iPods and iPhones, Flip videos and pocket-sized digital cameras are way-cool and innovative. Pharmaceuticals? Not so much. According to Ipsos’s survey into global consumers’ perceptions of what’s innovative, the top which at least 1 in 2 Americans find innovative are electronic media, computers, cameras and video equipment. Household products are ranked innovative by about 1 [...]
Health, love and saving money in the recession – insights from ING Direct
Americans love their cars, their houses, and their food. Based on a survey by ING Direct, the financial services company, these are the last 3 things we would sacrifice to save money.On the other hand, the most dispensable things for Americans include day care/nannies, cleaning services, education, and gifts. Women would be more likely to [...]
Are health info seekers sharing less with doctors?
“Internet provides public with health care information that they value and trust and which often stimulates discussion with their doctors,” concludes the latest Harris Poll into cyberchondria, a term that the organization began using in 2002. But Harris Poll’s survey yields a different conclusion for me that I think is a sign of the times: [...]
Beyond the pill – comparative-effectiveness is about people, too
Comparative-effectiveness is a cornerstone in President Obama’s vision of health reform, and is a component of the ARRA stimulus package. But if it’s just about a pill-to-pill comparison, it won’t do Americans’ public health much good.In an insightful perspective in the July 23rd 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Kevin Volpp [...]
More costs, less filling: health care coverage and the middle class
Middle-class Americans – those with incomes from $44,000 to $88,000 — face mounting out-of-pocket costs that are eroding household disposable income available for food, shelter, and energy line items.While most of the uninsured are from lower-income families, 11 million of the uninsured live in middle class working families. Most of the growth of the uninsured [...]
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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