Healthcare Finance News November 29, 2022
Hospitals must aspire to ease care access, says Cleveland Clinic physician and Qualtrics CMO.
The end of the pandemic doesn’t mean the end of deferred care, according to Cleveland Clinic physician and Qualtrics Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adrienne Boissy.
After two years of forgoing healthcare due to pandemic-related concerns, inflation is at an all-time high. Rising cost is the top reason Americans are deferring care, especially for mental health, nutrition and preventative care, according to Boissy.
“We’re emerging to find the world is still different. The impact to people is long-lasting,” Boissy said “We’re still in it, but we’re different now. What the pandemic brought to the forefront is how we show up in a community in a crisis. Affordability...