all of us & #healthcare

The Alan Turing Institute & LEGO on impacts of #GenAI on children w insights on relationships, identities & autonomy

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#AIhealth #UXhealth #childrenshealth #kidshealth
June 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Consumers want to eat healthier - the spirit is willing but the wallet is weak. Costs are #1 barrier to #healthyeating

Escoffier Culinary Arts report on #healthyfood trends inc stark diffs in alcohol use by 18-34 yr olds (way down) vs Boomers (up!)

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#selfcare #retailhealth
The Spirit for Eating Healthier Is Willing, But the Cost of Doing So "Outweighs" the Will - Listening to Escoffier - HealthPopuli.com
It’s been a full week’s coverage on food-as-medicine and food as a driver of health in America this week on the Health Populi blog. Today we turn to the chefs at Escoffier who know food, teach food, a...
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June 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Consumers keen to invest in #health & #wellbeing - but show them evidence & science-backed claims

NielsenIQ #healthconsumers study-> people willing to spend at least $100/month on #wellness & health across all dimensions inc #mentalhealth #financialhealth

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#selfcare #retailhealth
Consumers Are Keen to Invest in Health and Well-Being - But Show Them the Evidence - HealthPopuli.com
Consumers around the world feel more invested than ever in what makes people feel both well and prosperous, we learn in the NielsenIQ Global State of Health & Wellness 2025 survey report. But there’s ...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
For #AHIP2025 conference my mantra: "We go farther together"

Lots of uncertainties re future of US #healthcare but 1 thing we know: collaboration is required between public/private sectors +#retailhealth

@cmsgov.bsky.social

#healthcosts #medicaid #medicare #AHIP #hcsm

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We Go Further Together: Calling for Collaborations, An Actionable Context for AHIP 2025 - HealthPopuli.com
There are many ways to measure the dysfunction of health care in the U.S.: we can point to relatively poor incomes relative to the rest of the developed world, given how much money is allocated to hea...
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May 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What $35,119 can buy you in 2025: a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, a Canyon BYO playground set, or #healthcare for family of 4

2025 Milliman #Medical Index MMI points to outpatient #healthcosts & #pharmacy as top two cost drivers above #hospitals

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#consumerspending #healthconsumers
A Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, a Playground Set, or Healthcare for a Family of 4: What $35,119 Can Buy in 2025 According to Milliman - HealthPopuli.com
If you went shopping for something that cost $35,119 in 2025, which would you most value? A new 2025 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid with some extras on board? A Canyon BYO playground set for your yard, school, or...
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May 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In #healthcare consumers seek #wellness via kindness & efficiency

New @Monigle Humanizing Brand Exp #health industry report gauges diff't generations' values for empathy, #digitalhealth innovation (#AI!) & clinical care

#Trust re-building key

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#UXhealth #connectedhealth #hcsm
In Health Care, Consumers Are Seeking Kindness Coupled with Efficiency - HealthPopuli.com
Kindness + efficiency + listening + personalization: together, these are the most important experiences consumers seek from health care touchpoints, we learn in Humanizing Brand Experience: Healthcare...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Big opportunity for #sportinggoods industry is peoples' physical inactivity - how to inspire #healthconsumers to be active & #fitness-engaged?

@mckinnis.bsky.social report on how #exercise can re-boot sporting goods sector bolstering health & #wellbeing (think #pickleball!)

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The Biggest Opportunity for Sporting Goods is Consumers' Physical Inactivity: Learning from McKinsey (with a personal nod to pickleball) - HealthPopuli.com
McKinsey just published a detailed report into Sporting Goods 2025, which the firm calls a “new balancing act” that must turn uncertainty into opportunity.               The report is based on five ke...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
How #tariffs financial #stress hurts physical #health

MoneyLion & Mastercard "Health Is Wealth" survey IDs links for household $ & physical #wellbeing

Top health impacts -> sleep, headaches, energy, gut, pain, blood pressure

Hits on buying #healthyfood & gym #fitness

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Are We Liberated Yet? Tariffs Can Impact Financial Health (Riffing on MoneyLion's Health Is Wealth Report) - HealthPopuli.com
Americans’ financial health was already stressing consumers out leading up to Liberation Day, April 2nd, when President Trump announced tariffs on dozens of countries with whom the U.S. buys and sells...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Are #healthcare providers too dependent on a single #healthIT vendor for #EHRs? Dr. Harm Scherpbier says "yes" in his book "Unvendor"

"Monoculture health IT" doesn't help clinicians innovate or drive #UXdesign to users or patients

#Interoperability #DigitalHealth

#HIMSS2025

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One Way to Improve U.S. Healthcare, Lower Costs and Drive Outcomes? "Unvendor," Asserts Dr. Harm Scherpbier in His New Book - HealthPopuli.com
Health information technology professionals charged with selecting, implementing, updating, and paying for health IT in hospital and care delivery settings are essentially the first-line “consumers” o...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When "When Calls the Heart" Collides w #MAHA, pop culture meets #healthpolitics & #diabetes

As #NIH funding cuts for NDPP reported in @statnews.com as the @hallmark.bsky.social Channel shows role of #insulin saving Little Jack's life in 1922 #Canada where insulin was pioneered

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Art Collides with Health Policy: When "When Calls the Heart" Met MAHA This Week - HealthPopuli.com
Art reflects life — or in this case, bumps into life and health care — once again when the pop culture facet of my own media consumption converges with a news announcement where the timing of these ev...
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March 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM