Healthcare is at once personal and universal. The individual patient experience is shaped by identity, needs and stage of life. But in our uniquely structured healthcare system, certain pain points transcend demographics. With WebMD on their browser and physician influencers in their feeds, who do patients turn to for information they trust?
Making an appointment with their doctor was the most common step taken when patients were asked about overall action (40.5%).
Around the point of diagnosis, patients most wanted guidance on how to discuss their symptoms with their healthcare providers and to hear from others experiencing similar symptoms.
The lower income tiers were likeliest to say that cost was a pain point but a third of folks making $200K+ per year also said it was an issue.
The top answers were FAQs and visual content, with video and short-form articles coming third and fourth.
The pandemic opened up the way we thought about and used telehealth. But there’s still a huge amount of opportunity to grow.
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