Thomson published its Top 100 Hospitals list this week, which felt like a déjà vu all over again. Didn’t I just see AARP’s top hospitals, along with similar rankings from US News and HealthGrades in recent months?Is this an embarrassment of riches? Or just more heavy-lifting for confused American health citizens?The Thomson Reuters 100 Top [...]
Consumers adapt to health @ home in the transformational economy
Two of the top new products launched in 2008 were Zyrtec and alli, according to IRI in their March report, 2008 New Product Pacesetters: The Role of Innovation in a Down Economy. In fact, non-food new product introductions were more successful than food intros in 2008. IRI says this is due to shoppers “taking their [...]
Put away $240K for health care in retirement, Fidelity says
In 2009, the cost of health care for a 65-year old couple entering retirement is 50% more than it was in 2002, according to Fidelity Investments. The nest-egg required for retirement health is $240,000, give or take tens of thousands depending on your health risks. In just the past year, this cost increased 6.7%, from [...]
EHRs – not about the machine, but the data liquidity
This week’s New England Journal of Medicine provides something of a real-world mini-primer for everyone’s radar on electronic health records and the HITECH funding included in ARRA, the economic stimulus bill. The cautionary paragraph, offered by Mandl and Kohane in their essay, No small change for the health information economy, is: “We take it as [...]
Workplace benefits: for workers, it's all about financial security
The economy is re-shaping both employers’ and employee’s views on workplace benefits. Most employers continue to value their most important asset: the human capital that is inherent in their employees. This is good news. Retaining employees is the #1 benefits objective for American employers, according to MetLife’s 7th annual Employee Benefits Trends Study. Now, for [...]
About Jane & Health Populi
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is a health economist and management consultant that serves clients at the intersection of health and technology.
Her clients include all stakeholders in health, including providers, payors and plans; companies in biopharma, medical devices, financial services, technology and consumer goods; non-profits and NGOs. Jane's lens on health is best-defined by the World Health Organization: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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ePatients: a connected, collaborative, creating community
September 30, 2010
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Patients want online communication with doctors, and more clinicians are listening
July 26, 2011
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Meeker & Murphy on Mobile – through the lens of health
February 11, 2011
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Patient Power Through Data Liberación, and Private Sector to the Rescue – Health 2.0 DC Takeaways
June 8, 2010
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The Connected Consumer – she loves her iPad, and she’ll be able to Connect for Health
January 26, 2012
- On the road to retail health: healthcareDIY and primary care, everywhere January 25, 2012
- The Trust Deficit – what does it mean for health care? January 24, 2012
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help comes to health care: well-designed front-of-pharmacy DIY health products
January 19, 2012
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