The most flexible workplaces are good for worker’s health: they yield the most engaged workforces, greater job satisfaction, increased commitment to the firm, better mental health and lower indicators of depression. But not all firms are all that flexible, which is the top line of the Family and Work Institute‘s 2012 National Study of Employers (NSE), funded by [...]

Employers who offer more flexibility yield healthier workforces

Wellness Ignited! Edelman panel talks about how to build a health culture in the U.S.
Dr. Andrew Weil, the iconic guru of all-things-health, was joined by a panel of health stakeholders at this morning’s Edelman salon discussing Wellness Ignited – Now and Next. Representatives from the American Heart Association, Columbia University, Walgreens, Google, Harvard Business School, and urban media mavens Quincy Jones III and Shawn Ullman, who lead Feel Rich, a [...]

The life-cycle costs of obesity in health and financial terms: the true math
About 50% of women and men in the U.S. are projected to be obese by 2030. The majority of people in America concur that the nation has an obesity problem. What’s been unknown and underestimated is just how much the epidemic is costing the nation in both health and financial terms. On a life-cycle basis, [...]

Public health is valued by Americans, but health citizens balance personal responsibility with a Nanny State
While most Americans largely believe in motorcycle helmet laws, seatbelt-wearing mandates, and regulations to reduce sale in packaged foods, most are also concerned about the nation turning into the United States of Nanny. The Harris Interactive/Health Day poll of March 20, 2012, finds a health citizenry “pro” most public and safety regulations, from banning texting [...]

Superconsumers and value mining: health care’s uber-trends driving care, everywhere
There’s a shift in power in health care moving away from providers and suppliers like pharma and medical device companies, toward patients and payers. This is the new health world according to Ernst & Young‘s latest Progressions report called, The third place: health care everywhere. What’s underneath this tectonic shift is the need to bend [...]
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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Health and Digital Moms – getting underneath the hood of the Mobile Mom
May 15, 2012
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A health plan or a car: health insurance for a family of four exceeds $20K in 2012
May 15, 2012
- Improving health care through Big Data: a meeting of the minds at SAS May 11, 2012
- Patients want to collaborate with physicians, but are reluctant to do so May 9, 2012
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