Becker's Hospital Review: 6 Trends in an Era of Consumer-Driven Healthcare
Submitted By Anonymous, Created 06/07/2012 - 17:13
- Legislation is providing health consumers with more options and transparency
- Private companies and payors are also promoting cost of care transparency
- It's still unclear how many consumers are using online and mobile cost of care tools
- As healthcare costs shift to consumers, hospitals can help provide more consumer-driven care
- Hospitals are already striving to promote themselves to more consumer-minded patients
- Hospitals and physicians with a focus on prevention to curb patient healthcare costs may promote that to consumers
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
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