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On the road to retail health: healthcareDIY and primary care, everywhere

By on January 25, 2012 in Connected health, Design and health, Electronic health records, Employers, Food and health, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health marketing, HITECH Act, medical home, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Pharmacy, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Retail health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Workplace wellness

At the ConvUrgent Care Symposium in Orlando, attendees from the worlds of clinics, ambulatory care, hospital beds, pharmacies, medical devices, life sciences, health information, health IT, health plans, academic medical centers and professional medical societies came together to share and learn about the morphing landscape of retail health. The topline message: primary care is everywhere, [...]

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Paying medical bills is a chronic problem for 1 in 3 uninsured, and 1 in 5 insured people under 65

By on January 4, 2012 in Affordable Care Act, Employers, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health Plans, Medicare, Safety net and health, Uninsured

Over 20% of U.S. families had problems paying medical bills in 2010 — about the same proportion as in 2007. The Center for Studying Health System Change found this datapoint “surprising,” given the Great Recession of 2008 that lingers into 2012. However, HSC points out that the leveling of medical bill problems may be a “byproduct” of [...]

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Employees predict reduced benefits in 2012; one-half expect layoffs

By on December 6, 2011 in Employers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health Plans

On the face of the raw data, tbe good news from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on the nation’s employment picture was an additional 120,000 jobs in November. This drove the unemployment rate down to 8.6%. Underneath that number, though, remains what is still a shaky economy for both workers and those seeking full employment to match what [...]

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Employers aren’t engaging with patient/health engagement

By on November 18, 2011 in Employers, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health social networks, Internet and Health

The vast majority of employers who sponsor health benefits look at those benefits as part of a larger organization culture of health. While one-third are adopting value-based health plan strategies — doubling from 16% in 2010 to 37% in 2011 — only 3% of employers are taking an integrated view of value-based benefits and corporate [...]

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Workplace wellness: the cost of unhealthy behaviors in the American workforce is $623 per worker

By on November 14, 2011 in Affordable Care Act, Corporate wellness, Employers, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health Plans, Health reform, Health social networks, Obesity, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prevention and wellness, Workplace wellness

The health status of the American workforce is declining. Every year, unhealthy behaviors of the U.S. workforce cost employers $623 per employee annually, according to the Thomson Reuters Workforce Wellness Index. People point to smoking, obesity and stress as the 3 most important factors impacting health costs. Thomson Reuters and NPR polled over 3,000 Americans on their health behaviors, [...]

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