The ePatient Connections (ePC) conference convened this week in the City of Brotherly Love, my town, Philadelphia. And indeed, the eHealth love did flow between health citizens and organizations that seek to serve them: technology developers and health providers, alike. My flying fingers recorded nearly fifty pages of notes, and these don’t even include two tracks’ [...]
Archive | September, 2010
Health is a growing business for Nestlé
Their website now talks about it being the “Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company.” Most of us still think of it as the biggest food company in the world. It’s spending one-half billion dollars to expand in health. Nestlé, which brings baby food, bottled water, bars of chocolate and breakfast cereal to kitchen tables is now bringing us Health. [...]
Blondie and Dagwood on the health economy
People in the U.S. covered by employer-sponsored health insurance assess their health insurance choices with the help of their human resource departments. Here, Blondie and Dagwood are having a discussion about three alternatives: A low cost plan A higher cost plan with better coverage A high-deductible health plan for doctors who are outside of the [...]
More Americans Covered by Government Health Programs As Employers’ Coverage Drops
In 2010, fewer Americans are receiving health coverage from employers. At the same time, more health citizens are being covered by government programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, military and veterans’ benefits. The proportion of people on government health insurance rolls increased from 22.5% in January 2008 to 25.4% in August 2010. This represents an increase of about [...]
Service First, But Cost Increasingly Drives Consumers’ Pharmacy Satisfaction
Cost-competitiveness is driving overall consumer satisfaction with pharmacies in 2010, 2.5 times the importance that cost had in 2009. But even so, customer service and convenience still trump price in the pharmacy. For brick-and-mortar pharmacies, the key factors driving consumer satisfaction are: Prescription order and pick-up process (convenience) The condition of the store Cost competitiveness Non-pharmacist [...]
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
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Patients want online communication with doctors, and more clinicians are listening
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Meeker & Murphy on Mobile – through the lens of health
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Patient Power Through Data Liberación, and Private Sector to the Rescue – Health 2.0 DC Takeaways
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The Connected Consumer – she loves her iPad, and she’ll be able to Connect for Health
- On the road to retail health: healthcareDIY and primary care, everywhere
- The Trust Deficit – what does it mean for health care?
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help comes to health care: well-designed front-of-pharmacy DIY health products
- From 9 Tablet Tips to the 15 Most Wired Hospitals « ScienceRoll: [...] Top 15 Hospitals are very wired Health Popu...
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Richard Fine: Hi Jane, I was just forwarded this and wanted t...
- help comes to health care: well-designed front-of-pharmacy DIY health products | Health Populi: [...] objective to lessen confusion are welcome co...
- Hey Big Spender. 1% of US Citizens Incur 20% of All Health Cost | Care And Cost: [...] Posted 1/16/12 on Health Populi [...]...
